A Multidimensional Model of Sustainable Renewable Energy Linking Purchase Intentions, Attitude and User Behavior in Nigeria

Paul Chibuogwu Ashinze, Jian Tian, Peter Chiedu Ashinze, Mehrab Nazir and Imrab Shaheen
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Paul Chibuogwu Ashinze: School of Economics and Management, Jiangsu University of Science & Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
Jian Tian: School of Economics and Management, Jiangsu University of Science & Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
Peter Chiedu Ashinze: Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Cologne, 50923 Cologne, Germany
Mehrab Nazir: School of Economics and Management, Jiangsu University of Science & Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
Imrab Shaheen: Department of Public Administration, University of Kotli Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Kotli 11100, AJK, Pakistan

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 19, 1-16

Abstract: This study investigates the challenges to Nigeria’s renewable energy growth; specifically, it analyzes the factors that influence the intention to use renewable energy in Nigeria. This paper was based on the theory of planned behavior, the technology acceptance model, the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, the diffusion of innovation theory, and previous studies on acceptance. The proposed hypotheses have been tested using structured questionnaires based on a sample of 500 Nigerian family heads. A structural equation modeling technique was used to analyze the relationships of the studied variables—relative advantage, ease of use, perceived behavioral control, subjective norm, awareness, cost, attitude, income, gender, age, and education—with purchase intention. The study findings show that attitude has a significant mediating effect on the relationship between intention to use and determinants (relative advantage, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, ease of use, cost and awareness) and no significant impact on the purchase intention of the control variables (income, education, age, and gender) in the structural model. The study’s results support business decisions in the renewable energy sub-sector in Nigeria and other developing nations. Furthermore, the results of this study could serve as a reference for the government to make decisions concerning the implementation of renewable energy.

Keywords: renewable energy; attitude; purchase intention; use behaviors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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