Identifying criteria of ethical investment: the moderating role of religiousity in investment decision
Social Responsibility Investment (SRI) or ethical investment and Islamic finance are investment process that considered social, ethical, and environmental issues into considerations before making investment decision. However, to there are limited studies on the ethical investment in particular the...
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my-ums-ep.168532017-11-20T02:15:16Z Identifying criteria of ethical investment: the moderating role of religiousity in investment decision 2016 Mohd Amir Masmud HG Finance Social Responsibility Investment (SRI) or ethical investment and Islamic finance are investment process that considered social, ethical, and environmental issues into considerations before making investment decision. However, to there are limited studies on the ethical investment in particular the factors influencing investor to invest in SRI and Islamic investment. Hence, this study investigated what are the factors that attract people to invest in ethical investments as well as to identify the unique attributes of ethical investment from the investor's perspectives. Questionnaires were prepared in this study for ethical investor. A total of 285 surveys were collected in the current study. Data were collected in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The data were analyzed using various statistical analyses, such as descriptive analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, and structural equation model. The study findings demonstrated religiosity as the moderator has mediate social factor, personal factor and literacy factor to significantly influenced investment decision of ethical investor. However, the financial factor is not significant with investment decision of ethical investor 2016 Thesis https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/16853/ https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/16853/1/Identifying%20criteria%20of%20ethical.pdf text en public mphil masters Universiti Malaysia Sabah Labuan Faculty of International Finance |
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Social Responsibility Investment (SRI) or ethical investment and Islamic finance are investment process that considered social, ethical, and environmental issues into
considerations before making investment decision. However, to there are limited studies on the ethical investment in particular the factors influencing investor to
invest in SRI and Islamic investment. Hence, this study investigated what are the
factors that attract people to invest in ethical investments as well as to identify the
unique attributes of ethical investment from the investor's perspectives.
Questionnaires were prepared in this study for ethical investor. A total of 285
surveys were collected in the current study. Data were collected in Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah. The data were analyzed using various statistical analyses, such as
descriptive analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, and structural equation
model. The study findings demonstrated religiosity as the moderator has mediate
social factor, personal factor and literacy factor to significantly influenced
investment decision of ethical investor. However, the financial factor is not
significant with investment decision of ethical investor |
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Identifying criteria of ethical investment: the moderating
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Labuan Faculty of International Finance |
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