Md Shahzalal, Azizul Hassan
Sustainable development is a big challenge for developing countries, due to lack of effective communication about sustainability to the rural population. This paper aims at building a theoretically and statistically sound model to communicate sustainability more effectively in rural areas in order t...
Md Shahzalal, Xavier Font
Abstract This article studies the determinants of altruistic behaviour in a collectivistic country. A focus group discussion identified the determinants and their causal relationships. Partial least square and covariance‐based structural equation modelling provide similar results in 605 questionnair...
Md Shahzalal, Islam Elgammal
Purpose In spite of the increased interest of academics, there has not been a thorough examination of the actors and factors of accessible tourism (AT) development. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between stakeholders’ attitudes, collaborative intervention and corporate...
Md Shahzalal, Hamedi Mohd Adnan
Severe abuse of social media has currently become a threat to social sustainability. Although “responsible use of social media” has recently attracted academics’ attention, few studies have investigated the psychosocial antecedents of individuals’ intention to use social media responsibly (IUSR). Th...
S Shahedul Alam, Md Rahman, Avi Bagchi, S Shahedul et al.
Though measuring and monitoring tourists' responsible behavior is considered as a key indicator of assuring Responsible Tourism (RT), it is highly ignored in most of the tourist destinations in Bangladesh. Hence, this research aims at investigating how responsibly the tourists behave in the context ...
Md Shahzalal
This research examined tourists' intention to adopt responsible behavior (RB).Toward this, two constructs of determinants (attitude and self-efficacy belief) of intention to adopt RB were identified through literature surveys.Also, three constructs of RB alternatives, namely, economically RB (ECNRB)...
Md Shahzalal, Hamedi Mohd Adnan, Fadli Abdullah
Although many studies have been conducted on social media abuse, socio-psychological determinants of positive social media usage are still underresearched, specifically concerning self-control and prosocial norms for university students. These two important antecedents of accountable behavior have n...
Md Shahzalal, Sumon Mahmud, Md. Soleman Mollik, Mohammad Sahabuddin et al.
While the adoption of e-ticketing has been studied in various disciplines, few studies have examined tourists’ intention to adopt e-ticketing for visiting small island and valley tourism sites. This study extends the Technology Acceptance Model and the Theory of Planned Behavior by incorporating sec...
Md Shahzalal
This study examines how accepting information on social media—and the factors that shape that acceptance—affects students’ intention to shop for sustainable goods. A survey of 160 Bangladeshi university students found clear, consistent patterns. Positive attitudes toward information on social media ...
Md Shahzalal, Hamedi Mohd Adnan, Fadli Abdullah
In today's digital age, talk shows have a substantial presence on multiscreen platforms. However, in studying their influence on the viewers, studies rarely investigated how they affect individuals' behavioral determinants, especially in addressing social issues. This present study aimed to fill thi...
Md Shahzalal
The present research aimed to explore social media users’ perceptions of the positive roles of social media. Several positive social media roles were identified from the literature. The educated segment of social media users was selected and surveyed using a Google Forms-based self-administered ques...
Md Shahzalal
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) or corporate sustainability and responsibility (CS&R) is a widely discussed topic in business and economic literature. However, there is a lack of studies comparing the top-tier hotel chain’s sustainability practices with SDG-related CSR and sustainism. The ...
Md Shahzalal
This investigation aims to understand tourists' motivation/attraction theories based on empirical data. It analyses tourists' basic profile, their key travel facts, needs and drivers/motivations, perceptions, top activities participated at the destinations, and places visited, along with destination...
Md Shahzalal
The use of sustainable energy in the rural areas is one of the major solutions for the increasing local, national, and global environmental problems. However, to diffuse the use of sustainable energy products among the rural communities, the active communication channel is a key. To the countryside ...