Analyzing the Role of Resource Factors in Citizens’ Intention to Pay for and Participate in Disaster Management

Seoyong Kim, Seol A. Kwon, Jae Eun Lee, Byeong-Cheol Ahn, Ju Ho Lee, Chen An, Keiko Kitagawa, Dohyeong Kim and Jaesun Wang
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Seoyong Kim: Department of Public Administration, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Korea
Seol A. Kwon: National Crisisonomy Institute, Chungbuk National University, Chungbuk 28644, Korea
Jae Eun Lee: Department of Public Administration, Chungbuk National University, Chungbuk 28644, Korea
Byeong-Cheol Ahn: Department of Public Administration and Welfare, Chosun University, Gwangju 61452, Korea
Ju Ho Lee: Department of Fire Service Administration, Sehan University, Chungcheongnam-Do 31746, Korea
Chen An: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Keiko Kitagawa: Department of Psychology and Welfare, Seitoku University, Matsudo 271-8555, Japan
Dohyeong Kim: School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
Jaesun Wang: Department of Public Administration, Division of Global Human Resources, Kangwon National University, Gangwon-Do 25913, Korea

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 8, 1-25

Abstract: This study aimed to analyze how resource variables (health status, economic affordability, social network, social capital, and neighborhood environment) influence citizens’ intention to pay for and participate in disaster management and safety activities. We compared four psychometric paradigm variables with five resource variables and analyzed how the latter moderate the relationships of the perception variables with intention to pay and to participate. A regression analysis revealed that willingness to pay was mainly explained by trust, followed by social capital, economic affordability, perceived risk, and experience, respectively. Participation was explained by knowledge, social capital, age, trust, and social network, respectively. Gender, trust, and social capital had an influence both on willingness to pay and to participate. Perceived risk, knowledge, and trust had a moderating effect on willingness to pay, but this effect depended on the quality of the neighborhood environment. Trust, knowledge, and stigma had a moderating effect on participation intention, but this effect depended on social capital and the neighborhood environment.

Keywords: willingness to pay; intention to participate; disaster management; psychometric paradigm; resource factors; risk and crisis management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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