Consumer motivations for sustainable consumption: The interaction of gain, normative and hedonic motivations on electric vehicle adoption

Z Rezvani, J Jansson… - Business Strategy and the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Recent conceptual studies identify gain, normative and hedonic factors as three categories
of motivations of consumer proenvironmental behavior. However, empirical understanding …

[HTML][HTML] Examining drivers of sustainable consumption: The influence of norms and opinion leadership on electric vehicle adoption in Sweden

J Jansson, A Nordlund, K Westin - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017 - Elsevier
Transportation accounts for a large and growing part of carbon dioxide emissions. With an
increasing vehicle fleet worldwide private car use is becoming an acute problem in need of …

Is subsidized electric vehicles adoption sustainable: Consumers' perceptions and motivation toward incentive policies, environmental benefits, and risks

X Zhang, X Bai, J Shang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
Whether the subsidized adoption is sustainable largely depends on consumers' perceptions
and motivation toward EVs purchase. In this study, we reveal the mechanism on how …

Can Protection Motivation Theory predict pro-environmental behavior? Explaining the adoption of electric vehicles in the Netherlands

M Bockarjova, L Steg - Global environmental change, 2014 - Elsevier
Scholars have proposed that the Protection Motivation Theory provides a valuable
framework to explain pro-environmental choices, by employing a wide set of predictors, such …

Personal values, green self-identity and electric car adoption

C Barbarossa, P De Pelsmacker, I Moons - Ecological Economics, 2017 - Elsevier
Personal values, green self-identity and ethical motives have been widely studied as
important, but mostly separate, predictors of pro-environmental behaviors. Scholars call for …

The influence of consumers' environmental beliefs and attitudes on energy saving behaviours

D Gadenne, B Sharma, D Kerr, T Smith - Energy policy, 2011 - Elsevier
With a heightened focus on the concept of sustainability in the past few decades,
government, business and individuals have become increasingly aware of the need to …

The effect of purchase situation on realized pro-environmental consumer behavior

M Grimmer, AP Kilburn, MP Miles - Journal of Business Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Why do pro-environmental consumers not always make pro-environmental purchases? Little
research exists on the role of purchase situations (Belk, 1975). This study analyzes whether …

With the best of intentions: a large sample test of the intention‐behaviour gap in pro‐environmental consumer behaviour

M Grimmer, MP Miles - International Journal of Consumer …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Many consumers intend to make pro‐environmental purchases; however, this is not always
what occurs. A gap exists between consumer intentions to purchase environmentally friendly …

How self-expressive benefits relate to buying a hybrid car as a green product

MC Policarpo, EC Aguiar - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
This study analyzed how environmental concern is related to self-expressive benefits
obtained from green consumer behavior (eg, buying a hybrid car), considering subjective …

Making small numbers count: environmental and financial feedback in promoting eco-driving behaviours

E Dogan, JW Bolderdijk, L Steg - Journal of Consumer Policy, 2014 - Springer
Energy conservation results in environmental (reduced emissions) and financial (reduced
costs) savings. Consumers' perception of the worthiness of changes in behaviour may differ …