A Study on Behavioral Intention of Ecotourists for Sustainable Growth of Ecotourism Sites: Focusing on Self-determination Theory and the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior with Sustainable Intelligence
As a main purpose of ecotourism is to protect natural environment, it is important to ensure sustainability of ecotourism sites. Also, understanding ecotourists’ behavior related to sustainability is a key for ecotourism because their activities might impact on the sustainability in any form. Thus, this study was designed to analyze the integrated model of Self-determination Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior, along with sustainable intelligence as a moderating variable, to identify the behavioral intention of ecotourists. The empirical analysis was conducted using 265 questionnaires collected from ecotourists visiting Geomun Oreum Lava Tube, utilizing SPSS/WIN 27.0 and AMOS 23. The results revealed that a stronger sense of intrinsic motivation positively influences planned behavior and ultimately has a significant impact on the formation of behavioral intention. Furthermore, it was confirmed that sustainable intelligence has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between ecotourists' attitude and their behavioral intention. The contributions of this study are as follow. First, this study provides unique understandings on ecotourists’ behavioral intention based on the integrated model of the two theories which has not been actively discussed in the previous studies. Second, this study suggests new findings on the value of sustainable intelligence as a moderating variable in order to improve ecotourists’ behavioral intention. Based on these contributions, we need to develop ecotourism considering the relationships among the variables of self-determination and planned behavior related to sustainable intelligence of ecotourists.
목차
Abstract 1. INTRODUCTION 2. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATION AND STUDY HYPOTHESIS 2.1. Ecotourism 2.2. Relationship between Self-determination Theory and Theory of Planned Behavior 2.3. The Relationship Between Extended Planned Behavior and Behavioral Intention 2.4. Moderating Effect of Sustainable Intelligence 3. RESEARCH METHOD 3.1. Research Model 3.2. Analysis Method 3.3. Operational Definition 4. ANALYSIS RESULT 4.1. Demographic Characteristics 4.2. Exploratory Factor Analysis and Reliability Analysis 4.3. Validation of Observed Variables 4.4. Validation of Latent Variables 5. HYPOTHESIS MODEL TESTING 5.1. Goodness of Fit of the Hypothesis Model 5.2. Goodness of Fit of the Revised Model 5.3. Hypothesis Testing Results for the Revised Model 6. MODERATING EFECTS OF SUSTAINABLE INTELLIGNCE 7. DISCUSSION 8. CONCLUSION REFERENCES
키워드
EcotourismSelf-determination theoryTheory of Planned BehaviorBehavioral intentionSustainable intelligence
저자
Chai Hwan Ko [ Researcher, Department of Research Planning, Jeju Research Institute ]
Corresponding Author
국제문화기술진흥원 [The International Promotion Agency of Culture Technology]
설립연도
2009
분야
공학>공학일반
소개
본 진흥원은 문화기술(Culture Technology) 관련 산·학·연·관으로 구성된 비영리 단체이다. 문화기술(CT)은 정보통신기술(ICT), 문화적 사고 기반의 예술, 인문학, 디자인, 사회과학기술이 접목된 신융합기술(New Convergence Technology, NCT)로 정의한다. 인간의 삶의 질을 향상시키고, 진보된 방향으로 변화시키고, 문화기술 관련 분야의 학술 및 기술의 발전과 진흥에 공헌하기 위하여, 제3조의 필요한 사업을 행함을 그 목적으로 한다.
간행물
간행물명
International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology(IJACT)
간기
계간
pISSN
2288-7202
eISSN
2288-7318
수록기간
2013~2025
등재여부
KCI 등재
십진분류
KDC 600DDC 700
이 권호 내 다른 논문 / International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology(IJACT) Volume 13 Number 1