Malaysian consumers' perceived importance and knowledge of household furniture materials.

Furniture is one of the common items found in a household. Consumers deciding on a household furniture purchase are usually overwhelmed with a range of shape, size, style colour and material choice. The objective of this paper is to investigate consumers' perceived importance and knowledge of m...

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Main Authors: Mohamed, Shukri, Yaakob, Sam Shor Nahar, B., Mohd Khairon, Ahmad, Ashriq Fahmy, A. R., Bazillah, H., Ahmad Aizuddin
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Published: Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia 2011
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spelling my.upm.eprints.239212015-10-20T00:28:04Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23921/ Malaysian consumers' perceived importance and knowledge of household furniture materials. Mohamed, Shukri Yaakob, Sam Shor Nahar B., Mohd Khairon Ahmad, Ashriq Fahmy A. R., Bazillah H., Ahmad Aizuddin Furniture is one of the common items found in a household. Consumers deciding on a household furniture purchase are usually overwhelmed with a range of shape, size, style colour and material choice. The objective of this paper is to investigate consumers' perceived importance and knowledge of materials used to manufacture household furniture. The type of materials preferred by the consumers was also identified. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data for the study. The respondents were recruited at four different sites in Peninsular Malaysia, two in urban and rural areas each, with the aim of obtaining a broad representation of the consumers. Results indicated that respondents rated the type of material a household furniture item is made of as an important purchase decision attribute. Female respondents generally rate material more importantly than males. Knowledge of the consumers, and subsequently their preference, of the material used to manufacture household furniture is mostly limited to wood and rattan. Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23921/1/Malaysian%20consumers.pdf Mohamed, Shukri and Yaakob, Sam Shor Nahar and B., Mohd Khairon and Ahmad, Ashriq Fahmy and A. R., Bazillah and H., Ahmad Aizuddin (2011) Malaysian consumers' perceived importance and knowledge of household furniture materials. The Malaysian Forester, 74 (1). pp. 67-24. ISSN 0302-2935 http://www.forestry.gov.my/‎ English
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description Furniture is one of the common items found in a household. Consumers deciding on a household furniture purchase are usually overwhelmed with a range of shape, size, style colour and material choice. The objective of this paper is to investigate consumers' perceived importance and knowledge of materials used to manufacture household furniture. The type of materials preferred by the consumers was also identified. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data for the study. The respondents were recruited at four different sites in Peninsular Malaysia, two in urban and rural areas each, with the aim of obtaining a broad representation of the consumers. Results indicated that respondents rated the type of material a household furniture item is made of as an important purchase decision attribute. Female respondents generally rate material more importantly than males. Knowledge of the consumers, and subsequently their preference, of the material used to manufacture household furniture is mostly limited to wood and rattan.
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author Mohamed, Shukri
Yaakob, Sam Shor Nahar
B., Mohd Khairon
Ahmad, Ashriq Fahmy
A. R., Bazillah
H., Ahmad Aizuddin
spellingShingle Mohamed, Shukri
Yaakob, Sam Shor Nahar
B., Mohd Khairon
Ahmad, Ashriq Fahmy
A. R., Bazillah
H., Ahmad Aizuddin
Malaysian consumers' perceived importance and knowledge of household furniture materials.
author_facet Mohamed, Shukri
Yaakob, Sam Shor Nahar
B., Mohd Khairon
Ahmad, Ashriq Fahmy
A. R., Bazillah
H., Ahmad Aizuddin
author_sort Mohamed, Shukri
title Malaysian consumers' perceived importance and knowledge of household furniture materials.
title_short Malaysian consumers' perceived importance and knowledge of household furniture materials.
title_full Malaysian consumers' perceived importance and knowledge of household furniture materials.
title_fullStr Malaysian consumers' perceived importance and knowledge of household furniture materials.
title_full_unstemmed Malaysian consumers' perceived importance and knowledge of household furniture materials.
title_sort malaysian consumers' perceived importance and knowledge of household furniture materials.
publisher Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia
publishDate 2011
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23921/1/Malaysian%20consumers.pdf
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