The influence of climate change and environmental concerns on participation in new voluntourism by younger generations

IF 5.4 3区材料科学 Q2 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL

ACS Applied Energy Materials Pub Date : 2024-08-03 DOI:10.1002/jtr.2724

Yelim Kim, Miseong Kim, Choong-Ki Lee, Yvette Reisinger

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This study investigates a new type of voluntourism that focuses on younger generations' environmental contribution in the context of a global climate crisis. The study describes the adoption process of new voluntourism by applying the Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) framework and examining the influence of its three innovation factors (compatibility, simplicity, and relative advantage along with the perceived risk of climate change on new voluntourism adoption attitude and behavioral intention). An online survey of 432 members of two demographic cohorts, Millennials and Generation Z, was conducted in South Korea. The results of structural equation modeling indicate that the perceived risk of climate change and DOI's innovation factors significantly affected new voluntourism adoption attitude and behavioral intention. The results confirmed that the perceived risk of climate change led to the diffusion and adoption of new voluntourism by younger generations. The theoretical and practical implications of the study's results are discussed.

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气候变化和环境问题对年轻一代参与新志愿旅游的影响

本研究调查了在全球气候危机背景下关注年轻一代环境贡献的新型志愿旅游。研究运用创新扩散（DOI）框架描述了新型志愿旅游的采用过程，并考察了三个创新因素（兼容性、简单性、相对优势以及气候变化的感知风险）对新型志愿旅游的采用态度和行为意向的影响。在韩国对千禧一代和 Z 世代两个人口群体的 432 名成员进行了在线调查。结构方程模型的结果表明，气候变化感知风险和 DOI 的创新因素对新志愿旅游的采纳态度和行为意向有显著影响。结果证实，气候变化的感知风险导致了年轻一代对新志愿旅游的传播和采纳。讨论了研究结果的理论和实践意义。

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ACS Applied Energy Materials Materials Science-Materials Chemistry

CiteScore

10.30

自引率

6.20%

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1368

期刊介绍： ACS Applied Energy Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of materials, engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to energy conversion and storage. The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrate knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, and chemistry into important energy applications.