The antecedents of herbal product actual purchase in Malaysia

This study is meant to examine the relationships of several antecedents of actual purchase of herbal product in Malaysia.Actual purchase is considered to have a vital link to a business success.The study identified eight antecedents of consumer actual purchase such as intention, attitude, social in...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Sarina, Mohd Mokhtar, Sany Sanuri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2015
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Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/16895/1/12.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/16895/
http://doi.org/10.5267/j.msl.2015.5.011
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Summary:This study is meant to examine the relationships of several antecedents of actual purchase of herbal product in Malaysia.Actual purchase is considered to have a vital link to a business success.The study identified eight antecedents of consumer actual purchase such as intention, attitude, social influence, product safety and culture belief.A total of 473 respondents (about 82%) completed and returned the questionnaire.A seven point Likert scale was used to measure responses.The data were analyzed using Partial Least Squares (PLS) path modeling.The path coefficient results supported the direct influence of intention, attitude, social influence and product safety on actual buying.Moreover, the findings reveal that attitude, social influence, product safety, and culture belief also influenced buying intention.