Zheng, Wei, Qiu, Hongliang and Morrison, Alastair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0754-1083 (2024) The effects of civility knowledge and Taoist values on tourist behavioral intentions based on an extended theory of planned behavior. Sustainable Development. ISSN 0968-0802 (Print), 1099-1719 (Online) (doi:10.1002/sd.3012)

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Abstract

Tourist civility is attracting growing attention from practitioners and scholars. However, the research on the effects of knowledge of civility and Taoist values on tourist civilized behavioral intentions (TCI) is incomplete. Based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), an expanded and integrated framework was developed to explore TCI with data from 358 domestic tourists in China. Structural equation modeling was adopted and mediation and moderation models were tested through the bootstrapping approach. The findings suggested that attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, knowledge, and Taoist values directly affected TCI. It was also found that attitudes positively mediated the connections between subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, knowledge, and Taoist values with TCI; and subjective norms negatively moderated not only the association between knowledge and attitudes but also the mediating effect of attitudes on the link between knowledge and TCI. The results confirmed that the extended TPB exerted greater explanatory power than the original model. This research provides a clearer understanding of TCI by integrating the knowledge-attitude-behavior and value-attitude-behavior models within TPB, which advances the knowledge of the underlying factors that motivate tourists toward civility, and offers a practical perspective to cultivate TCI with targeted strategies.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	knowledge of tourist civility; knowledge-attitude-behavior model (KAB); Taoist values; theory of planned behavior (TPB); tourist civility intentions (TCI); value-attitude-behavior model (VAB)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Business Greenwich Business School > Tourism and Marketing Research Centre (TMRC) Greenwich Business School > Networks and Urban Systems Centre (NUSC)
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2024 16:26
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/46807

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