There is limited research that has explored the effect of poverty on street vending. The current study attempts to explore this area by looking into the relationship between poverty and street vending via multiple mediations such as lack of education, immigration, and unemployment. By testing a sample of 425 responses that reflect the perspective of the general public in Iraq, this study proposes and validates a number of mediation models using the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach and the PROCESS macro in SPSS. The main findings suggest that poverty positively impacts street vending. In addition to this direct effect, poverty influences street vending via multiple mediations: lack of education and unemployment mediate the effect of poverty on street vending; immigration and unemployment mediate the effect of poverty on street vending; and finally, lack of education, immigration, and unemployment mediate the effect of poverty on street vending. However, lack of education and immigration do not mediate the effect of poverty on street vending. The theoretical contributions, managerial implications, limitations, and recommendations for further research are provided.

很少有研究探讨贫困对街头自动贩卖的影响。当前的研究试图通过缺乏教育，移民和失业等多种媒介，研究贫困与街头自动贩卖之间的关系，以探索这一领域。通过测试反映伊拉克公众观点的425个响应样本，本研究使用SPSS中的偏最小二乘结构方程模型（PLS-SEM）方法和PROCESS宏，提出并验证了许多中介模型。主要发现表明，贫困对街头自动贩卖产生了积极影响。除了这种直接影响外，贫困还通过多种中介影响街头自动贩卖：缺乏教育和失业介导了贫困对街头自动贩卖的影响；移民和失业介导了贫困对街头自动贩卖的影响；最后，缺乏教育，移民和失业导致了贫困对街头自动贩卖的影响。但是，缺乏教育和移民并不能调解贫困对街头自动贩卖的影响。提供了理论贡献，管理意义，局限性和进一步研究的建议。