Drawing from Fishbein and Ajzen (1975) theory of planned behavior, this study hypothesized that attitude would each interact with perceived risk to predict actual purchase. Mall intercept survey was used to collect data from six states in Malaysia. A total of 473 out of 573 respondents 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 (Ringle et al., 2015), results suggest that attitude and purchase intention is positively associated with actual purchase. On the contrary, the findings show that perceived risk does not moderate the relationship between attitude and actual purchase.

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.Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 5

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Mass media is a crucial advertising platform and serves as an awareness platform for herbal product businesses. The rising popularity of herbal product consumption is due to the changing of lifestyle and health problems. With the increasing demand for herbal products globally, studies related to the herbal products purchase behaviour are considered very limited. Hence, the current study is written to investigate the structural relationship of mass media on attitude, social influence, product safety and its impact on purchase behaviour of Herbal products in Malaysia. By applying the Attitude-Behaviour Context Theory, this study used several variables, namely mass media toward attitude, social influence, and product safety and purchasing behaviour of herbal products. This study was designed using a quantitative approach through a survey questionnaire. A total of 467 respondents from seven states in Peninsular Malaysia have participated in this study and collected using the intercept survey. The data were analysed using structural equation modelling with a partial least square approach (SEM-PLS) and assisting SmartPLS 3.3.3. The results showed that mass media has a significant positive effect on attitude, social influence and product safety. Also, attitude, social influence and product safety have a significant positive impact on the purchase behaviour of herbal products. In conclusion, this study identified that mass media influence on attitudes is the strongest predictor, followed by the effects of the mass media on social influence. These findings indicated that the mass media play an essential role in influencing attitude, social influence, and product safety. Followed by attitude, social influence, and product safety that significantly impact the purchase behaviour of herbal products. The finding of this study provides insightful information to the entrepreneurs regarding consumers purchase behaviour.

This study utilises the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) to examine the relationship between intention to use green public transportation, attitude, subjective norm, price and service quality. Quantitative research using an intercept survey approach was employed, involving a total of 193 respondents in this study. Analysis of Partial Least Square (PLS) was used to examine the suggested relationship. The result, however, indicates that there is no relationship between attitude and intention. Meanwhile, subjective norms, price, and service quality were significant predictors of green public transportation usage intention. This study contributes not only to green consumer behaviour but also to the management insights regarding green transportation and environment.