Antecedents and pro-environmental consumer behavior (PECB): the moderating role of religiosity

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the predictabilities of five intra-personal factors to predict pro-environmental consumer behavior (PECB) and the moderating role of religiosity in Oman. Design/methodology/approach The study uses neural network to analyze the antecedents/antecedents ×...

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Published in:The Journal of consumer marketing 2018-05, Vol.35 (3), p.287-299
Main Authors: Bhuian, Shahid Nakib, Sharma, Sujeet Kumar, Butt, Irfan, Ahmed, Zafar U
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Brand loyalty
Consumer behavior
Consumers
Environmental ethics
Environmentalism
Influence
Morality
Neural networks
Population growth
Religion
Statistical methods
Studies
Sustainable development
Values
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Summary:Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the predictabilities of five intra-personal factors to predict pro-environmental consumer behavior (PECB) and the moderating role of religiosity in Oman. Design/methodology/approach The study uses neural network to analyze the antecedents/antecedents × religiosity → PECB relationships by using a sample of 306 consumers from Oman. Findings This study finds that the most important predictors of PECB, according to the order of importance, are attitude × religiosity, knowledge, concern × religiosity, knowledge × religiosity, value, religiosity, attitude, concern and value × religiosity. Research limitations/implications The convenience sample from a single Islamic country limits the generalizability of the findings. Future studies should use probabilistic sampling techniques and multiple Islamic countries located in different geographical regions. Practical implications To promote PECB, businesses and policymakers should provide environmental education to expand knowledge and value, leverage ecological religious values in integrated marketing communications, make positive inducements to change attitude and concern enhancing interventions. Social implications As religiosity enhances PECB by moderating the impacts of environmental intra-personal factors on PECB, businesses and policymakers should find ways to use faith-based ecological messages in Islamic countries. Originality/value Determining the predictabilities of psychological factors and their interactions with religiosity to predict PECB in Islamic countries is necessary for promoting environmentally friendly products in Islamic countries and for reducing the ecological damage to the environment.
ISSN:0736-3761
2052-1200
DOI:10.1108/JCM-02-2017-2076