Dhanabalan, S. S. and Rasiah, Rajah and Chenayah, Santha (2023) Can millennials' disposal intention be influenced through institutional motivation: A study of green disposal conduct in Perak, Malaysia. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 25 (3). pp. 1390-1403. ISSN 1438-4957, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-023-01615-w. (In Press)
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Waste output have risen sharply in Malaysia due to economic growth, population growth, and urbanization, which threatens to exhaust existing landfills in the country. This study seeks to examine the factors that encourage millennial households' green disposal conduct using the extended Theory of Planned Behaviour model by incorporating institutional motivation variables. Using 671 responses collected from urban and rural millennial households in Perak, the study deployed Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) to identify the institutional factors that correlate with green disposal practices. The results show that millennials' intention to practise green disposal is significantly influenced by perceived behavioural control, attitude, subjective norms, and institutional motivation. In addition, the follow-up with an in-depth investigation into the dimensions of institutional motivation found that informal institutional support significantly influences millennials' intention. In contrast, the formal institution of sanction on its own showed an insignificant direct impact, and only significantly impacted intention indirectly through attitude. Such a finding is augmented by the significant mediating effect of attitude on the relationship between institutional motivation and green disposal intention. Overall, the findings show that perceived behavioural control, positive attitude, and informal institutions can influence millennials' intention to adopt green disposal practices, which indirectly has the potential to divert considerably municipal waste away from landfills.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Public Service Department, Prime Minister's Department, Putrajaya, Malaysia |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Green disposal; Institutional motivation; Formal institution; Informal institution; Millennials |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Divisions: | Institute of Advanced Studies Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic & International) Office > Asia-Europe Institute Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Oct 2025 21:14 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2025 21:14 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/48394 |
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