Purchase intention towards plant based food in Malaysia

With the notable surge in food consumption issues such as food safety, environmental, and health concerns, consumers have shifted towards sustainable food consumption. Thus, the demand for plantespecially in Malaysia. The m based food has surge gradually, ain objective of this study is to identify t...

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Main Author: Hephzibah Victor, Manickam
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2022
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description With the notable surge in food consumption issues such as food safety, environmental, and health concerns, consumers have shifted towards sustainable food consumption. Thus, the demand for plantespecially in Malaysia. The m based food has surge gradually, ain objective of this study is to identify the factors influencing the purchasing intention towards plantbased food in Malaysia. The extended Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) will be used in this study, including variables such as consumers’ knowledge, a ttitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, environmental concerns, and health consciousness. The findings of this study indicate that attitude, environmental concerns, and health consciousness have a significant relationship with the purchas e intention towards plantbased food in Malaysia. Consumers’ knowledge, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control had no significant relationship with purchase intention towards plantbased food in Malaysia. Hence, the findings from this study wo uld be helpful for the government and business practitioners in improving consumers’ understanding and intent to purchase plantbased food in Malaysia.
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spelling utar-48462022-12-16T15:21:22Z Purchase intention towards plant based food in Malaysia Hephzibah Victor, Manickam HF Commerce With the notable surge in food consumption issues such as food safety, environmental, and health concerns, consumers have shifted towards sustainable food consumption. Thus, the demand for plantespecially in Malaysia. The m based food has surge gradually, ain objective of this study is to identify the factors influencing the purchasing intention towards plantbased food in Malaysia. The extended Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) will be used in this study, including variables such as consumers’ knowledge, a ttitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, environmental concerns, and health consciousness. The findings of this study indicate that attitude, environmental concerns, and health consciousness have a significant relationship with the purchas e intention towards plantbased food in Malaysia. Consumers’ knowledge, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control had no significant relationship with purchase intention towards plantbased food in Malaysia. Hence, the findings from this study wo uld be helpful for the government and business practitioners in improving consumers’ understanding and intent to purchase plantbased food in Malaysia. 2022 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4846/1/8._Hephzibah_Victor_1901444.pdf Hephzibah Victor, Manickam (2022) Purchase intention towards plant based food in Malaysia. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4846/
spellingShingle HF Commerce
Hephzibah Victor, Manickam
Purchase intention towards plant based food in Malaysia
title Purchase intention towards plant based food in Malaysia
title_full Purchase intention towards plant based food in Malaysia
title_fullStr Purchase intention towards plant based food in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Purchase intention towards plant based food in Malaysia
title_short Purchase intention towards plant based food in Malaysia
title_sort purchase intention towards plant based food in malaysia
topic HF Commerce
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4846/
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4846/1/8._Hephzibah_Victor_1901444.pdf