J.S. Keshminder, Sharifah Muhairah Shahabudin, S.C. Chuah, V.G.R. Chandran
Responsibilities related to e-waste recycling in households vary widely depending on cultural norms, family dynamics, and individual preferences. The involvement of women in these roles is an essential part of promoting responsible e-waste management practices at the grassroots level. This research investigates the antecedents of women's e-waste recycling behaviour intentions, which includes ecological intelligence, awareness and knowledge of the environment, convenience and cost of recycling, and norms and publicity. For this purpose, data were collected using a survey questionnaire from 420 women residing in the Klang Valley region in Malaysia. Extending the Theory of Planned Behaviour by including ecological intelligence, partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyse the factors affecting women's e-waste recycling behavioural intentions. The results showed that the primary factors were environmental awareness, attitude towards recycling, convenience, ecological intelligence, and norms & publicity. Policies that enhance women's environmental knowledge and emphasise convenience in the entire e-waste management system encourage greater women's participation in e-waste recycling. Women-centric environmental policies potentially get the women to influence others to engage in recycling e-waste actively. © 2018 Malaysian Consumer and Family Economics Association (MACFEA).
Department of Economics and Financial Studies, Faculty of Business andManagement, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor, Malaysia; Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics, University Malaya, Malaysia; Department of Business Administration, World University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 1205, Bangladesh; Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, 50229, Indonesia
