Effect of Green Attributes Transparency on WTA for Green Cosmetics: Mediating Effects of CSR and Green Brand Concepts

Yung-Hsin Lee and Shui-Lien Chen
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Yung-Hsin Lee: Department of Banking and Finance, CTBC Business School, Tainan city 70963, Taiwan
Shui-Lien Chen: Department of Management Sciences, Tamkang University, New Taipei City 25137, Taiwan

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 19, 1-15

Abstract: Green attributes transparency presents new opportunities and challenges to advertisers. This study developed a research framework to enhance consumers’ willingness to adopt green cosmetics from several green constructs, such as corporate transparency, corporate social responsibility (CSR), green brand image, green brand trust, and green brand equity, and showed the green field strategy implications. This study commissioned a professional survey company to distribute an online questionnaire of cosmetic using experience to the participants. AMOS statistics software was used to analyze the measurement reliability and validity, and to examine the research hypotheses using structural equation modeling. The contribution of the study aimed to provide a correct standpoint for new concepts of green strategy in accordance with environmental trends, activities, and positive enterprise image to increase the consumers’ willingness to adopt green cosmetics from five constructs.

Keywords: green attributes transparency; Willingness to Adopt (WTA); Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); green brand; Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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