Factors Influencing Organic Food Purchase Intention in Developing Countries and the Moderating Role of Knowledge

Xuhui Wang, Frida Pacho, Jia Liu and Redempta Kajungiro
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Xuhui Wang: School of Business Administration, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian 116025, China
Frida Pacho: School of Business Administration, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian 116025, China
Jia Liu: School of Business Administration, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian 116025, China
Redempta Kajungiro: Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: The current study focuses on understanding the factors (subjective norms (SNs), personal attitude, and perceived behaviour control (PBC)) that influence consumer purchase intention regarding organic food from the theory of planned behaviour and health consciousness as an additional factor in Tanzania and Kenya. It further explains the role of knowledge as a moderating variable in organic food purchase intention. A total of 331 responses from Tanzania and 350 responses from Kenya were obtained. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied for validation, and results were analysed using structural equation modeling. SNs, personal attitudes, and health consciousness were found to be significant predictors of organic purchase intention in both countries. Furthermore, findings show that knowledge positively moderates the relationship among SNs, personal attitude, health consciousness, and organic food purchase intention. However, PBC was found to be a weak influencer on consumer purchase intention in Kenya, and no knowledge interaction between PBC and consumer purchase intention in Tanzania was found. The current study theoretically contributes to the literature by introducing the moderating role of knowledge in the relationship. The results show that knowledge interaction increases the effects of the majority of predictors after being introduced in the relationship. Finally, this study provides an understanding of consumers’ perspective regarding their intention to purchase organic foods, which will help stakeholders, such as marketers, retailers, and producers, to achieve marketing strategies for the development of these products.

Keywords: consumer behaviour; theory of planned behaviour; organic food (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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