The Impact of Religiosity and Food Consumption Culture on Food Waste Intention in Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih, Mansour Abdullah Alyahya, Ibrahim Elshaer, Ahmed E. Abu Elnasr |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Geography Planning and Development wasted food Food consumption TJ807-830 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources Structural equation modeling Religiosity 0502 economics and business GE1-350 Marketing Research question 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 05 social sciences food consumption culture Theory of planned behavior religiosity Environmental sciences Food waste food waste intention 050211 marketing theory of planned behavior Indirect impact Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 6473, p 6473 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 11 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su13116473 |
| Popis: | The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is among the top food-wasting countries worldwide, despite it being considered a religious society. Hence, an important question has emerged “to what extent and by what mechanism can religiosity influence food waste intention?”. This research answers this research question and examines the direct impact of both religiosity and food consumption culture on food waste intention as well as the indirect impact through the constructs of theory of planned behavior. For this purpose, a pre-tested self-administered questionnaire was collected from 1135 restaurant customers in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The results of structural equation modeling (SEM) using Analysis of a Moment Structures (AMOS) showed a very weak negative influence of religiosity on food waste intention. However, food consumption culture has had a high positive significant influence on food waste intention. The results also showed that attitude towards behaviors, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control fully mediate the relationship between religiosity and food waste intention. On the other side, they were found to partially mediate the relationship between food consumption culture and food waste intention. The results have several implications for policy-makers, scholars, and restaurant practitioners. |
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