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The potential determinants for smartphone recycling behaviour sustainability in UAE

Repeated actions and behaviours are characteristic of people’s daily lives. However, there is a dilemma when this repeated action is associated with mobile phone recycling since convincing mobile users to recycle sustainably is challenging. This study analysed the four factors (i.e., actual knowledg...

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Main Authors: Yahya, Taher Ben, Mohd. Jamal, Noriza, Sundarakani, Balan, Omain, Siti Zaleha
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Language:English
Published: MDPI 2022
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H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/104319/1/NorizaMohdJamal2022_ThePotentialDeterminantsforSmartphoneRecycling.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14042282
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spelling my.utm.1043192024-02-04T02:47:10Z http://eprints.utm.my/104319/ The potential determinants for smartphone recycling behaviour sustainability in UAE Yahya, Taher Ben Mohd. Jamal, Noriza Sundarakani, Balan Omain, Siti Zaleha H Social Sciences (General) Repeated actions and behaviours are characteristic of people’s daily lives. However, there is a dilemma when this repeated action is associated with mobile phone recycling since convincing mobile users to recycle sustainably is challenging. This study analysed the four factors (i.e., actual knowledge, salience, environmental constraints, and habits) adopted from the Integrated Behavioural Model (IBM) theory and examined their impact on behavioural sustainability. A partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach was applied to evaluate 601 responses from a self-administered online survey collected from mobile user participants based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The survey findings indicated that habit has the strongest and statistically significant positive influence on behaviour; followed by knowledge and skills. Additionally, the salience of behaviour has a considerably negative influence on behaviour sustainability unaffected by environmental constraints. This study serves as a springboard for future research examining the IBM model to understand recycling behaviour in general and smartphone recycling sustainability in particular. Additionally, this research can assist smartphone manufacturers in understanding the factors that will maintain the recycling behaviour continuity, increasing the number of returned devices. MDPI 2022-02-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/104319/1/NorizaMohdJamal2022_ThePotentialDeterminantsforSmartphoneRecycling.pdf Yahya, Taher Ben and Mohd. Jamal, Noriza and Sundarakani, Balan and Omain, Siti Zaleha (2022) The potential determinants for smartphone recycling behaviour sustainability in UAE. Sustainability, 14 (4). pp. 1-17. ISSN 2071-1050 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14042282 DOI:10.3390/su14042282
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Yahya, Taher Ben
Mohd. Jamal, Noriza
Sundarakani, Balan
Omain, Siti Zaleha
The potential determinants for smartphone recycling behaviour sustainability in UAE
description Repeated actions and behaviours are characteristic of people’s daily lives. However, there is a dilemma when this repeated action is associated with mobile phone recycling since convincing mobile users to recycle sustainably is challenging. This study analysed the four factors (i.e., actual knowledge, salience, environmental constraints, and habits) adopted from the Integrated Behavioural Model (IBM) theory and examined their impact on behavioural sustainability. A partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach was applied to evaluate 601 responses from a self-administered online survey collected from mobile user participants based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The survey findings indicated that habit has the strongest and statistically significant positive influence on behaviour; followed by knowledge and skills. Additionally, the salience of behaviour has a considerably negative influence on behaviour sustainability unaffected by environmental constraints. This study serves as a springboard for future research examining the IBM model to understand recycling behaviour in general and smartphone recycling sustainability in particular. Additionally, this research can assist smartphone manufacturers in understanding the factors that will maintain the recycling behaviour continuity, increasing the number of returned devices.
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author Yahya, Taher Ben
Mohd. Jamal, Noriza
Sundarakani, Balan
Omain, Siti Zaleha
author_facet Yahya, Taher Ben
Mohd. Jamal, Noriza
Sundarakani, Balan
Omain, Siti Zaleha
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title The potential determinants for smartphone recycling behaviour sustainability in UAE
title_short The potential determinants for smartphone recycling behaviour sustainability in UAE
title_full The potential determinants for smartphone recycling behaviour sustainability in UAE
title_fullStr The potential determinants for smartphone recycling behaviour sustainability in UAE
title_full_unstemmed The potential determinants for smartphone recycling behaviour sustainability in UAE
title_sort potential determinants for smartphone recycling behaviour sustainability in uae
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.utm.my/104319/1/NorizaMohdJamal2022_ThePotentialDeterminantsforSmartphoneRecycling.pdf
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