Karakter usahawan asnaf dalam program jaya diri Lembaga Zakat Negeri Kedah

Entrepreneurship contributes significantly to the economic development of a country. Thus, more entrepreneurs tend to make business their main source of income to live better. Poor and needy asnaf was not left behind with the help of capital assistance and business equipment from the zakat instituti...

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Main Author: Faizah, Zakaria
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spelling my-uum-etd.112422024-08-11T02:38:41Z Karakter usahawan asnaf dalam program jaya diri Lembaga Zakat Negeri Kedah 2024 Faizah, Zakaria Mohamad, Siti Syuhadah Talib, Azlizan Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government BP174 The practice of Islam HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property HF5001-6182 Business Entrepreneurship contributes significantly to the economic development of a country. Thus, more entrepreneurs tend to make business their main source of income to live better. Poor and needy asnaf was not left behind with the help of capital assistance and business equipment from the zakat institutions. However, the zakat institutions faced challenges in nurturing the asnaf on the character of successful entrepreneurs. The main objective was to identify the success factors of poor and needy asnaf entrepreneurs. The first specific objective was to examine the relationship between the characters of asnaf entrepreneurs, such as the entrepreneur's characteristics, attitudes, skills and competencies and the success of asnaf entrepreneurs who participated in the Jaya Diri program organised by the Kedah State Zakat Board. Next, to study the relationship between Islamic spiritual practices and the success of asnaf entrepreneurs in the program. Lastly, to determine whether Islamic spiritual practice was a moderating factor in the relationship between the characteristics of entrepreneurs (love challenges, discipline, and vision) and their success in the program. This study applied a cross-sectional survey design and 352 questionnaires were distributed to respondents in all the districts involved in Kedah. The Partial Least Squares Structural Equation (PLS-SEM) analysis indicated that only two variables influenced the success of asnaf entrepreneurs, namely characteristics and attitudes of entrepreneurs. Meanwhile, the entrepreneur's skills (self-advancement, financial management and management of employees, customers and suppliers) and self-competence did not affect the success of asnaf entrepreneurs. The findings also showed that Islamic spiritual practices moderated the relationship between the characteristics of entrepreneurs and the success of asnaf entrepreneurs. Theoretically, this study contributed to the use of Social Cognitive Career Theory and supported by Human Capital Theory in studying the context of success factors of asnaf entrepreneurs. From a practical point of view, this study found that Islamic spiritual practices contributed to efforts in producing Muslim entrepreneurs, especially asnaf who can understand, accept and practice Islamic spiritual practices in their business affairs. In other words, this study enriched previously limited research on asnaf entrepreneurs and contributed to academic development, asnaf entrepreneurship, poverty alleviation and good zakat management. 2024 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/11242/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/11242/1/permission%20to%20deposit-grant%20the%20permission-s95124.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/11242/2/s95124_01.pdf text eng public other doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
collection UUM ETD
language eng
eng
advisor Mohamad, Siti Syuhadah
Talib, Azlizan
topic BP174 The practice of Islam
BP174 The practice of Islam
HF5001-6182 Business
spellingShingle BP174 The practice of Islam
BP174 The practice of Islam
HF5001-6182 Business
Faizah, Zakaria
Karakter usahawan asnaf dalam program jaya diri Lembaga Zakat Negeri Kedah
description Entrepreneurship contributes significantly to the economic development of a country. Thus, more entrepreneurs tend to make business their main source of income to live better. Poor and needy asnaf was not left behind with the help of capital assistance and business equipment from the zakat institutions. However, the zakat institutions faced challenges in nurturing the asnaf on the character of successful entrepreneurs. The main objective was to identify the success factors of poor and needy asnaf entrepreneurs. The first specific objective was to examine the relationship between the characters of asnaf entrepreneurs, such as the entrepreneur's characteristics, attitudes, skills and competencies and the success of asnaf entrepreneurs who participated in the Jaya Diri program organised by the Kedah State Zakat Board. Next, to study the relationship between Islamic spiritual practices and the success of asnaf entrepreneurs in the program. Lastly, to determine whether Islamic spiritual practice was a moderating factor in the relationship between the characteristics of entrepreneurs (love challenges, discipline, and vision) and their success in the program. This study applied a cross-sectional survey design and 352 questionnaires were distributed to respondents in all the districts involved in Kedah. The Partial Least Squares Structural Equation (PLS-SEM) analysis indicated that only two variables influenced the success of asnaf entrepreneurs, namely characteristics and attitudes of entrepreneurs. Meanwhile, the entrepreneur's skills (self-advancement, financial management and management of employees, customers and suppliers) and self-competence did not affect the success of asnaf entrepreneurs. The findings also showed that Islamic spiritual practices moderated the relationship between the characteristics of entrepreneurs and the success of asnaf entrepreneurs. Theoretically, this study contributed to the use of Social Cognitive Career Theory and supported by Human Capital Theory in studying the context of success factors of asnaf entrepreneurs. From a practical point of view, this study found that Islamic spiritual practices contributed to efforts in producing Muslim entrepreneurs, especially asnaf who can understand, accept and practice Islamic spiritual practices in their business affairs. In other words, this study enriched previously limited research on asnaf entrepreneurs and contributed to academic development, asnaf entrepreneurship, poverty alleviation and good zakat management.
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author Faizah, Zakaria
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title Karakter usahawan asnaf dalam program jaya diri Lembaga Zakat Negeri Kedah
title_short Karakter usahawan asnaf dalam program jaya diri Lembaga Zakat Negeri Kedah
title_full Karakter usahawan asnaf dalam program jaya diri Lembaga Zakat Negeri Kedah
title_fullStr Karakter usahawan asnaf dalam program jaya diri Lembaga Zakat Negeri Kedah
title_full_unstemmed Karakter usahawan asnaf dalam program jaya diri Lembaga Zakat Negeri Kedah
title_sort karakter usahawan asnaf dalam program jaya diri lembaga zakat negeri kedah
granting_institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government
publishDate 2024
url https://etd.uum.edu.my/11242/1/permission%20to%20deposit-grant%20the%20permission-s95124.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/11242/2/s95124_01.pdf
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