“Feeling the waste” evidence from consumers’ living in Gaza Strip camps
ISSN: 0736-3761
Article publication date: 18 September 2020
Issue publication date: 13 October 2020
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to quantify the impact of antecedents (frustration, locus of control, spirituality, and religion and attention to social-comparison information) on the intensity of emotional outcomes of consumers’ disposal behaviour.
Design/methodology/approach
A structural equation model fitted with PLS was used to evaluate data obtained from 323 self-administered questionnaires filled out in a stratified random sample of respondents living in Gaza Strip camps.
Findings
Spirituality and religion, and attention to social-comparison information have the highest impacts on emotional outcomes related to consumer disposal behaviour.
Research limitations/implications
Spirituality and religion are seldom considered in previous consumer research, but they turn out to have high relevance for disposal-related emotions.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study investigating disposal-related emotions. Moreover, it is also the first study combining the impact of frustration, locus of control, perceived self-efficacy, spirituality and religion and attention to social-comparison information on emotional outcomes related to consumers’ disposal behaviour.
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Citation
Raab, K., Wagner, R. and Salem, M. (2020), "“Feeling the waste” evidence from consumers’ living in Gaza Strip camps", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 37 No. 7, pp. 921-931. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCM-04-2019-3171
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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