Multidimensional factors that influence the intention to practice segregation-at-source of solid waste: an empirical study
Solid waste generation in Malaysia is one of the challenging environmental issues which are often neglected by local households. The main purpose of this research is to ascertain the mediating effect of environmental concerns (i.e., egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric concerns) between households’...
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2021
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| author | Kai, Wah Cheng Osman, Syuhaily Md Jusoh, Zuroni Lau, Jasmine Leby |
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| description | Solid waste generation in Malaysia is one of the challenging environmental issues which are often neglected by local households. The main purpose of this research is to ascertain the mediating effect of environmental concerns (i.e., egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric concerns) between households’ descriptive norm and injunctive norm to practice the segregation-at-source of solid waste. A total of 400 residents living in townships in nine districts in the state of Selangor were selected via a multi-stage sampling method. A self-administrated bilingual questionnaire was used to collect the research data. As for the mediation test, the present research found that egoistic concern and altruistic con-cern mediated the significant relationship between injunctive norm and intention to practice the seg-regation-at-source of solid waste among the households in Selangor. The present research con-cludes with research implications and provides several avenues for future research in order to create a comprehensive understanding of the segregation-at-source of solid waste policy among Malaysian citizens. |
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| spelling | upm-942882023-05-08T04:46:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94288/ Multidimensional factors that influence the intention to practice segregation-at-source of solid waste: an empirical study Kai, Wah Cheng Osman, Syuhaily Md Jusoh, Zuroni Lau, Jasmine Leby Solid waste generation in Malaysia is one of the challenging environmental issues which are often neglected by local households. The main purpose of this research is to ascertain the mediating effect of environmental concerns (i.e., egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric concerns) between households’ descriptive norm and injunctive norm to practice the segregation-at-source of solid waste. A total of 400 residents living in townships in nine districts in the state of Selangor were selected via a multi-stage sampling method. A self-administrated bilingual questionnaire was used to collect the research data. As for the mediation test, the present research found that egoistic concern and altruistic con-cern mediated the significant relationship between injunctive norm and intention to practice the seg-regation-at-source of solid waste among the households in Selangor. The present research con-cludes with research implications and provides several avenues for future research in order to create a comprehensive understanding of the segregation-at-source of solid waste policy among Malaysian citizens. Growing Science 2021 Article PeerReviewed Kai, Wah Cheng and Osman, Syuhaily and Md Jusoh, Zuroni and Lau, Jasmine Leby (2021) Multidimensional factors that influence the intention to practice segregation-at-source of solid waste: an empirical study. Management Science Letters, 11 (2). 379 - 390. ISSN 1923-9335 http://growingscience.com/beta/4287-multidimensional-factors-that-influence-the-intention-to-practice-segregation-at-source-of-solid-waste-an-empirical-study.html 10.5267/j.msl.2020.9.031 |
| spellingShingle | Kai, Wah Cheng Osman, Syuhaily Md Jusoh, Zuroni Lau, Jasmine Leby Multidimensional factors that influence the intention to practice segregation-at-source of solid waste: an empirical study |
| title | Multidimensional factors that influence the intention to practice segregation-at-source of solid waste: an empirical study |
| title_full | Multidimensional factors that influence the intention to practice segregation-at-source of solid waste: an empirical study |
| title_fullStr | Multidimensional factors that influence the intention to practice segregation-at-source of solid waste: an empirical study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multidimensional factors that influence the intention to practice segregation-at-source of solid waste: an empirical study |
| title_short | Multidimensional factors that influence the intention to practice segregation-at-source of solid waste: an empirical study |
| title_sort | multidimensional factors that influence the intention to practice segregation-at-source of solid waste: an empirical study |
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