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Trust or distrust An indigenous study on the perspective of undergraduate students towards Malaysian politicians

Trust in politicians plays a very important role to strengthen a relationship between the people and politician is especially in democractic countries (Marien & Hooghe, 2011). Research showed that the levels of trust in politicians have been declining in recent years (Keele, 2007). However, stud...

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Main Authors: Seow Ling, Ooh, Bee Seok, Chua, Uichol Kim
Format: Proceedings
Language:English
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Published: ResearchGate 2013
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JA1-92 Political science (General)
JA86-88 Study and teaching. Research
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37951/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
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spelling my.ums.eprints.379512024-01-15T03:40:28Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37951/ Trust or distrust An indigenous study on the perspective of undergraduate students towards Malaysian politicians Seow Ling, Ooh Bee Seok, Chua Uichol Kim JA1-92 Political science (General) JA86-88 Study and teaching. Research Trust in politicians plays a very important role to strengthen a relationship between the people and politician is especially in democractic countries (Marien & Hooghe, 2011). Research showed that the levels of trust in politicians have been declining in recent years (Keele, 2007). However, study on the levels and the reasons of trust politician are still underexplored especially in Asian country. Hence, the purpose of this study is to figure out the frequency of trust in politicians in Malaysia and to identify peoples’ beliefs and views (stereotype) against their politicians in the indigenous context. This study was conducted using a qualitative approach involving a total of 858 undergraduate students. The results obtained from the open-ended questions showed that only 24% declared themselves as trusting the politicians. They trusted the politicians mostly because of the role of politicians (63.5%) and politicians’ characteristic (36.5%), while 76% reported they distrust politicians. Distrust towards politicians revealed four main categories which are politicians’ characteristic (48%), political motive (23%), verbal (22%) and the role of politicians (7%). The issue of trust towards politicians in the local context will be discussed. ResearchGate 2013 Proceedings PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37951/1/ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37951/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf Seow Ling, Ooh and Bee Seok, Chua and Uichol Kim (2013) Trust or distrust An indigenous study on the perspective of undergraduate students towards Malaysian politicians. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321183579_Trust_or_Distrust_An_Indigenous_Study_on_The_Perspectives_of_Undergradute_Students_Towards_Malaysian_Politicians#full-text
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topic JA1-92 Political science (General)
JA86-88 Study and teaching. Research
spellingShingle JA1-92 Political science (General)
JA86-88 Study and teaching. Research
Seow Ling, Ooh
Bee Seok, Chua
Uichol Kim
Trust or distrust An indigenous study on the perspective of undergraduate students towards Malaysian politicians
description Trust in politicians plays a very important role to strengthen a relationship between the people and politician is especially in democractic countries (Marien & Hooghe, 2011). Research showed that the levels of trust in politicians have been declining in recent years (Keele, 2007). However, study on the levels and the reasons of trust politician are still underexplored especially in Asian country. Hence, the purpose of this study is to figure out the frequency of trust in politicians in Malaysia and to identify peoples’ beliefs and views (stereotype) against their politicians in the indigenous context. This study was conducted using a qualitative approach involving a total of 858 undergraduate students. The results obtained from the open-ended questions showed that only 24% declared themselves as trusting the politicians. They trusted the politicians mostly because of the role of politicians (63.5%) and politicians’ characteristic (36.5%), while 76% reported they distrust politicians. Distrust towards politicians revealed four main categories which are politicians’ characteristic (48%), political motive (23%), verbal (22%) and the role of politicians (7%). The issue of trust towards politicians in the local context will be discussed.
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author Seow Ling, Ooh
Bee Seok, Chua
Uichol Kim
author_facet Seow Ling, Ooh
Bee Seok, Chua
Uichol Kim
author_sort Seow Ling, Ooh
title Trust or distrust An indigenous study on the perspective of undergraduate students towards Malaysian politicians
title_short Trust or distrust An indigenous study on the perspective of undergraduate students towards Malaysian politicians
title_full Trust or distrust An indigenous study on the perspective of undergraduate students towards Malaysian politicians
title_fullStr Trust or distrust An indigenous study on the perspective of undergraduate students towards Malaysian politicians
title_full_unstemmed Trust or distrust An indigenous study on the perspective of undergraduate students towards Malaysian politicians
title_sort trust or distrust an indigenous study on the perspective of undergraduate students towards malaysian politicians
publisher ResearchGate
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url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37951/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37951/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37951/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321183579_Trust_or_Distrust_An_Indigenous_Study_on_The_Perspectives_of_Undergradute_Students_Towards_Malaysian_Politicians#full-text
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