Big Five Personality Traits and Green Purchasing Behavior in Iranian Market
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Ali
Manafi
1
Behnam
Nowrouzi
2
Pegah
Mohammadi
3
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Abstract :
This research aims to find how big five personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, openness to experience, conscientiousness, and neuroticism) affect green purchasing behavior in Iranian market. In this regard, 21 hypermarkets in the five big cities of Iran were studied. 350 questionnaires were distributed, but 312 of them were usable for multiple regression analysis. The results showed that all personality traits have significant and positive eefect on green purchasing behavior.