Sun Jianmin, Sarfraz Muddassar, Xu Youli, Azam Afshan
School of Management, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China.
School of Management, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, China.
Heliyon. 2024 Aug 20;10(16):e36332. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e36332. eCollection 2024 Aug 30.
In recent years, environmental pollution has started to threaten global economies. The understanding of consumer behavior within the context of sustainable development has become increasingly important to deal with this growing ecological complexity. Urbanization has accelerated in Pakistan, resulting in urban consumers raising more environmental concerns and promoting eco-friendly products. These concerns have demonstrated their commitment to sustainability and pro-environmental behaviors, such as reducing waste materials (e.g., plastics) and pollutants (i.e., smoke, dust, etc.), thus supporting eco-friendly behaviors. Today, Pakistan's urban consumers are well-aware of environmental complexities. As such, environmental knowledge is the driver of consumers' pro-environmental behavior, affective commitment and social capital also compel individuals to acquire ecological knowledge to enhance consumer behavior. This research considers customers' environmental knowledge and affective commitment, both of which actively contribute to pro-environmental activity. It explores the relationship between environmental knowledge, affection commitment, social capital, and environmental behavior in Pakistan. Data was gathered from Pakistan's urban customers and analyzed using Covariance-based Structural Equation Modeling (CB-SEM). The results indicate that affective commitment and social capital have a positive and significant effect on environmental knowledge and behavior. Notably, the relationship between social capital, affective commitment, and environmental behavior is mediated by knowledge of environmental issues. Through its findings, this study fosters an understanding of environmental behavior and explains the sense of responsibility and greater commitment in individuals, which thus leads them toward sustainability.
近年来,环境污染已开始威胁全球经济。在可持续发展背景下理解消费者行为,对于应对日益复杂的生态问题变得愈发重要。巴基斯坦的城市化进程加速,导致城市消费者对环境问题愈发关注,并推动了环保产品的发展。这些关注体现了他们对可持续发展和环保行为的承诺,比如减少废料(如塑料)和污染物(如烟雾、灰尘等),从而支持环保行为。如今,巴基斯坦的城市消费者已充分意识到环境的复杂性。因此,环境知识是消费者环保行为的驱动力,情感承诺和社会资本也促使个人获取生态知识以改善消费行为。本研究考量了消费者的环境知识和情感承诺,二者均对环保活动有积极贡献。它探究了巴基斯坦环境知识、情感承诺、社会资本与环境行为之间的关系。数据收集自巴基斯坦的城市消费者,并采用基于协方差的结构方程模型(CB - SEM)进行分析。结果表明,情感承诺和社会资本对环境知识及行为有积极且显著的影响。值得注意的是,社会资本、情感承诺与环境行为之间的关系由环境问题知识介导。通过研究结果,本研究增进了对环境行为的理解,并解释了个体的责任感和更强的承诺感,进而引导他们走向可持续发展。
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