Roles of environmental concern and social motivation in promoting bringing shopping bags: an empirical study in Vietnam

Tuan Anh Truong, Huong-Giang Pham, Nguyen Thi Khanh Chi and Nguyen Thuy Dung

International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking, 2024, vol. 16, issue 2, 262-280

Abstract: This study investigates the role of environmental concerns and social motivation toward bringing shopping bags among Vietnamese people in Hanoi. We collected information from 256 consumers and employed the partial least squares structural equation model (PLS-SEM) to examine the roles of environmental concerns, retailers' promotions regarding bringing their own bags, and attitudes toward bringing bags. The results show that consumers in Hanoi are more likely to bring shopping bags once they know about the environmental effects of using plastic bags and have positive attitudes toward bringing their own bags. Besides, promotions offered by retailers also encourage young customers to bring their own bags when shopping. Social motivation plays an essential role as a moderator to strengthen the effect of environmental concerns on behaviour toward bringing bags when shopping. Based on these results, we provide recommendations for policymakers and retail businesses to encourage consumers to bring their shopping bags.

Keywords: bring your own bag; environmental concern; retailers' promotion; social motivation; Vietnam. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=135764 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijpmbe:v:16:y:2024:i:2:p:262-280

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().