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Sustainable Consumption Behavior in the Disruptive Environment

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 12898

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Jiyoung Kim

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Hospitality Department, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Cir, Denton, TX, USA
Interests: consumer behavior; sustainability; CSR; digital technology
Dr. Stacy H. Lee

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Department of Hospitality and Retail Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79415, USA
Interests: sustainability in retail industry; sustainable consumption and production; global supply chain; international trades; online multi-sided platforms; big data and social media; corporate social responsibility in organizational; consumer studies
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Prof. Dr. Gargi Bhaduri

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School of Fashion, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, United States
Interests: sustainable supply chain issues; communication strategies in the supply chain; and information processing
Dr. Tae-Im Han

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Fashion Merchandising and Design, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, California State University, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, California 90840 USA
Interests: socially responsible consumer behaviour; social media marketing in fashion industry; cross-cultural consumer behaviour; fast fashion

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are living in a disruptive world where digital technology, the social justice movement, and the recent development of global health threats are reshaping human behavior. In this rapidly changing social, political, economic, and cultural environment, fostering a deeper understanding of sustainable consumption behavior would play a critical role in reinforcing sustainable development in industry practices.

Therefore, this Special Issue invites studies that investigate the new trends and development of sustainable consumption in today’s disruptive and challenging environment by focusing on topics that pertain to effective communication, consumer education, and consumer value co-creation and consumption behavior. We identify consumption behavior as a process that involves complex decisions and actions that encompass the production, purchase, use, and disposal of a product or service (Lim, 2017). Further, we aim to provide a holistic view of sustainable behavior through this Special Issue by encouraging studies that investigate the social and economic aspects of sustainability, in addition to the environmental aspect. As social and economic sustainability is relatively less studied within the literature (Sesini, Castiglioni and Lozza, 2020) we aim to include diverse facets of sustainable impacts by addressing the holistic conceptualization of sustainable consumption behavior.

Some of the suggested keywords are:

  1. Sustainable consumption behavior
  2. Effective and innovative communication strategy
  3. Digital technology
  4. Consumer education
  5. Ethical labeling
  6. Consumer value co-creation behavior
  7. Fair-trade consumption
  8. Green packaging
  9. Consumer disposal behavior and waste reduction

Lim, W.M. (2017). Inside the sustainable consumption theoretical toolbox: Critical concepts for sustainability, consumption, and marketing. Journal of Business Research, 78, 69–80.

Sesini, G., Castiglioni, C. & Lozza, E. (2020). New trends and patterns in sustainable Consumption: a systematic review and research agenda. Sustainability, 12, 5935; doi:10.3390/su12155935

Prof. Dr. Jiyoung Kim
Prof. Dr. Stacy H. Lee
Prof. Dr. Gargi Bhaduri
Dr. Tae-Im Han
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Sustainable consumption behavior
  • Effective and innovative communication strategy
  • Digital technology
  • Consumer education
  • Ethical labeling
  • Consumer value co-creation behavior
  • Fair-trade consumption
  • Green packaging
  • Consumer disposal behavior and waste reduction

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Building a Hierarchical Sustainable Consumption Behavior Model in Qualitative Information: Consumer Behavior Influences on Social Impacts and Environmental Responses
by Tat-Dat Bui, Ming K. Lim, Raditia Yudistira Sujanto, Monica Ongkowidjaja and Ming-Lang Tseng
Sustainability 2022, 14(16), 9877; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14169877 - 10 Aug 2022
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This study contributes to an understanding of valid sustainable consumption behavior attributes in Indonesia, due to the current unsustainability of product usage and environmental damage. Increasing consumption requires an understanding and exploration of important aspects of the consumption process and consumers’ behaviour. Sustainable [...] Read more.
This study contributes to an understanding of valid sustainable consumption behavior attributes in Indonesia, due to the current unsustainability of product usage and environmental damage. Increasing consumption requires an understanding and exploration of important aspects of the consumption process and consumers’ behaviour. Sustainable consumption fulfils human needs, increases quality of life, reduces environmental damage and minimizes the risk to human health. A set of qualitative aspects and criteria is selected, validated by experts, using the Delphi method. Qualitative information is translated into comparable scales by applying fuzzy set theory. The interrelationships among the attributes are then identified by using a decision-making trial evaluation in the laboratory. Choquet integral is used to eliminate problems of expert subjectivity and this interactivity method, thus, provides higher insight into effectively addressing uncertainties. The results show that social impact and consumer behavior have a significant role in driving sustainable consumption behavior, representing an individual’s motivation in planning or decision making when performing a specific sustainable behavior. Sustainable consumption behavior is motivated by perceived consumer effectiveness, trust from consumers, environmental knowledge, environmental responsibility, behavioral intention, emotion, and motivation regarding social consumption mot. Theoretical and managerial implications are also provided. Full article
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Consumer Sustainable Shopping Practices for Small Business during COVID-19
by Sejin Ha, Michelle Childs, Christopher T. Sneed and Ann Berry
Sustainability 2021, 13(22), 12451; https://doi.org/10.3390/su132212451 - 11 Nov 2021
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The purpose of this study was to understand the factors that attract consumers to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic to assist with small businesses. Factors of interest included emotional (positive and negative) and cognitive experiences (resilience, optimism) during the pandemic and demographic [...] Read more.
The purpose of this study was to understand the factors that attract consumers to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic to assist with small businesses. Factors of interest included emotional (positive and negative) and cognitive experiences (resilience, optimism) during the pandemic and demographic characteristics (gender, generation, education, income, and employment status). Using a convenience survey sample in U.S. (N = 315), this study found that positive and negative emotions, active resilience, and demographic characteristics (generation, education, income, and employment status) can explain consumer shopping frequency and number of services used with small businesses during a pandemic. Small businesses may seek to trigger active resilience and emotions (negative and positive) in their marketing/advertising avenues to attract consumers’ sustainable consumption practices and may consider pivoting to attract particular consumer segments that are more likely to lend favorable actions toward sustainable consumption. Full article
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A Bibliometric Study of Research Topics and Sustainability of Packaging in the Greater China Region
by Rui-Liang Wang, Tzu-Fan Hsu and Chen-Zhong Hu
Sustainability 2021, 13(10), 5384; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105384 - 12 May 2021
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The consumption and sustainability of packaging are significant concerns. With development of the division of labor during economic globalization, packaging issues are viewed differently in different regions. This study focused on the Greater China region, which has recently experienced rapid economic growth. Bibliometric [...] Read more.
The consumption and sustainability of packaging are significant concerns. With development of the division of labor during economic globalization, packaging issues are viewed differently in different regions. This study focused on the Greater China region, which has recently experienced rapid economic growth. Bibliometric analyses were performed using data from two Chinese academic databases, CNKI-CAJD of Mainland China and CEPS of Taiwan; 24,790 journal papers on packaging published between 1989 and 2019 were investigated using keyword co-occurrence analyses and cluster maps. The history of research on packaging in Greater China is summarized and the research areas are categorized into five common subjects: design and consumption assessment, marketing and image packaging, food packaging, special item packaging, and structure and materials. Among these subjects, CNKI-CAJD mostly focuses on industrial applications in packaging institutions and industry, division of labor in the packaging industry, and foreign trade commodity packaging, while CEPS focuses on diversified aspects of green design and education in packaging and environmental protection and packaging development. The results map out Chinese research on packaging and can serve as a reference for applying environmental sustainability in the packaging field. Full article
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