Benjamin Kweku Lugu

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Researcher

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: University of Science and Technology of China (2020–2023); Hong Kong Baptist University (2021); Hefei University of Technology (2021); University of Alabama (2021–2025); Methodist University (2024)

Faculty Researcher

11 h-index 37 pubs 392 cited

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Benjamin Kweku Lugu's research focuses on understanding and predicting human behavior, particularly in areas related to public health, environmental practices, and governance. He has investigated factors influencing household waste separation, mask waste separation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and citizen participation in local governance. His work often employs integrated theoretical frameworks, combining models such as the Theory of Planned Behavior and Norm Activation Model to examine behavioral intentions.

Lugu has also studied consumer intentions to use electronic health services and examined dimensions of quality, value, satisfaction, and trust in understanding health insurance system usage. More recently, his research has explored intentions related to COVID-19 vaccine uptake, integrating Protection Motivation Theory with an extended Theory of Planned Behavior. He has also assessed indigenous perceptions of behavioral intentions towards climate change mitigation and empirically studied political party "footsoldierism" and "vigilantism."

Metrics

h-index: 11
Publications: 37
Citations: 392

Selected Publications

A multigroup invariance analysis of the association between information, communication and technology engagement on students’ reading achievement in public and private schools in the United States (2025)

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