The Impact of Green Product Innovation, Green Perceived Quality To Purchase Intention Moderated by Lifestyle On Stainless Steel Straw
The Impact of Green Product Innovation, Green Perceived Quality To Purchase Intention Moderated by Lifestyle On Stainless Steel Straw
The Impact of Green Product Innovation, Green Perceived Quality To Purchase Intention Moderated by Lifestyle On Stainless Steel Straw
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of green product innovation,
green perceived quality to purchase intention moderated by lifestyle on stainless steel
straw. There is a direct influence of green product innovation, green perceived quality,
and life style to purchase intention. Lifestyle does not moderate the relationship
between green product innovation and purchase intention. However, lifestyle
moderates the relationship between green perceived quality and purchase intention.
Based on the results, restaurants and cafes should use stainless steel straws because
the consumers have a lifestyle with the perception that eco-friendly products can
reduce the impact of environmental pollution therefore, they intend to visit restaurants
and cafes that use stainless steel straws.
INTRODUCTION
Since long ago, the world has been preoccupied with contaminating plastic products,
including Indonesia. This is due to the large number of people in Indonesia who use
plastic for their everyday’s life for the reason that it is much cheaper, practical than
other materials. Products made from plastic such as plastic bags, food and beverage
wrappers and others can pollute the environment because they cannot be rapidly
recycled and take a long time to decompose.
Data from the Ministry of Environment (KLH) states that since 1950, approximately 8.3
billion tons of plastic have been produced every day and our people produce 189
thousand tons of garbage per day. Of that amount, 15% is plastic waste or 28.4
thousand tons of plastic waste per day, followed by paper waste (8%), metal (4.3%),
glass, wood and other materials (12.7%). Based on the International Coastal Cleanup
Report, ten types of waste that dominate the coastal world are cigarette butts, food
wrappers, plastic bottle caps, plastic beverage bottles, beverage cans, plastic straws
and stirrers, glass drink bottles, metal bottle caps, plastic shopping bags, and other
plastics packaging (Oceanconservancy.org).
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Figure 1.1 Ten types of waste that dominate the world coast
Source: oceanconservancy.org
Plastics are long chain hydrocarbon polymers consisting of millions of monomers which
are bonded to one another and cannot be broken down by microorganisms
(Trisunaryanti, 2018). In the process, plastic takes 200-1000 years to decompose.
Plastics will break down into particles in small sizes that allow it to be consumed by
marine biota. This will lead to their death, since the plastic particles will interfere with
both metabolisms, and the digestive system of marine life. In addition, the number of
plastic particles consumed by marine biota allows it to move into the human body
through the food chain scheme. A research conducted by the Ocean Conservancy
found that 28% fish in Indonesia contained plastic.
In addition, plastic will also cause death on coral reefs. According to the Australian
Coral Reef Research Center (ARC) on the Indonesian sea, 26 parts per 100 square
meters of coral reef have been exposed to plastic waste.
By the government, a policy has been issued in order to reduce the use of plastic
through a circular letter KLHK No. S.1230 / PSLB3-PS / 2016 containing the price and
mechanism for applying paid plastic bags. This policy has been tested in various
regions in Indonesia and apparently has no significant impact on reducing plastic
waste. Some business owners remain making their plastic bags free, as well as local
governments have different attitudes in overcoming this rule (Ekawati, 2016). In
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addition to these policies, the government has appealed to the people for doing 3R
(Reuse, Reduce, Recycle). This is applied to the use of plastic straws, as plastic straws
are taken into account in the 10 contributors to garbage in the ocean.
Based on the above conditions, the researchers will conduct research on the Effect of
Green Product Innovation, Green Perceived Quality, and Lifestyle on Purchase
Intention on Stainless Steel Straw.
