EFFECTS OF COLLECTIVIST CULTURE, GREEN ATTITUDE AND GREEN BEHAVIOR ON WILLINGNESS TO PAY MORE FOR GREEN PRODUCTS
Abstract
In recent years the importance and value of green products has increased in parallel to environmental problems experienced in world wide. The requirement for natural resources to sustain a human life is an indisputable fact. Therefore, consumers often demonstrate greater demand for green products in order to minimize concerns about the environment. For businesses, green products may be more expensive than other products. So businesses should investigate whether consumers are willing to pay more for green products and their marketing activities should be conducted in this direction. In this context, effects of collectivist culture, green attitudes and green behavior on the willingness to pay more for green products has been investigated by conducting a survey in participation of 400 consumers in the province of Erzurum. First Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) made later Structural Equation Model (SEM) has been used to test the research model. According to the program LISREL, confirmatory factor model has been found to be consistent according to he performed CFA analysis results. According to the results of SEM analysis, collectivist culture, green attitude and green behavior has been determined to have a significant correlation with willingness to pay more for green products.
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Primary Language
Turkish
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Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
December 26, 2016
Submission Date
December 4, 2016
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Published in Issue
Year 2016