The role of environmental systems knowledge attributes and moderating effect of religiosity toward pro-environmental attitudes and households’ food waste prevention behaviour / Muhammad ‘Arif Aizat Bashir

Like many other countries, Malaysia is facing the household food waste issue, and it is expected to exacerbate in years to come continuously. The efforts to improve the quality of environmental situations, coupled with detrimental impacts of food waste that worsen from time to time, demand new ways...

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Main Author:	Bashir, Muhammad ‘Arif Aizat
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2023
Subjects:	Environmental health Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply Environmental protection
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/79318/1/79318.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.793182024-01-15T03:21:37Z The role of environmental systems knowledge attributes and moderating effect of religiosity toward pro-environmental attitudes and households’ food waste prevention behaviour / Muhammad ‘Arif Aizat Bashir 2023-01 Bashir, Muhammad ‘Arif Aizat Environmental health. Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply Environmental protection Municipal refuse. Solid wastes Like many other countries, Malaysia is facing the household food waste issue, and it is expected to exacerbate in years to come continuously. The efforts to improve the quality of environmental situations, coupled with detrimental impacts of food waste that worsen from time to time, demand new ways of thinking about the antecedents of food waste prevention behaviour. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the role of environmental systems knowledge attributes on households’ food waste prevention behaviour, with pro-environmental attitudes as a mediator and religiosity as a moderator between the linkages. In answering and validating the research objectives, questions, and hypotheses, a quantitative approach with descriptive analyses and hypotheses testing was employed as the methodology. A survey questionnaire among Malaysian households from several states was undertaken with a total of 935 respondents, with 918 data found usable. The findings demonstrated that environmental systems knowledge attributes with its underlying dimensions of human-environmental system knowledge and geography-environmental system knowledge not only influence the proenvironmental attitudes, but it acts as a precursor or predictor of the households’ food waste prevention behaviour. Additionally, pro-environmental attitudes played a significant mediating role in the intended relationship between environmental systems knowledge attributes and Malaysian households’ food waste prevention behaviour, whereas religiosity played a moderating role in the relationship between environmental systems knowledge attributes and households’ pro-environmental attitudes. The findings also proved a convergence between Environmentally Responsible Behaviour Theory and Behavioural Learning Theory (Operant Conditioning) that is applicable to provide a viable and useful theoretical framework for examining households’ food waste prevention behaviour. To summarize, this study certainly offers fresh insight into the current works of literature on food waste prevention behaviour. It specifically provides consumers, non-governmental organizations, and relevant authorities with an in-depth understanding of Malaysian households in terms of what types of information or knowledge should be imparted to motivate them to act environmentally responsible and, most importantly, the formation of food waste prevention behaviour. 2023-01 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/79318/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/79318/1/79318.pdf text en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kampus Puncak Alam) Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management Mohd Zahari, Mohd Salehuddin Abdullah, Norhidayah Zulkifly, Muhammad Izzat
institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language	English
advisor	Mohd Zahari, Mohd Salehuddin Abdullah, Norhidayah Zulkifly, Muhammad Izzat
topic	Environmental health Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply Environmental protection Environmental health Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply
spellingShingle	Environmental health Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply Environmental protection Environmental health Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply Bashir, Muhammad ‘Arif Aizat The role of environmental systems knowledge attributes and moderating effect of religiosity toward pro-environmental attitudes and households’ food waste prevention behaviour / Muhammad ‘Arif Aizat Bashir
description	Like many other countries, Malaysia is facing the household food waste issue, and it is expected to exacerbate in years to come continuously. The efforts to improve the quality of environmental situations, coupled with detrimental impacts of food waste that worsen from time to time, demand new ways of thinking about the antecedents of food waste prevention behaviour. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the role of environmental systems knowledge attributes on households’ food waste prevention behaviour, with pro-environmental attitudes as a mediator and religiosity as a moderator between the linkages. In answering and validating the research objectives, questions, and hypotheses, a quantitative approach with descriptive analyses and hypotheses testing was employed as the methodology. A survey questionnaire among Malaysian households from several states was undertaken with a total of 935 respondents, with 918 data found usable. The findings demonstrated that environmental systems knowledge attributes with its underlying dimensions of human-environmental system knowledge and geography-environmental system knowledge not only influence the proenvironmental attitudes, but it acts as a precursor or predictor of the households’ food waste prevention behaviour. Additionally, pro-environmental attitudes played a significant mediating role in the intended relationship between environmental systems knowledge attributes and Malaysian households’ food waste prevention behaviour, whereas religiosity played a moderating role in the relationship between environmental systems knowledge attributes and households’ pro-environmental attitudes. The findings also proved a convergence between Environmentally Responsible Behaviour Theory and Behavioural Learning Theory (Operant Conditioning) that is applicable to provide a viable and useful theoretical framework for examining households’ food waste prevention behaviour. To summarize, this study certainly offers fresh insight into the current works of literature on food waste prevention behaviour. It specifically provides consumers, non-governmental organizations, and relevant authorities with an in-depth understanding of Malaysian households in terms of what types of information or knowledge should be imparted to motivate them to act environmentally responsible and, most importantly, the formation of food waste prevention behaviour.
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author	Bashir, Muhammad ‘Arif Aizat
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title	The role of environmental systems knowledge attributes and moderating effect of religiosity toward pro-environmental attitudes and households’ food waste prevention behaviour / Muhammad ‘Arif Aizat Bashir
title_short	The role of environmental systems knowledge attributes and moderating effect of religiosity toward pro-environmental attitudes and households’ food waste prevention behaviour / Muhammad ‘Arif Aizat Bashir
title_full	The role of environmental systems knowledge attributes and moderating effect of religiosity toward pro-environmental attitudes and households’ food waste prevention behaviour / Muhammad ‘Arif Aizat Bashir
title_fullStr	The role of environmental systems knowledge attributes and moderating effect of religiosity toward pro-environmental attitudes and households’ food waste prevention behaviour / Muhammad ‘Arif Aizat Bashir
title_full_unstemmed	The role of environmental systems knowledge attributes and moderating effect of religiosity toward pro-environmental attitudes and households’ food waste prevention behaviour / Muhammad ‘Arif Aizat Bashir
title_sort	role of environmental systems knowledge attributes and moderating effect of religiosity toward pro-environmental attitudes and households’ food waste prevention behaviour / muhammad ‘arif aizat bashir
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kampus Puncak Alam)
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publishDate	2023
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