Dissertation/ Thesis

Using Health Belief Model to Investigate Factors Influencing Food Safety Behavior among Restaurant Industry Employees

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Using Health Belief Model to Investigate Factors Influencing Food Safety Behavior among Restaurant Industry Employees
Alternate Title: 以健康信念模式探討餐廳員工之食品衛生的操作行為
المؤلفون: Ching Ting Chiu, 邱淨庭
Thesis Advisors: Kuei-I Lee, 李貴宜
سنة النشر: 2014
المجموعة: National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan
الوصف: 102
Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported the number of the cases of food-borne illness increased continuously recent year. These results indicate improper performance caused by personnel. This purpose of the study is to develop the questionnaire suitable for restaurant employees’ beliefs towards food safety and antecedents of food safety behavior. Using Health Belief Model to investigate the relationship between the variables and restaurant employees’ food safety behavior, including food safety knowledge toward proactive personality, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cues to action and self-efficacy with food safety behavior. All of Taiwan’s restaurant executives and staff will be the samples which work at the restaurant with the capacity exceeding 20 tables. The survey was self-administered and returned by 289 valid questionnaire (83%). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, structural equation modeling and other methods of analysis. Significant results were as followed: 1. Food safety knowledge did not affect self-reported food safety behavior but did positive significantly predict ‘perceived susceptbility’. 2. ‘Perceived susceptibility, Perceived benefit and cues to action’ were positively related to food safety behaviors. Overall, ‘Cues to action’ of taking action is the strongest variable. 3. Proactive personality traits initiative affect self-efficacy and cues to action" were significant positively. ‘Proactive personality’ has a positive moderating effect toward cues to action and food hygiene behavior. Keyword: Health Belief Model. Food Safety. Behavior. Food Born Illness. Restaurant Employees
Original Identifier: 102THU00720010
نوع الوثيقة: 學位論文 ; thesis
وصف الملف: 69
الاتاحة: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71417567739151930472
رقم الانضمام: edsndl.TW.102THU00720010
قاعدة البيانات: Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations