Ong, Sok Phei and Ramakrishnan, Kalai Arasi and Sapari, Muhammad Farid and Zainuddin, Nizamuddin (2017) Factors that influence the intention of people in using sustainable resources in transportation. In: Symposium on Technology Management & Logistics (STML–Go Green) 2016, 6th - 7th December 2016, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Transportation sector consume the highest rate of energy compared to other sectors and this also make this sector as the highest level of carbon emission contributor worldwide.Considering carbon emission give negative impact to the environment, the usage of sustainable resources in transportation sector become a necessity.The study aimed to determine factors that influences the intention of people using sustainable resources in transportation by adapting Heider’s Attribution Theory.The internal and external attributions are involved in this study.We attempt to relate the role of government, role of information and attitude with the intention of people in using sustainable resources in transportation.The data were collected from 377 full time undergraduate students of University Utara Malaysia through structured questionnaire.We choose correlation and regression study in this research as we want to examine the relationships between predictor variables with criterion variable.This research is quantitative research and unit of analysis is individual as we collect the data from individual students.This research is aimed to enhance the knowledge and encourage the awareness among people regarding the sustainability in transportation and environment.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	ISBN 978-967-0910-37-6 Organized by: School of Technology Management & Logistics, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Uncontrolled Keywords:	factors, intention, Heider’s Attribution Theory, sustainable resources, sustainable transportation, sustainable environment
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
Divisions:	School of Technology Management & Logistics
Depositing User:	Mr. Nizamuddin Zainuddin
Date Deposited:	13 Jul 2017 01:10
Last Modified:	13 Jul 2017 01:10
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/22644

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