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The moderating effect of subjective norms on the relationship between peer influence and intention to pay zakat

Zakat is among the pillars of Islam which aims at poverty reduction among Muslim Ummah.Zakat is vital for improvement of Asnaf purchasing power. However, the payment of zakat in Kano Nigeria is still low.Despite numerous factors that influence intention to pay zakat recommended in the literature, re...

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Main Authors: Muhammad, Sani Adamu, Saad, Ram Al Jaffri
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spelling my.uum.repo.181432016-06-16T02:39:05Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/18143/ The moderating effect of subjective norms on the relationship between peer influence and intention to pay zakat Muhammad, Sani Adamu Saad, Ram Al Jaffri BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc HG Finance Zakat is among the pillars of Islam which aims at poverty reduction among Muslim Ummah.Zakat is vital for improvement of Asnaf purchasing power. However, the payment of zakat in Kano Nigeria is still low.Despite numerous factors that influence intention to pay zakat recommended in the literature, research model that address this issue is still not enough to solve the problem of low level of zakat payment in developing nations.The core objective of this paper is to suggest a research model for examining the moderating effect of subjective norm on the relationship between peer influence and intention to pay zakat among businessmen in Kano Nigeria.The paper suggests a model which if authenticated empirically will be used by Kano state Zakat and Hubsi commission for policy decision making. Additionally, the paper presents a new variable in zakat environment. Iosrjournals.org 2016-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/18143/1/IOSR-JBM%2018%202%20V1%202016%2074-76.pdf Muhammad, Sani Adamu and Saad, Ram Al Jaffri (2016) The moderating effect of subjective norms on the relationship between peer influence and intention to pay zakat. IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM), 18 (2). pp. 74-76. ISSN 2319-7668 http://iosrjournals.org/
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topic BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
HG Finance
spellingShingle BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
HG Finance
Muhammad, Sani Adamu
Saad, Ram Al Jaffri
The moderating effect of subjective norms on the relationship between peer influence and intention to pay zakat
description Zakat is among the pillars of Islam which aims at poverty reduction among Muslim Ummah.Zakat is vital for improvement of Asnaf purchasing power. However, the payment of zakat in Kano Nigeria is still low.Despite numerous factors that influence intention to pay zakat recommended in the literature, research model that address this issue is still not enough to solve the problem of low level of zakat payment in developing nations.The core objective of this paper is to suggest a research model for examining the moderating effect of subjective norm on the relationship between peer influence and intention to pay zakat among businessmen in Kano Nigeria.The paper suggests a model which if authenticated empirically will be used by Kano state Zakat and Hubsi commission for policy decision making. Additionally, the paper presents a new variable in zakat environment.
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author Muhammad, Sani Adamu
Saad, Ram Al Jaffri
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title The moderating effect of subjective norms on the relationship between peer influence and intention to pay zakat
title_short The moderating effect of subjective norms on the relationship between peer influence and intention to pay zakat
title_full The moderating effect of subjective norms on the relationship between peer influence and intention to pay zakat
title_fullStr The moderating effect of subjective norms on the relationship between peer influence and intention to pay zakat
title_full_unstemmed The moderating effect of subjective norms on the relationship between peer influence and intention to pay zakat
title_sort moderating effect of subjective norms on the relationship between peer influence and intention to pay zakat
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