Abstract
As environmental awareness increases, consumers tend to focus more on environmental
friendly products. The literature on green consumption has recently focused on the Asian
markets, in particular, the populous country of the world ’china’. Despite many efforts by
the marketers to promote the environmental awareness among Chinese consumers and
their buying behavior towards the green products are not yet completely understood. This
paper examines the green purchase behavior of Chinese consumers using theory of
planned behavior. In this attempt, a conceptual model is developed to study the effects of
the standard ‘theory of planned behavior’ predictors; attitudes, subjective norms and
perceived behavioral control (PBC) on green buying behavior. In addition, the role of
gender and price transparency in the relationship between green purchase intention and
behavior are also examined. Surveys were collected from 370 young full-time students;
structural equation modeling (SEM) has been used to analyze the data. The result showed
a significant correlation among between the attitudes, subjective norms, perceived
behavioral control (PBC), green purchase intention (GPI), and green purchase behavior
(GPB). This empirical study contributed to the current state of knowledge by showing
that gender also plays a role in the purchase intention, and price transparency also has a
moderate influence. The study concluded with a discussion of the results and provided
theoretical, administrative, and research implications for giving awareness of the green
products in China.
Muhammad Yaseen Bhutto, Fue Zeng, Yasir Ali Soomro, Mussadiq Ali Khan. (2019) Young Chinese Consumer Decision Making in Buying Green Products: An Application of Theory of Planned Behavior with Gender and Price Transparency, Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences, Volume 13, Issue 3.
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