Corporate image of zakat institutions in Malaysia

The privatization of several zakat institutions in Malaysia has opened a new phase in zakat administration with the aim of improving institutional image, especially through the introduction and implementation of corporate values. Various activities and promotional efforts were undertaken to achiev...

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Main Authors: Siti Ngayesah Ab Hamid, Wan Jamaliah Wan Jusoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9812/
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spelling ukm-98122016-12-14T06:50:55Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9812/ Corporate image of zakat institutions in Malaysia Siti Ngayesah Ab Hamid, Wan Jamaliah Wan Jusoh, The privatization of several zakat institutions in Malaysia has opened a new phase in zakat administration with the aim of improving institutional image, especially through the introduction and implementation of corporate values. Various activities and promotional efforts were undertaken to achieve this objective incurring significant expenditures which would be wasted if they fail to achieve the intended goals. In this light, this study was conducted to identify factors that shape and determine the image of zakat institutions among zakat contributors and noncontributors. Based on the two basic components of corporate image which consisted of emotional and functional components, four factors were proposed – reputation, corporate communication, access to service and contact personnel. A total of 225 questionnaires were administered and analyzed using multiple regression analysis. The findings revealed that reputation and contact personnel had a significant relationship with image. These findings have broadened understanding of the concept of image and its antecedents in the context of zakat institutions in Malaysia. School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9812/1/5x.geografia-si-feb16-siti-edam.pdf Siti Ngayesah Ab Hamid, and Wan Jamaliah Wan Jusoh, (2016) Corporate image of zakat institutions in Malaysia. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 12 (2). pp. 47-57. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v2/index.php?cont=a&item=2&thn=2016&vol=12&issue=2&ver=loc
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description The privatization of several zakat institutions in Malaysia has opened a new phase in zakat administration with the aim of improving institutional image, especially through the introduction and implementation of corporate values. Various activities and promotional efforts were undertaken to achieve this objective incurring significant expenditures which would be wasted if they fail to achieve the intended goals. In this light, this study was conducted to identify factors that shape and determine the image of zakat institutions among zakat contributors and noncontributors. Based on the two basic components of corporate image which consisted of emotional and functional components, four factors were proposed – reputation, corporate communication, access to service and contact personnel. A total of 225 questionnaires were administered and analyzed using multiple regression analysis. The findings revealed that reputation and contact personnel had a significant relationship with image. These findings have broadened understanding of the concept of image and its antecedents in the context of zakat institutions in Malaysia.
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author Siti Ngayesah Ab Hamid,
Wan Jamaliah Wan Jusoh,
spellingShingle Siti Ngayesah Ab Hamid,
Wan Jamaliah Wan Jusoh,
Corporate image of zakat institutions in Malaysia
author_facet Siti Ngayesah Ab Hamid,
Wan Jamaliah Wan Jusoh,
author_sort Siti Ngayesah Ab Hamid,
title Corporate image of zakat institutions in Malaysia
title_short Corporate image of zakat institutions in Malaysia
title_full Corporate image of zakat institutions in Malaysia
title_fullStr Corporate image of zakat institutions in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Corporate image of zakat institutions in Malaysia
title_sort corporate image of zakat institutions in malaysia
publisher School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9812/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9812/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9812/1/5x.geografia-si-feb16-siti-edam.pdf
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