Over the years, many authorities at both national and international agencies have
attempted to establish standards or specification for product “greenness” through
treaties, regulations, practices, and guidelines. Although the standards may vary, they
are generally concerned with ecological and human health, as well as the social,
cultural, and economic impacts of a product. Chuang & Yang (2014) mention that
products considered to be superior as non eco-friendly products if they can reduce the
environmental burden in reducing energy use, air emissions, waste discharged into the
sea, and solid waste, to lessen environmental pollution. According to Wu and Chen
(2014), eco-friendly innovation products are products designed, produced and
distributed to consumers in order to reduce the effects of environmental pollution.
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Gan et al., (2008) stated “If the company offers eco-friendly products at affordable
prices, good quality, and available in many places, then consumers will purchase these
products." According to Chang & Fong (2010), quality products are products with good
performance, sturdy and reliable to meet the consumers’ desire. Consumers will make
a purchase due to their positive perception (Chen & Chang, 2013).
Lifestyle
Many factors can affect consumers when deciding to buy a product. This can come
from internal factors and external factors such as environmental influences. As to
internal factors, lifestyle factors are quite influential on the process of purchasing a
product or service, and would trigger someone to make a purchase. There are several
factors that can determine the consumer's lifestyle such as activity, personal and
psychology (Solomon, 2009). Activity is a form of consumer action. Personal factor are
factors within the consumers (called consumer tastes) that influence purchasing
decisions. In addition, psychological factors are the actions of consumers in making
decisions.
Diyah & Wijaya (2017) concluded that one of the indicators that consumers are eager
to buy eco-friendly products are their orientation and healthy consumption lifestyle.
Further, Margistris and Gracia (2008) mentioned that there is a relationship between
the lifestyle of consuming eco-friendly products and positive attitude towards green
products.
According to Rizwan et al., (2013) and Chen (2011) the society know that
environmental pollution comes from the manufacturing industry sector and they take it
more seriously. A healthy lifestyle is formed from the mindset of consumers such as
interests, opinions about health awareness by no longer using synthetic products and
being interested in recyclable products (Magistris & Gracia, 2008; Fraj & Martinez,
2007)
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Barry & Weinstein (2009) mentioned that lifestyle is one of the factors of psychographic
segmentation. Lifestyle focuses on the relationship between products and customer
interests in the form of values created based on daily needs.
Purchase Intention
Consumer purchase intention is the possibility and desire of someone to choose eco-
friendly products compared to traditional products (Rashid, 2009). A nearer point of
view that green purchase intention refers to consumers’ willingness to purchase.
Motivation is one of the influencing factors to their intention (Ramayah et al., 2010).
Many customers are willing to pay for less air pollution and willingness to pay some
more amounts for reduced emissions through renewable fuels. Based on these
conditions, producers need to change products used to be non eco-friendly to eco-
friendly ones (Chen, 2010). By offering eco-friendly products to consumers and they
notice their availability in the market, they intend to purchases these products (Verma,
2014; Datta, 2011; Chen, 2010; Gan et al., 2008;). According to Gogoi (2013),
consumers do not trust the products offered at low prices, with simple packaging and if
they have no idea about the products.
Pooladireishahri & Asgarpour (2015) said consumers prefer and make a purchase to
certain eco-friendly product categories. Therefore, the company will put up the products
for sale to make a profit. To find out their intention to purchase, it is necessary to know
the perceptions and attitudes of consumers towards the products offered (Kotler &
Keller). According to Netemeyer et al. (2005), their interest to eco-friendly products in
which they live, make them buy the product.
Gogoi (2013) mentions that before deciding to buy a product the consumers are
influenced by both internal and external motivation. Awareness of the presence of eco-
friendly products at the market, knowledge of the product, interests, preferences and
persuasion are processes before deciding to buy a certain product (Kawa et al. 2013).
