Drivers of Sustainability and Consumer Well-Being: An Ethically-Based Examination of Religious and Cultural Values

Prior research has examined value antecedents to sustainable consumption, including religious or cultural values. We bridge together these usually separated bodies of literature to provide an ethically-based examination of both religious and cultural values in one model to understand what drives sus...

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Published in:Journal of business ethics 2022, Vol.175 (1), p.167-190
Main Authors: Minton, Elizabeth A., Tan, Soo Jiuan, Tambyah, Siok Kuan, Liu, Richie L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business and Management
Business Ethics
Congruence
Consumption
Cultural values
Education
Ethics
Management
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Original Paper
Path analysis
Philosophy
Purchase intention
Quality
Quality control
Quality of Life Research
Religion
Sociodemographics
Sustainability
Sustainable consumption
Well being
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Summary:Prior research has examined value antecedents to sustainable consumption, including religious or cultural values. We bridge together these usually separated bodies of literature to provide an ethically-based examination of both religious and cultural values in one model to understand what drives sustainable consumption as well as outcomes on consumer well-being. In doing so, we also fulfill calls for more research on socio-demographic antecedents to ethical consumption, particularly in the domain of sustainable consumption. We examine this relationship using data from the religiously and culturally diverse country of Singapore ( n  = 1503), collected from a door-to-door, representative sample utilizing numerous quality control techniques. Our path analysis and logical follow-up tests reveal that both religious and cultural values influence sustainable consumption, and then sustainable consumption positively influences consumer well-being. Implications are provided for consumer ethics, business’ ethical practices, and belief congruence theory.
ISSN:0167-4544
1573-0697
DOI:10.1007/s10551-020-04674-3