Motivations for Peer-to-Peer Accommodation: Exploring Sustainable Choices in Collaborative Consumption
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review and Hypotheses Development
2.1. The Sharing Economy and Collaborative Consumption
2.2. Motivations for Collaborative Consumption
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Data Collection and Sample Characteristics
3.2. Measurement
4. Results
4.1. Sample Descriptive Analysis
4.2. Verification of Reliability and Validity of Measurement Variables
4.3. Regression Analysis
4.4. Discussion
5. Conclusions and Implications
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Construct | Source | Item | Question |
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Sustainability (S) | Hamari et al., 2016 [8] | S1 | P2P accommodation platforms help to save natural resources. |
S2 | P2P accommodation platforms are a sustainable mode of consumption. | ||
S3 | P2P accommodation platforms are ecological. | ||
S4 | P2P accommodation platforms are efficient in terms of using energy. | ||
S5 | P2P accommodation platforms are environmentally friendly. | ||
Sense of Community (SC) | Lamberton and Rose, 2012 [6] | SC1 | P2P accommodation platforms allow me to be part of a group of liked-minded people. |
SC2 | P2P accommodation platforms allow me to belong to a group of people with similar interests. | ||
Economic Benefits | Hamari et al., 2016 [8] | E1 | P2P accommodation platforms benefit me financially. |
E2 | P2P accommodation platforms can improve my economic situation. | ||
Convenience (C) | Seiders et al., 2007 [48] | C1 | I can easily determine priori to shopping whether P2P accommodation platforms will offer what I need. |
C2 | I am able to get to P2P accommodation platforms quickly and easily. | ||
C3 | The merchandise I want at P2P accommodation platforms can be located quickly. | ||
C4 | I am able to complete my purchase quickly at P2P accommodation platforms. |
Item | Details | Frequency | Importance (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 40 | 29.6 |
Female | 95 | 70.4 | |
Generational Group | Generation Z (1997–2012) | 65 | 48.1 |
Millennials (1981–1996) | 36 | 26.7 | |
Generation X (1965–1980) | 24 | 17.8 | |
Baby Boomers (1946–1964) | 10 | 7.4 | |
Marital Status | Single | 101 | 74.8 |
Married | 25 | 18.5 | |
Divorced or Widower | 9 | 6.7 | |
Highest Education | Non-higher education | 20 | 14.8 |
Graduation | 49 | 36.3 | |
Master degree | 45 | 33.3 | |
Postgraduate | 6 | 4.4 | |
Doctorate | 15 | 11.1 | |
Residence | Porto | 101 | 73.0 |
Aveiro | 18 | 13.0 | |
Braga | 8 | 6.0 | |
Lisboa | 3 | 2.0 |
Item | Details | Frequency | Importance (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 36 | 36.0 |
Female | 64 | 64.0 | |
Generational Group | Generation Z (1997–2012) | 65 | 65.0 |
Millennials (1981–1996) | 18 | 18.0 | |
Generation X (1965–1980) | 10 | 10.0 | |
Baby Boomers (1946–1964) | 7 | 7.0 | |
Marital Status | Single | 81 | 81.0 |
Married | 25 | 16.0 | |
Divorced or Widower | 9 | 3.0 | |
Highest Education | Non-higher education | 40 | 40.0 |
Graduation | 28 | 28.0 | |
Master degree | 18 | 18.0 | |
Postgraduate | 3 | 3.0 | |
Doctorate | 11 | 11.0 | |
Residence | Porto | 71 | 71.0 |
Aveiro | 12 | 12.0 | |
Braga | 4 | 4.0 | |
Lisboa | 0 | 0.0 |
KMO | Coeff. |
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Approximate chi-square | 1217.252 |
Degree of freedom | 78 |
Significance | 0.001 |
Independent Variable | Regression Coefficient | Standard Deviation | Standard Regression Coefficient | p-Value | VIF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Constant) | −2.941 | 0.004 | 0.000 | ||
Sustainability | 0.234 | 0.001 | 0.579 | 0.000 | 1.520 |
Sense of Community | 0.083 | 0.001 | 0.243 | 0.000 | 1.531 |
Economic Benefits | 0.093 | 0.001 | 0.225 | 0.000 | 1.197 |
Convenience | 0.0364 | 0.001 | 0.421 | 0.000 | 1.209 |
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Delgado, A.C.; Soares, R.R.; Proença, J.F. Motivations for Peer-to-Peer Accommodation: Exploring Sustainable Choices in Collaborative Consumption. Sustainability 2023, 15, 10276. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310276
Delgado AC, Soares RR, Proença JF. Motivations for Peer-to-Peer Accommodation: Exploring Sustainable Choices in Collaborative Consumption. Sustainability. 2023; 15(13):10276. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310276
Chicago/Turabian StyleDelgado, Ana Catarina, Raquel Reis Soares, and João F. Proença. 2023. "Motivations for Peer-to-Peer Accommodation: Exploring Sustainable Choices in Collaborative Consumption" Sustainability 15, no. 13: 10276. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310276