Open AccessModelling Public Intention to Reduce Non-Revenue Water: An Expanded Version of the Theory of Planned Behaviour
Author(s) -
Tze Xien Shelley Ong,
Shyue Chuan Chong,
Satoshi Kai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of economic info
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-8448
pISSN - 2313-335X
DOI - 10.31580/jei.v7i2.1440
Subject(s) - theory of planned behavior , ethnic group , psychology , social psychology , marital status , norm (philosophy) , variance (accounting) , multilevel model , control (management) , perception , applied psychology , environmental health , sociology , political science , business , management , medicine , population , accounting , machine learning , anthropology , computer science , law , economics , neuroscience
The study seeks to determine the public’s Non-Revenue Water (NRW) reduction behavioural intention in Malaysia. It endeavours to expand the social-psychological behavioural model which is the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) by adding the determinants of environmental knowledge, environmental concern, the respondents’ gender, age group, ethnicity, marital status and education level to predict the public’s behavioural intention to engage in NRW reduction practices. A self-structured questionnaire with face-to-face interview was employed to gather responses from 800 citizens who are currently living in the state of Selangor, the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Pahang, and Johor. Following the subsequent hierarchical linear regression models, the final model has explained 51.3% of the variance in behavioural intention to take part in NRW reduction practices. The study’s findings identify that the factors of attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control, environmental knowledge, environmental concern, and gender significantly influence the NRW reduction intention. Moreover, the study reveals that ethnicity and education differences have significant influences on the expanded TPB in terms of NRW reduction. This study furthers to the present theory and experience by offering advantageous perception about the application of environmental knowledge and environmental concern on the public’s NRW reduction intention.