Print Email Facebook Twitter Preferences for car sharing services Title Preferences for car sharing services: Effects of instrumental attributes and psychological ownership Author Paundra, Joshua (Rotterdam School of Management) Rook, L. (TU Delft Economics of Technology and Innovation) van Dalen, Jan (Rotterdam School of Management) Ketter, Wolfgang (Rotterdam School of Management; University of Cologne) Date 2017 Abstract Car sharing services gain momentum as a potential alternative to various modes of transportation, including privately owned cars. This trend goes hand in hand with a renewed interest in the sharing economy, which has as essential premise that product ownership is of minor relevance. Using an online experiment, this study investigates if individual differences in psychological ownership influence the effects of well-known instrumental car attributes (price, parking convenience, and car type) on people's intentions to select a shared car. Results confirmed that instrumental attributes generally impact preferences for car sharing services, and that a low psychological ownership may lead to a higher preference for a shared car under specific circumstances. This suggests that not only instrumental car attributes, but also psychological disposition, specifically psychological ownership, of potential customers need to be taken into consideration when developing measures to stimulate car sharing services in society. Subject Car sharingElectric vehicleParkingPricingPsychological ownershipSharing economy To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:eb1537dd-e836-414b-9e35-79606df7f1b9 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.07.003 Embargo date 2019-07-19 ISSN 0272-4944 Source Journal of Environmental Psychology, 53, 121-130 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 Joshua Paundra, L. Rook, Jan van Dalen, Wolfgang Ketter Files PDF Paundra_et_al_2017.pdf 607.98 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:eb1537dd-e836-414b-9e35-79606df7f1b9/datastream/OBJ/view