Products’ knowledge among Islamic banks’ staffs in Alor Setar, Kedah

This research focuses on the level of knowledge among the Islamic bankers towards the Islamic banking products. It is intended to measure the factor that might affect the knowledge of Islamic bankers which include the understanding of underlying principles, religiosity factors, perceptions towards t...

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Main Author: Tengku Wasimah, Raja Harun
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Tengku Wasimah, Raja Harun
Products’ knowledge among Islamic banks’ staffs in Alor Setar, Kedah
description This research focuses on the level of knowledge among the Islamic bankers towards the Islamic banking products. It is intended to measure the factor that might affect the knowledge of Islamic bankers which include the understanding of underlying principles, religiosity factors, perceptions towards the Islamic banking and training gained in the workplace. This study examines the relationships between the knowledge with all the mentioned factors earlier. A proposed theoretical framework has been developed in this study in order to illustrate the whole research area. Hypothesized relationships are tested using survey responses from a sample of 150 respondents which consist of the Islamic banks’ staff who worked in the Islamic banks. Results revealed a positive relationship between the understanding of underlying principles and training gained in the Islamic banks with the knowledge. Apart from that, the perception and religiosity have not given much influenced towards the knowledge. The results reported in this research are useful to both industry and academics by providing relevant exploratory data about the knowledge. The results should be able to recommend some suggestion on how to improve the knowledge among the Islamic bankers. The issue of the accessibility of well-trained and skilled employees must be spoken critically by the industry players, government as well as academician in order to obtain sustainable growth and to realize Malaysia as Asia Islamic financial hub
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author Tengku Wasimah, Raja Harun
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title Products’ knowledge among Islamic banks’ staffs in Alor Setar, Kedah
title_short Products’ knowledge among Islamic banks’ staffs in Alor Setar, Kedah
title_full Products’ knowledge among Islamic banks’ staffs in Alor Setar, Kedah
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title_full_unstemmed Products’ knowledge among Islamic banks’ staffs in Alor Setar, Kedah
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spelling my-uum-etd.50772022-12-13T07:40:33Z Products’ knowledge among Islamic banks’ staffs in Alor Setar, Kedah 2014 Tengku Wasimah, Raja Harun Ab Rashid, Rosemaliza Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HG Finance This research focuses on the level of knowledge among the Islamic bankers towards the Islamic banking products. It is intended to measure the factor that might affect the knowledge of Islamic bankers which include the understanding of underlying principles, religiosity factors, perceptions towards the Islamic banking and training gained in the workplace. This study examines the relationships between the knowledge with all the mentioned factors earlier. A proposed theoretical framework has been developed in this study in order to illustrate the whole research area. Hypothesized relationships are tested using survey responses from a sample of 150 respondents which consist of the Islamic banks’ staff who worked in the Islamic banks. Results revealed a positive relationship between the understanding of underlying principles and training gained in the Islamic banks with the knowledge. Apart from that, the perception and religiosity have not given much influenced towards the knowledge. The results reported in this research are useful to both industry and academics by providing relevant exploratory data about the knowledge. The results should be able to recommend some suggestion on how to improve the knowledge among the Islamic bankers. The issue of the accessibility of well-trained and skilled employees must be spoken critically by the industry players, government as well as academician in order to obtain sustainable growth and to realize Malaysia as Asia Islamic financial hub 2014 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/5077/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/5077/1/s812411.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/5077/2/s812411_abstract.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Abdullah, A. A., Sidek, R., & Adnan, A. A. (2012). Perception of Non-Muslims Customers towards Islamic Banks in Malaysia. International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol. 3 No. 11, 151-163. Abdullah, M. R. (2011, January - March). Development of Islamic Banking in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) Newsletter, pp. 22-23. Ahmad, A. (1997). Towards An Islamic Financial Market: A Study of Islamic Banking and Finance in Malaysia. Research Paper No. 45, 35-40. Ahmad, A. U., & Hassan, M. K. (2004). 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