Research Model
Green Product
Innovation
Purchase Intention
Green Perceived
Quality
Lifestyle
Figure 1: Research Model
Conceptual Hypothesis
H1 : There is the influence of green product innovation to purchase intention
H2 : There is the influence of green perceived quality to purchase intention
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RESEARCH METHOD
Data collection was carried out by the research team visiting coffee shops. Every fifth
visitor was given a questionnaire. But before filling it, they were asked whether they
had ever used stainless steel straws. If so, then they were asked to fill out a
questionnaire. In the process of filling out the questionnaire the research team invited
respondents to ask if there were things that were less clear from the questionnaire. The
filling out of the questionnaire lasted 10-15 minutes and respondents were given
souvenirs as a token of gratitude for their participation in this study.
The questionnaire consisted of 2 parts: 1) the respondent profile included gender, age,
spending / month, job, frequency of buying coffee, and the source of knowledge of
stainless-steel straws, and 2) the main variables of the study included, green perceived
quality, lifestyle, and purchase intention.
Measurement
Green product innovation was measured by three question items (for example,
"Stainless steel straws are not made from plastic therefore it does not pollute the
environment"). Respondents were asked to rate how far they agreed or disagreed with
each item on the Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 strongly agree). The results of
the validity and reliability test show that this scale is valid (Pearson Correlation for all
indicators ranges from 0.464 to 0.784 and significant at 0.01) and reliable (Cronbach's
Alpha = 0.668).
Green perceived quality was measured by Chen & Chang's scale (2013). This scale
consists of four question items (for example, "Stainless steel straws are superior to
plastic straws because they reduce environmental pollution"). Respondents were asked
to rate how far they agreed or disagreed with each item on the Likert scale (1 =
strongly disagree, 5 strongly agree). The results of the validity and reliability test show
that this scale is valid (Pearson Correlation for all indicators ranges item on the Likert
scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 strongly agreed)). The results of the validity and
reliability test show that this scale is valid (Pearson Correlation from 0.673 - 0.824 and
significant at 0.01) and reliable (Cronbach's Alpha = 0.758).
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Lifestyle was measured by the Setiadi scale (2015). This scale consists of four
question items (for example, "Consumers with an opinion that using stainless steel
straws can reduce plastic waste"). Respondents were asked to rate how far they
agreed or disagreed with each item on the Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5
strongly agree). The results of the validity and reliability test show that this scale is valid
(Pearson Correlation for all indicators ranges from 0.730 - 0.828 and significant at 0.01)
and reliable (Cronbach's Alpha = 0.798).
Purchase intention was measured by a scale developed from Kotler and Keller (2015)
and Chen and Chang (2013). This scale consists of four question items (for example,
"After getting information, consumers will consider buying stainless steel straw
products"). Respondents were asked to rate how far they agree or disagree with each
question item on the Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 strongly agree). Validity and
reliability test results show that this scale is valid (Pearson Correlation for all indicators
ranges from 0.599 - 0.809 and significant at 0.01) and reliable (Cronbach's Alpha =
0.729).
Data analysis
This research used various statistical methods. First, frequency, mean, and standard
deviation were used to describe the characteristics of the respondent, and the main
variables of the study. Pearson correlation was used to analyze the relationship
between research variables. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to examine the
effect of interaction variables between green product innovation and lifestyle, and
interaction variables between green perceived quality and lifestyle on purchase
intention. Simple slope analysis was used to find out more about the form of interactive
Profile of Respondent
Table 1 presents the profile of respondents. From this table it can be observed that the
number of male respondents (49%) is not much different from the number of female
respondents (51%). Generally, respondents (65%) age between 17-25 years. As to
their spending per month, most respondents (70.5%) have an income of Rp. 1,500,000
- Rp. 3,000,000 and Rp. 3,000,001 - Rp. 5,000,000. The occupation of respondents is
quite varied; however, the biggest percentage is in the category of students (41.15%)
and employees (25.52%). Frequency of buying coffee in a week is 3 times a week
(41,67%) and the source of knowledge of stainless-steel straws comes from the social
media (51.50%) and friends (34%).
