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Title Enhancing Green Purchase Intentions: The Effects of Product Transformation Salience and Consumer Traceability Knowledge
ID_Doc 61874
Authors Lin, JL; Huang, YB; Li, MY
Title Enhancing Green Purchase Intentions: The Effects of Product Transformation Salience and Consumer Traceability Knowledge
Year 2023
Published Sustainability, 15.0, 16
DOI 10.3390/su151612612
Abstract Drawing on the literature on green innovation, recycling, digitalization, and human associative memory (HAM) theory, this study applies the concept of product transformation salience (PTS) to the context of green consumption, investigating how PTS affects consumer green purchase intention. This study also examines a mediating variable (perceived green brand coolness) and a moderating variable (consumer traceability knowledge) that are related to green innovation and green skepticism. Three experimental studies were used to test our proposed hypotheses. Our results demonstrate that presenting PTS leads to higher green purchasing intentions compared to conveying a general green message without PTS information. Furthermore, perceived green brand coolness partially mediates the relationship between PTS and purchase intention, indicating that PTS enhances brand coolness and purchase intention more strongly. Moreover, when consumer traceability knowledge is high, the presence of PTS leads to greater purchase intentions than when PTS is absent. Alternatively, when consumer traceability knowledge is low, a general green message increases green purchase intentions. Our findings have significant implications for successfully implementing green communication strategies and promoting green and digital transformation.
Author Keywords green innovation; green purchase intention; product transformation salience; green brand coolness; consumer traceability knowledge
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:001056921200001
WoS Category Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies
Research Area Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/16/12612/pdf?version=1692588531
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