Consumer purchase intention towards environmentally friendly vehicles: an empirical investigation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This paper examines whether attitudes towards electric vehicles (ATEVs), subjective norms (SNs) and perceived behavioural control (PBC) have significant associations with consumer purchase intention (PI) and the purchase behaviour of environmentally friendly vehicles (EFVs). The resultsfromthesurvey...

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Main Authors:	Rafia, Afroz, Masud, Muhammad Mehdi, Akhtar, Rulia, Islam, Md. Ashraful, Duasa, Jarita
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Language:	English
Published:	Springer 2015
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling	iium-437112017-08-21T03:14:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43711/ Consumer purchase intention towards environmentally friendly vehicles: an empirical investigation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Rafia, Afroz Masud, Muhammad Mehdi Akhtar, Rulia Islam, Md. Ashraful Duasa, Jarita H Social Sciences (General) This paper examines whether attitudes towards electric vehicles (ATEVs), subjective norms (SNs) and perceived behavioural control (PBC) have significant associations with consumer purchase intention (PI) and the purchase behaviour of environmentally friendly vehicles (EFVs). The resultsfromthesurveyquestionnairesareanalysedusingconfirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modelling (SEM). The findings of this paper indicate that ATEV, SN and PBC significantly influence PI. This finding also indicates that environmental consequence and individual preferences do not influence the PI of the respondents. We found that Malaysian car owners are largely unaware of the greenhouse effects on the environment or attach to it little importance, which is reflected in their PI towards EFVs. The outcomes of this study could help policymakers design programmes to influence attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control and purchase behaviour to prevent furtherairpollutionandreduceCO2 emissionsfromthetransportation sector. Springer 2015-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43711/4/43711_consumer_purchase.pdf Rafia, Afroz and Masud, Muhammad Mehdi and Akhtar, Rulia and Islam, Md. Ashraful and Duasa, Jarita (2015) Consumer purchase intention towards environmentally friendly vehicles: an empirical investigation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22 (20). pp. 16153-16163. ISSN 0944-1344 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11356-015-4841-8 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4841-8
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description	This paper examines whether attitudes towards electric vehicles (ATEVs), subjective norms (SNs) and perceived behavioural control (PBC) have significant associations with consumer purchase intention (PI) and the purchase behaviour of environmentally friendly vehicles (EFVs). The resultsfromthesurveyquestionnairesareanalysedusingconfirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modelling (SEM). The findings of this paper indicate that ATEV, SN and PBC significantly influence PI. This finding also indicates that environmental consequence and individual preferences do not influence the PI of the respondents. We found that Malaysian car owners are largely unaware of the greenhouse effects on the environment or attach to it little importance, which is reflected in their PI towards EFVs. The outcomes of this study could help policymakers design programmes to influence attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control and purchase behaviour to prevent furtherairpollutionandreduceCO2 emissionsfromthetransportation sector.
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author	Rafia, Afroz Masud, Muhammad Mehdi Akhtar, Rulia Islam, Md. Ashraful Duasa, Jarita
author_facet	Rafia, Afroz Masud, Muhammad Mehdi Akhtar, Rulia Islam, Md. Ashraful Duasa, Jarita
author_sort	Rafia, Afroz
title	Consumer purchase intention towards environmentally friendly vehicles: an empirical investigation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_short	Consumer purchase intention towards environmentally friendly vehicles: an empirical investigation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_full	Consumer purchase intention towards environmentally friendly vehicles: an empirical investigation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Consumer purchase intention towards environmentally friendly vehicles: an empirical investigation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Consumer purchase intention towards environmentally friendly vehicles: an empirical investigation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_sort	consumer purchase intention towards environmentally friendly vehicles: an empirical investigation in kuala lumpur, malaysia
publisher	Springer
publishDate	2015
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Consumer purchase intention towards environmentally friendly vehicles: an empirical investigation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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