Gulf University for Science and Technology

About: Gulf University for Science and Technology is a education organization based out in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Metaheuristic. The organization has 245 authors who have published 876 publications receiving 12131 citations.

Gender differences in Egyptian consumers’ green purchase behaviour: the effects of environmental knowledge, concern and attitude

Abstract: This study investigates the influence of three cognitive and attitudinal factors on gender differences in green purchase behaviour. Using a large sample size (n = 1093), a survey has been developed and administered across Egypt. The findings from the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) confirm the influence of consumers’ ecological knowledge, concern and attitude on gender differences in green purchase behaviour. Consistent with previous studies, this study found that women appeared to be less aware of environmental issues compared with men. However, contrary to other studies conducted in the West, men showed more environmental concern and more positive outlook towards green purchase compared with women. The study discusses how the present findings may help policy makers and marketers alike to fine-tune their environmental and marketing programmes.

A hierarchical analysis of the green consciousness of the Egyptian consumer

Abstract: This study investigates the influence of various cultural values and psychological factors on the green purchase behavior of Egyptian consumers. Using a large sample of 1093 consumers, a conceptual model has been developed. The survey results provide reasonable support for the validity of the proposed model. Specifically, the findings from the structural equation model confirm the influence of the consumers' natural environment orientation, ecological knowledge, and environmental concern on their attitudes towards green purchase. Consumers' attitudes toward green purchase, in turn, are also found to affect their actual green purchase behavior via the mediator role of green purchase intention. However, one of the other important findings suggests that the link between intention and actual purchase is weak. In other words, on a declarative level, more and more consumers in Egypt express their concern over the ecological situation and declare their willingness to contribute somehow to the protection of environment by buying green products. However, in reality this concern may not be manifested consistently. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

An overview of clustering methods

Abstract: Data clustering is the process of identifying natural groupings or clusters within multidimensional data based on some similarity measure Clustering is a fundamental process in many different disciplines Hence, researchers from different fields are actively working on the clustering problem This paper provides an overview of the different representative clustering methods In addition, several clustering validations indices are shown Furthermore, approaches to automatically determine the number of clusters are presented Finally, application of different heuristic approaches to the clustering problem is also investigated

Antecedents of Egyptian Consumers' Green Purchase Intentions

Abstract: This study investigates the influence of various attitudinal and psychographic factors on the green purchase behavior of Egyptian consumers. Using a large sample of 1093 consumers, a survey was developed and administered across Egypt. The findings from the hierarchical multiple regression model confirm the influence of the consumers ecological knowledge, concern, attitudes, altruism, and perceived effectiveness, among other factors, on their intention to purchase green products. Results show that skepticism towards environmental claims is negatively related to consumers intention to buy green products. The study also discusses how the present findings may help policy makers and marketers alike to fine-tune their environmental and marketing programs.