The impact of financial literacy and psychological factors on investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia

This research aims to identify the investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia by referring Theory of Planned Behaviour, Information Cascade Theory and Prospect Theory. The independent variables included are financial knowledge, financial attitude, overconfidence, herding beh...

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Main Authors: Chua, Xiao Qing, Tee, Yu Xun, Wee, Woon Kai, Wong, Jing En
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2024
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author Chua, Xiao Qing
Tee, Yu Xun
Wee, Woon Kai
Wong, Jing En
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Tee, Yu Xun
Wee, Woon Kai
Wong, Jing En
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description This research aims to identify the investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia by referring Theory of Planned Behaviour, Information Cascade Theory and Prospect Theory. The independent variables included are financial knowledge, financial attitude, overconfidence, herding behaviour and loss aversion. The data collection method in this study is primary data and 384 sets survey questionnaires were collected. Statistical Package for Social Sciences 29.0 (SPSS 29.0) software was used to generate statistical analysis. The results showed that financial knowledge, financial attitude, herding behaviour and loss aversion have significant relationship with the investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia; while overconfidence has insignificant relationship with the investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia. This research will provide an insight for investors, Malaysia enlisted companies’ management to better understand the factors that will affect investment intention.
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spelling my-utar-eprints.69312025-12-11T07:56:50Z The impact of financial literacy and psychological factors on investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia Chua, Xiao Qing Tee, Yu Xun Wee, Woon Kai Wong, Jing En HA Statistics HG Finance This research aims to identify the investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia by referring Theory of Planned Behaviour, Information Cascade Theory and Prospect Theory. The independent variables included are financial knowledge, financial attitude, overconfidence, herding behaviour and loss aversion. The data collection method in this study is primary data and 384 sets survey questionnaires were collected. Statistical Package for Social Sciences 29.0 (SPSS 29.0) software was used to generate statistical analysis. The results showed that financial knowledge, financial attitude, herding behaviour and loss aversion have significant relationship with the investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia; while overconfidence has insignificant relationship with the investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia. This research will provide an insight for investors, Malaysia enlisted companies’ management to better understand the factors that will affect investment intention. 2024-06 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6931/1/2004778_FYP.pdf Chua, Xiao Qing and Tee, Yu Xun and Wee, Woon Kai and Wong, Jing En (2024) The impact of financial literacy and psychological factors on investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6931/
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HG Finance
Chua, Xiao Qing
Tee, Yu Xun
Wee, Woon Kai
Wong, Jing En
The impact of financial literacy and psychological factors on investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia
title The impact of financial literacy and psychological factors on investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia
title_full The impact of financial literacy and psychological factors on investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia
title_fullStr The impact of financial literacy and psychological factors on investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The impact of financial literacy and psychological factors on investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia
title_short The impact of financial literacy and psychological factors on investment intention among a private university in Kampar, Malaysia
title_sort impact of financial literacy and psychological factors on investment intention among a private university in kampar, malaysia
topic HA Statistics
HG Finance
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6931/1/2004778_FYP.pdf
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