The role of religious orientation in the business performance of women owned firms: a preliminary study in Malaysia halal food industry

This paper examines the relationship between religious orientation and firm performance for women and men-owned small medium firms in the Malaysia halal food industry. In this preliminary study, results indicate that religious orientation variable had a positive impact on the business performance of...

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Main Authors: Tahir, Ida Rizyani, Abdul, Mohani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Macrotheme Capital Management 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28280/1/The%20role%20of%20religious%20orientation%20in%20the%20business%20performance%20of%20women%20owned%20firms.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.282802016-01-12T01:24:28Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28280/ The role of religious orientation in the business performance of women owned firms: a preliminary study in Malaysia halal food industry Tahir, Ida Rizyani Abdul, Mohani This paper examines the relationship between religious orientation and firm performance for women and men-owned small medium firms in the Malaysia halal food industry. In this preliminary study, results indicate that religious orientation variable had a positive impact on the business performance of men and women-owned firms. The relationship was investigated using Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. There was a weak, positive correlation between the two variables. An independent samples t-test was conducted to compare the religious orientation scores for males and females. There was a significant difference in scores for males and females. These findings suggest that the growth aspirations for women-owned firms may be driven by factor other than religious orientation as compared to men-owned firms. Macrotheme Capital Management 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28280/1/The%20role%20of%20religious%20orientation%20in%20the%20business%20performance%20of%20women%20owned%20firms.pdf Tahir, Ida Rizyani and Abdul, Mohani (2013) The role of religious orientation in the business performance of women owned firms: a preliminary study in Malaysia halal food industry. The Macrotheme Review, 2 (3). pp. 40-45. ISSN 1848-4735 http://macrotheme.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/6TahMR23.40131308.pdf
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description This paper examines the relationship between religious orientation and firm performance for women and men-owned small medium firms in the Malaysia halal food industry. In this preliminary study, results indicate that religious orientation variable had a positive impact on the business performance of men and women-owned firms. The relationship was investigated using Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. There was a weak, positive correlation between the two variables. An independent samples t-test was conducted to compare the religious orientation scores for males and females. There was a significant difference in scores for males and females. These findings suggest that the growth aspirations for women-owned firms may be driven by factor other than religious orientation as compared to men-owned firms.
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author Tahir, Ida Rizyani
Abdul, Mohani
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Abdul, Mohani
The role of religious orientation in the business performance of women owned firms: a preliminary study in Malaysia halal food industry
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Abdul, Mohani
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title The role of religious orientation in the business performance of women owned firms: a preliminary study in Malaysia halal food industry
title_short The role of religious orientation in the business performance of women owned firms: a preliminary study in Malaysia halal food industry
title_full The role of religious orientation in the business performance of women owned firms: a preliminary study in Malaysia halal food industry
title_fullStr The role of religious orientation in the business performance of women owned firms: a preliminary study in Malaysia halal food industry
title_full_unstemmed The role of religious orientation in the business performance of women owned firms: a preliminary study in Malaysia halal food industry
title_sort role of religious orientation in the business performance of women owned firms: a preliminary study in malaysia halal food industry
publisher Macrotheme Capital Management
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28280/1/The%20role%20of%20religious%20orientation%20in%20the%20business%20performance%20of%20women%20owned%20firms.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28280/
http://macrotheme.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/6TahMR23.40131308.pdf
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