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Role of consumer mindsets, behaviour, and influencing factors in circular consumption systems: a systematic review

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Gomes, Giovana M., Moreira, Natalia, Ometto, Aldo R.·2022·Sustainable Production and Consumption
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The transition to a circular economy presents new ways to create and offer value by proposing changes to current production and consumption systems. This study focuses on the challenges concerning consumers' acceptance of circular offerings and their engagement with the circular economy. Through a systematic literature review, we investigated consumers' mindsets, behaviour, and influencing factors, and positioned them in circular consumption systems. This review was conducted using two databases, Scopus and Web of Science, in January 2020 and updated in September 2020. A total of 107 articles were screened, and 53 were included in the analysis. We mapped 6 circular mindsets, 14 circular behaviours, and 54 factors that influenced them. Our results show that broad interpretations and generalisations concerning these elements should be carried out carefully, as they are highly contextually driven. However, their role in consumption systems is clear. Consumers' mindsets are the starting point of circular consumption systems, as they present pre-dispositions in engaging with circular offerings. These mindsets are expressed by consumer behaviour, which allows product flow in these systems; they, in turn, are affected by influencing factors. We suggest that continued updates on this systematic literature review should be conducted, along with the development of a structured tool to help organisations engage their consumers by developing circular mindsets and encouraging circular behaviour, using the influencing factors.

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  • There is no typical user mindset for circular offerings; instead, it's based on how they perceive the challenges associated with their engagement and behavior related to the offering.

    “There is no typicalal user mindset for circular offerings; instead, it's based on how they perceive the challenges associated with their engagement and behavior related to the offering (Gomes et al., 2022).”

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  • Previous studies show that this mindset change is difficult to achieve.

    “Previous studies show that this mindset change is difficult to achieve (Sundin et al., 2009;Gomes et al., 2022).”

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Gomes, G. M., Moreira, N., & Ometto, A. R.
Affiliations
Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
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Sustainable Production and Consumption
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-07
Volume
32
Pages
1-14
ISSN
2352-5509 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.spc.2022.04.005
OpenAlex
W4226227199
Cited by
135
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3
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2026: 29 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 10
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4.16
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en
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  • Sustainable Production and Consumption (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Aaltodoc (Aalto University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Horizon 2020 (101000559)
  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2019/07874-2)
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (306458/2019-5)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Sharing Economy and Platforms
Keywords
circular economy, circular consumption, consumer mindset, consumer behavior, influencing factors, consumer acceptance, customer engagement, sustainable consumption

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