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Sharing Economy Participation Scale
Hamari, Sjöklint & Ukkonen · 2016
Overview
Measures participation in sharing economy activities that reduce consumption and environmental impact, including tool libraries, car sharing, clothing swaps, food sharing, and collaborative consumption platforms. Captures both the frequency of sharing economy participation and the environmental motivations underlying it.
Measure Details
Number of Items12 items
Response Scale5-point frequency scale (1 = Never, 5 = Very often)
Author(s)Hamari, Sjöklint & Ukkonen
Year Published2016
Internal Reliabilityα = .80
DomainSustainable Consumption
Citation
Hamari, J., Sjöklint, M., & Ukkonen, A. (2016). The sharing economy: Why people participate in collaborative consumption. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 67(9), 2047–2059.
Keywords
sharing economycollaborative consumptioncar sharingtool libraryclothing swapfood sharingplatform
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Free to use for research and educational purposes. Please cite the original authors.
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At a Glance
Items12
Year2016
Reliabilityα = .80