Linking religiosity to citizenship behaviour under materialism attitude: Empirical evidence from Indonesia

Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to understand the complex relationship between religiosity and citizenship behaviour by examining the role of materialism attitude and empathy.

Design/methodology/approach

This study developed a structural equation model with some measures taken from the previous literature. This study conducted a survey of young people in Indonesia context and used partial least square to test the proposed hypothesis.

Findings

The empirical results indicate the mechanism from religiosity to citizenship behaviour involves empathy. However, under high materialism attitude, an increasing level of religiosity will have a lower impact on citizenship than the individual under low materialism attitude.

Originality/value

This study extends to the discussion on the complicated relationship between religiosity and citizenship behaviour by introducing the moderating effect of materialism attitude and the mediating effect of empathy.

Citation

Pratono, A.H. (2019), "Linking religiosity to citizenship behaviour under materialism attitude: Empirical evidence from Indonesia", International Journal of Ethics and Systems, Vol. 35 No. 1, pp. 75-89. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOES-07-2018-0104