INFLUENCE FACTORS OF RECYCLING INTENTION ON COURIERS’ CARTON: SIX CITIES IN CHINA BY A RANDOM SAMPLING
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This paper examines what factors will affect the consumers’ intention to recycle courier cartons. According to Theory of Planned Behavior, the objective of this research was to investigate the effect of environmental protection awareness, green consumption cognition, economic incentive, and convenience of recycling on the consumers’ intention to recycle courier cartons. The research respondents were from first- and third-tier cities in the coastal region of southeastern China, such as Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shantou, Jieyang and Chaozhou. A systematic random sampling was taken, and a total of 456 valid questionnaires were finally collected. The research performes multiple regression analysis, with environmental protection awareness, green consumption cognition, economic incentive, convenience of recycling as independent variables, and the consumers’ intention to recycle courier cartons as the dependent variable. The results of the analysis are summarized as follows. First, environmental protection awareness, green consumption cognition, economic incentive, and convenience of recycling have influence on the consumers’ intention to recycle courier cartons. Second, when comparing these four variables, green consumption cognition of consumers had the greatest impact on the consumers’ intention to recycle courier cartons.
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Shen, L., Chen, M., Lin, X., & Liu, J. (2019). INFLUENCE FACTORS OF RECYCLING INTENTION ON COURIERS’ CARTON: SIX CITIES IN CHINA BY A RANDOM SAMPLING. Chinese Journal of Social Science and Management, 3(1), 40–56. Retrieved from https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/CJSSM/article/view/199624
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willingness to pay advanced recycling fees. Journal of Environmental Management, 84(4), 547-559.
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Yang, T. Y., Len, H. L. & Sun, Y. H. (2018). Green recycling of college students’ paper express packaging based on SPSS analysis. Market Modernization, 16, 30-31. [in Chinese]
Yao, Y. X. (1993). Introduction to Dialectics of Environmental Protection. China: Environmental Science Press. [in Chinese]
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Zhang, S. (2012). Research on Chinese Urban Citizen Household Waste Recycling Mechanism. Master Dissertation, Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics. [in Chinese]
Zhang, T. S. (2017). A Study on the Influence Mechanism of Consumers’ Values on Green Consumption Intention in the Background of Chinese Culture —— Analysis Path Based on Environmental Consciousness and the Green Consumption Psychology. Doctoral Dissertation, Jilin University. [in Chinese]
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Zheng, R. P. (2015). Behavioral investigation and analysis of green consumption cognition and intention. Brand, 8, 40+42. [in Chinese]
Zou, Y. L. (2015). Research on the Influencing Factors of Consumers’ Used Mobile Phones Network Recycling Winningness. Master Dissertation, Tianjin University of Technology. [in Chinese]