Consumers’ intention to adopt eco-friendly electric airplanes: The moderating role of perceived uncertainty of outcomes and attachment to eco-friendly products

Greening is undeniably one of the emerging issues in the airline industry. Yet, empirical research on passengers’ behaviors pertinent to eco-friendly airplanes is scant. This study was designed to deepen the theory of planned behavior by integrating perceived uncertainty of outcomes and attachment t...

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Main Authors: Han, Heesup, Chua, Bee Lia, Sunghyup, Sean Hyun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor and Francis 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88251/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88251/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
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author Han, Heesup
Chua, Bee Lia
Sunghyup, Sean Hyun
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Chua, Bee Lia
Sunghyup, Sean Hyun
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description Greening is undeniably one of the emerging issues in the airline industry. Yet, empirical research on passengers’ behaviors pertinent to eco-friendly airplanes is scant. This study was designed to deepen the theory of planned behavior by integrating perceived uncertainty of outcomes and attachment to eco-friendly products in order to provide a clear understanding of decision formation for adopting eco-friendly electric airplanes from the customer perspectives. A quantitative approach with a survey methodology was employed. A structural equation analysis and test for metric invariance were utilized. Our results showed that volitional and non-volitional factors played an important role in forming adoption intention. In addition, the effectiveness of the theory of planned behavior for the prediction of intention was apparent. Moreover, the test for metric invariance revealed that perceived uncertainty of outcomes significantly reduced the magnitude of the influence of volitional and non-volitional factors on intention and that attachment to eco-friendly products significantly strengthened the degree of the impact of attitude on intention. Our results offered a sufficient understanding of customer decision-making process for eco-friendly electric airplanes.
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spelling upm-882512022-11-24T04:09:24Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88251/ Consumers’ intention to adopt eco-friendly electric airplanes: The moderating role of perceived uncertainty of outcomes and attachment to eco-friendly products Han, Heesup Chua, Bee Lia Sunghyup, Sean Hyun Greening is undeniably one of the emerging issues in the airline industry. Yet, empirical research on passengers’ behaviors pertinent to eco-friendly airplanes is scant. This study was designed to deepen the theory of planned behavior by integrating perceived uncertainty of outcomes and attachment to eco-friendly products in order to provide a clear understanding of decision formation for adopting eco-friendly electric airplanes from the customer perspectives. A quantitative approach with a survey methodology was employed. A structural equation analysis and test for metric invariance were utilized. Our results showed that volitional and non-volitional factors played an important role in forming adoption intention. In addition, the effectiveness of the theory of planned behavior for the prediction of intention was apparent. Moreover, the test for metric invariance revealed that perceived uncertainty of outcomes significantly reduced the magnitude of the influence of volitional and non-volitional factors on intention and that attachment to eco-friendly products significantly strengthened the degree of the impact of attitude on intention. Our results offered a sufficient understanding of customer decision-making process for eco-friendly electric airplanes. Taylor and Francis 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88251/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Han, Heesup and Chua, Bee Lia and Sunghyup, Sean Hyun (2020) Consumers’ intention to adopt eco-friendly electric airplanes: The moderating role of perceived uncertainty of outcomes and attachment to eco-friendly products. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 14 (9). 671 - 685. ISSN 1556-8318; ESSN: 1556-8334 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15568318.2019.1607957?journalCode=ujst20 10.1080/15568318.2019.1607957
spellingShingle Han, Heesup
Chua, Bee Lia
Sunghyup, Sean Hyun
Consumers’ intention to adopt eco-friendly electric airplanes: The moderating role of perceived uncertainty of outcomes and attachment to eco-friendly products
title Consumers’ intention to adopt eco-friendly electric airplanes: The moderating role of perceived uncertainty of outcomes and attachment to eco-friendly products
title_full Consumers’ intention to adopt eco-friendly electric airplanes: The moderating role of perceived uncertainty of outcomes and attachment to eco-friendly products
title_fullStr Consumers’ intention to adopt eco-friendly electric airplanes: The moderating role of perceived uncertainty of outcomes and attachment to eco-friendly products
title_full_unstemmed Consumers’ intention to adopt eco-friendly electric airplanes: The moderating role of perceived uncertainty of outcomes and attachment to eco-friendly products
title_short Consumers’ intention to adopt eco-friendly electric airplanes: The moderating role of perceived uncertainty of outcomes and attachment to eco-friendly products
title_sort consumers’ intention to adopt eco-friendly electric airplanes: the moderating role of perceived uncertainty of outcomes and attachment to eco-friendly products
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88251/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88251/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88251/1/ABSTRACT.pdf