Green purchasing behaviour: A conceptual framework and empirical investigation of Indian consumers

The purpose of this empirical study is to operationalize the relationship of cognitive factors influencing on green purchase intention directly and indirectly via the mediating role of attitude towards green products which in turn investigated with green purchasing behaviour in order to validate the proposed research model in the Indian context of ecologically friendly buying behaviour. The model is based on 'attitude-intention-behaviour' and analysed by using structural equation modeling (SEM) from that data collected of 351 Indian consumers. The findings unveiled that Green purchase intention (GPI) was significantly and directly driven by Attitude towards green products (AGP), Environmental concern (EC), and Perceived consumer effectiveness (PCE) directly and indirectly via the mediating the role of AGP however, perceived environmental knowledge (PEK) was found to be insignificant effect on both AGP and GPI in this study. Moreover the measure of GPI was found to be the fundamental predictor of Green purchase behaviour (GPB) in the model. Hence, the present model provides valuable inputs to policymakers and marketers to design from the perspective of green marketing policies and strategies in order to cope with the indigenous Indian context.