How Do Environmental Knowledge, Eco-Label Knowledge, and Green Trust Impact Consumers’ Pro-Environmental Behaviour for Energy-Efficient Household Appliances?

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Reviewer Comments

Our Responses /Corrections

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The authors have done a good job. The following minor comments are to be included:

Abstract: Provide the full form of PLS-SEM. Not all readers will know the meaning.

We have carefully reviewed the comments and have revised the manuscript accordingly. Our responses are given in a point-by-point list of changes to the manuscript using the Microsoft word Track change system.

We revised the complete form of PLS-SEM (Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling).

Page: 1; line:25

Thanks

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Line 26- is the research sure of being the " first to introduce an empirical survey that comprehensively provides a new theoretical framework regarding consumers' pro-environmental behaviour 27

in energy-efficient household appliances in a developing country context."

Clearly, we revised the sentences.   

To the best of the authors' knowledge, this research firstly introduces an empirical survey that provides a new theoretical framework regarding consumers' pro-environmental behaviour in energy-efficient household appliances in Bangladesh.

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Line 35-36- Climate change has been emerging since past decades....

The introduction part is partly revised.

4

Introduction could be minimised and all the references could be utilized in the literature review section.

We reduced references in the introduction section, and we cited more papers in the literature sections

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Methodology- Dhaka is quit big, which study area has been involved for the data collection and which sampling method was used for sampling technique?

We revised the data collection process and mentioned the exact study area for the pilot test.

We used the convenience sample technique to collect 60 complete questionnaires from Uttara city and Dhaka residents. See page no:7 ; line: 362-365

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297- this abbreviation should be in abstract.

line 489-491- any citation for this statement?

Good Luck

Thank you so much. We cited recent references for the statement in the Bangladesh context

Please see page no: line:

We really appreciate your constructive comments which have helped us to improve our manuscript greatly. Thank you very much.

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Reviewer Comments

Our Responses /Corrections

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The manuscript entitled "How do Environmental Knowledge, Eco-label knowledge, and Green Trust Impact Consumers' Pro-environmental Behavior for Energy-efficient Household appliances?" The authors developed a model were detected that all variables impact pro-environmental behavior. I enjoy this topic, the method, and all the multi-step processes. The manuscript is clearly written, but this reviewer has the followings concerns:

Thank you very much for the encouragement

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Why is the relationship between attitude and green trust not planned? The model proposed is an outcome of the literature previous. Moreover, many studies support these variables with positive results. I recommend it to create this force and rerunning the model. In addition, there will be a new mediated role between attitude, trust, and pro-environmental behavior.

Thank you so much for pointing out the critical issue.

We again run the model. We draw hypotheses H9 and H10c newly based on your suggestion and  demonstrate the relationship between green trust with attitude:

Green trust à Attitude

We also show the mediating role of attitude between green trust and Pro-environmental behaviour.

GTà ATT à  PEB

We explain the results of H9 and H10c in the results and discussion sections.

We also revised figure 1

Thank you so much

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I do not believe in the importance of Figures 2 and 3.

 We deleted figure 2.

Thank you so much for your constructive comments which have helped us to improve our manuscript greatly.

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Reviewer Comments

Our Responses /Corrections

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the abstract does not reflect the content of the article.

Thank you so much. We revised the abstract and focused on the content of the study.

See  Page no: 1; line: 18-35

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Introduction written correctly.

Thank you very much for the encouragement

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The analysis of the literature does not include the genesis of research on this subject, only an analysis was made to support the hypotheses.

The literature section is majorly re-oriented. We revised each variable of the literature part.

See page no: 4, 5

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The analysis does not include a description of the research gap.

Thank you so much for raising the issues. We have already revised the research gap in the introduction section.

Moreover, we mentioned the description of the methodological gap in the introduction section.

Please see the page no 3: line: 91-93, 106-110, 128-131

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He suggests making a broader analysis. The selection of the research sample is questionable, it is not known whether it is random or deliberate. The description is very confusing. He needs to be simplified.

Thank you so much. We rewrite the methodology part

We revised the data collection procedure and described the details. We revised the selection of research sample sampling methods.

Please see the section 3.2 Data collection procedure and 3.3 Data analysis approach

Page no: 8 line: 333-338, 346-352

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The authors decided on the Structural Equation Model (SEM) but no inference why?

 We explained the details in section 3.3. Data analysis approach; why do we use SEM in our study?

We employed PLS-SEM due to evaluate more complicated model structures, small sample size, non-normal data, structural indicators, and facilitate theory building [63] [65]. PLS offers easier testing of mediating and moderating relationships and the ability to use formative indicators, explaining its increasing popularity among international business researchers (ref). The main important reasons for applying PLS-SEM applications in this study are to examine more complex model structures or variations, for example, heterogeneity [130] and testing of mediating relationships among the latent variables.

See page no: 9; line: 373-380

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Figures 2 and 3 are completely illegible.

Thanks for point out. Based on comments of reviewer-2, we deleted figure 2. We keep the figure 3 and using high regulation picture thus reader can easily understand. Hopefully, production of journal make it more clear.

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 A lot of old literature around 2000.

We deleted a few old referances and cited recent published  papers.

We really appreciate your constructive comments which have helped us to improve our manuscript greatly. Thank you very much.