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How Are Material Values and Voluntary Simplicity Lifestyle Related to Attitudes and Intentions toward Commercial Sharing during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Evidence from Japan

doi: 10.3390/su14137812
This paper attempts to elucidate how material values (MV) and voluntary simplicity lifestyle (VSL) are related to Japanese consumers’ attitudes and intentions toward commercial sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper provides the following findings by employing the two-step structural equation modeling (SEM) approach to analyze the data (n = 750) collected in Japan during the pandemic from people with no experience in commercial sharing. (1) MV has a positive effect on attitudes. (2) VSL is divided into “simplicity,” “long-term usage,” and “planned buying.” (3) Simplicity and planned buying are negatively related to MV, but long-term usage is not significantly related to MV. (4) Simplicity and long-term usage significantly affect attitudes, whereas planned buying does not. (5) Attitudes and subjective norms have positive effects on intentions. Consequently, two conflicting consumption orientations, MV and VSL, positively affect consumers’ responses toward commercial sharing in a pandemic context. The author suggests that although the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic exists now, the sharing economy can still contribute to enhancing sustainability and alleviating technological inequality by attracting people with different values and lifestyles.
- Mie Chukyo University Japan
- Mie Chukyo University Japan
commercial sharing systems, Environmental effects of industries and plants, subjective norms, COVID-19, TJ807-830, sharing economy, TD194-195, Renewable energy sources, material values; voluntary simplicity lifestyle; subjective norms; commercial sharing systems; sharing economy; COVID-19; sustainability; well-being, Environmental sciences, voluntary simplicity lifestyle, GE1-350, material values
commercial sharing systems, Environmental effects of industries and plants, subjective norms, COVID-19, TJ807-830, sharing economy, TD194-195, Renewable energy sources, material values; voluntary simplicity lifestyle; subjective norms; commercial sharing systems; sharing economy; COVID-19; sustainability; well-being, Environmental sciences, voluntary simplicity lifestyle, GE1-350, material values
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