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Bivariate Analysis
Regression Analysis
To test the hypothesis, this study used hierarchical regression analysis. However,
before conducting the regression analysis, the independent variable and the moderator
variable were mean-centered first to avoid the problem of multicollinearity (Dawson,
2014). The assumption test results show that the regression model does not contain
problems:
• Multicollinearity (VIF value <5)
• Heteroscedasticity (there are no clear patterns on scatterplot charts)
• Data normality (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test results are not significant, p = 0.118)
The hierarchical regression analysis steps are carried out by: Step 1, inserting the
predictor variables (Green Product Innovation and Green Perceived Quality) into the
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regression model to test the main effects of the predictors; Step 2, incorporating the
variable moderator (Lifestyle) into the regression model to test the main effect of the
moderator; Step 3, incorporating the interaction of Green Product Innovation and
Lifestyle and the interaction of Green Perceived Quality and Lifestyle interactions into
the regression model to test the moderating effect. Table 3 presents the results of
hypothesis testing with hierarchical regression analysis. This table implies that the full
model is able to explain the variation in purchase intention of 82.6%.
In model 1, Green Product Innovation and Green Perceived Quality have a significant
and positive effect on Purchase Intention (В = 0.112, p < 0.1). Accordingly, H1 is
accepted. Likewise, Green Perceived Quality has a significant and positive effect on
Purchase Intention (В = 0.701, p < 0.001). Thus, H2 is accepted. In model 2, Lifestyle
has a significant and positive effect on Purchase Intention (В = 0.594, p < 0.001). Thus,
H3 is accepted. In model 3, the Green Product Innovation and Lifestyle interaction
variable does not affect the Purchase Intention (В = -0.023, p > 0.05). Whereas, Green
Perceived Quality and Lifestyle interaction variables have a significant and positive
effect on Purchase Intention (В = 0.046, p > 0.01). Therefore, H4 is not accepted, while
H5 is accepted. In other words, Lifestyle only moderates the relationship between
Green Perceived Quality and Purchase Intention.
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Notes:
1) Dependent variable = purchase intention
2) *< 0,5, **< 0,01, ***< 0,001, ****< 0,1
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Lifestyle
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Lifstyle
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Discussion
The results show that there is a direct influence of green product innovation, green
perceived quality, and life style to purchase intention. The effect of green product
innovation to purchase intention is that most consumers like innovative products, one
of which is eco-friendly straw products using stainless steel that is cleanable and
reusable. In addition, there is the effect of green perceived quality to purchase intention
because consumers like eco-friendly products such as quality stainless-steel straws to
reduce environmental pollution. Furthermore, they can be used many times compared
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Lifestyle moderates mean that lifestyle can strengthen or weaken the relationship
between green perceived quality and purchase intention. It can be concluded that
green perceived quality to purchase intention is stronger in consumers with high
lifestyle than those with low lifestyles.
Furthermore, the results of this study indicate that there is an influence of Green
Product Innovation to Purchase Intention. These results are in accordance with
research conducted by Hartmann and Ibáñez (2012) implying that consumers with eco-
friendly product innovation awareness will intend to make purchases of these products.
There is the influence of Green Perceived Quality to Purchase Intention. The results of
this study are consistent with research conducted by (Chen & Chang, 2013) stating that
consumers will make a purchase if their perception to the quality of eco-friendly
products is positive. The results of this study indicate that lifestyles affect consumer
purchase intentions, therefore these results are consistent with research conducted by
Diyah & Wijaya (2017) which shows one of the indicators that consumers want to buy
eco-friendly products are their orientation and healthy consumption lifestyle.
CONCLUSIONS
There is a direct influence of green product innovation, green perceived quality, and life
style to purchase intention. Lifestyle does not moderate the relationship between green
product innovation and purchase intention. However, lifestyle moderates the
relationship between green perceived quality and purchase intention.
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