Exploring the relationship between religiosity, ethnocentrism and corporate image: young Muslim consumers perspective

This paper aims to examine how young Malay Muslim consumers differs their idea about religiosity; ethnocentrism and corporate image before they intend to purchase any foreign made goods and services. This research also explores the relationship between religiosity, ethnocentrism and corpor...

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Main Authors: Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul, Rahman, Sabbir, Yasmin, Farzana
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Language:English
Published: World Business Institute, Australia 2012
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spelling iium-264512012-11-12T07:20:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/26451/ Exploring the relationship between religiosity, ethnocentrism and corporate image: young Muslim consumers perspective Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul Rahman, Sabbir Yasmin, Farzana HF5001 Business. Business Administration This paper aims to examine how young Malay Muslim consumers differs their idea about religiosity; ethnocentrism and corporate image before they intend to purchase any foreign made goods and services. This research also explores the relationship between religiosity, ethnocentrism and corporate image towards the perception of purchasing foreign goods by the young Muslim consumers in Malaysia. Total of 600 (350 males and 250 females) young consumers response were collected from public and private Universities as well as shopping mall intercept by using convenient sampling procedure. This research had conducted three stages of data analysis for instance: exploratory factor analysis; confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling to test the hypothesis. Among all the variables, corporate image and ethnocentrism behavior played the most significant role on the perception of young Muslim consumer’s before purchasing foreign made products. A major limitation exists in this research of its self-reported nature of survey which was used in the study. Further research should include some assessments such as observations or other-reported survey of the young consumer’s behavior towards purchasing foreign made products. This study provides a useful source of information for global marketers to understand the perception of Malaysian young consumers’ towards foreign made products. World Business Institute, Australia 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26451/1/Exploring_the_Relationship_between_Religiosity%2C_Ethnocentrism_and_Corporate_Image.pdf Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul and Rahman, Sabbir and Yasmin, Farzana (2012) Exploring the relationship between religiosity, ethnocentrism and corporate image: young Muslim consumers perspective. Journal of Business and Policy Research, 7 (1). pp. 60-71. ISSN 1449-387x http://www.jbprpapers.com/00.journals/2012/april/4.pdf
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Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
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Exploring the relationship between religiosity, ethnocentrism and corporate image: young Muslim consumers perspective
description This paper aims to examine how young Malay Muslim consumers differs their idea about religiosity; ethnocentrism and corporate image before they intend to purchase any foreign made goods and services. This research also explores the relationship between religiosity, ethnocentrism and corporate image towards the perception of purchasing foreign goods by the young Muslim consumers in Malaysia. Total of 600 (350 males and 250 females) young consumers response were collected from public and private Universities as well as shopping mall intercept by using convenient sampling procedure. This research had conducted three stages of data analysis for instance: exploratory factor analysis; confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling to test the hypothesis. Among all the variables, corporate image and ethnocentrism behavior played the most significant role on the perception of young Muslim consumer’s before purchasing foreign made products. A major limitation exists in this research of its self-reported nature of survey which was used in the study. Further research should include some assessments such as observations or other-reported survey of the young consumer’s behavior towards purchasing foreign made products. This study provides a useful source of information for global marketers to understand the perception of Malaysian young consumers’ towards foreign made products.
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author Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
Rahman, Sabbir
Yasmin, Farzana
author_facet Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
Rahman, Sabbir
Yasmin, Farzana
author_sort Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
title Exploring the relationship between religiosity, ethnocentrism and corporate image: young Muslim consumers perspective
title_short Exploring the relationship between religiosity, ethnocentrism and corporate image: young Muslim consumers perspective
title_full Exploring the relationship between religiosity, ethnocentrism and corporate image: young Muslim consumers perspective
title_fullStr Exploring the relationship between religiosity, ethnocentrism and corporate image: young Muslim consumers perspective
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the relationship between religiosity, ethnocentrism and corporate image: young Muslim consumers perspective
title_sort exploring the relationship between religiosity, ethnocentrism and corporate image: young muslim consumers perspective
publisher World Business Institute, Australia
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/26451/
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