Toward a framework of determinants of financial management and financial problems among university students

This study examines the effect of financial socialization, financial knowledge, financial attitude, and socialization agents on predicting financial management among college students. The sample comprised 2,430 students in six public and five private universities across Malaysia, which were randomly...

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Main Authors: Falahati, Leila, Paim, Laily
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academic Journals 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22631/
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description This study examines the effect of financial socialization, financial knowledge, financial attitude, and socialization agents on predicting financial management among college students. The sample comprised 2,430 students in six public and five private universities across Malaysia, which were randomly selected for the study. A self-administered questionnaire was used as the data collection method. The results indicate that in order of rank, spendthrift attitude, financial socialization, secondary socialization agents, and financial knowledge predict financial management. In addition, the results indicate that, in order, spendthrift attitude, secondary socialization agents, conservative attitude and financial management predict financial problems among college students.
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spelling upm-226312017-11-16T02:47:20Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22631/ Toward a framework of determinants of financial management and financial problems among university students Falahati, Leila Paim, Laily This study examines the effect of financial socialization, financial knowledge, financial attitude, and socialization agents on predicting financial management among college students. The sample comprised 2,430 students in six public and five private universities across Malaysia, which were randomly selected for the study. A self-administered questionnaire was used as the data collection method. The results indicate that in order of rank, spendthrift attitude, financial socialization, secondary socialization agents, and financial knowledge predict financial management. In addition, the results indicate that, in order, spendthrift attitude, secondary socialization agents, conservative attitude and financial management predict financial problems among college students. Academic Journals 2011-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22631/1/Toward%20a%20framework%20of%20determinants%20of%20financial.pdf Falahati, Leila and Paim, Laily (2011) Toward a framework of determinants of financial management and financial problems among university students. African Journal of Business Management, 5 (22). art. no. EF3A13520590. pp. 9600-9606. ISSN 1993-8233 http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJBM/article-abstract/EF3A13520590
spellingShingle Falahati, Leila
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Toward a framework of determinants of financial management and financial problems among university students
title Toward a framework of determinants of financial management and financial problems among university students
title_full Toward a framework of determinants of financial management and financial problems among university students
title_fullStr Toward a framework of determinants of financial management and financial problems among university students
title_full_unstemmed Toward a framework of determinants of financial management and financial problems among university students
title_short Toward a framework of determinants of financial management and financial problems among university students
title_sort toward a framework of determinants of financial management and financial problems among university students
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22631/
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