scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF FINANCIAL ATTITUDE AND FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE ON COMPANY PERFORMANCE WITH FINANCIAL DECISIONS AS INTERVENING VARIABLES: A BEHAVIORAL FINANCE PERSPECTIVE

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Siti Aisyah Hidayati ◽  
Sri Wahyulina ◽  
Embun Suryani

This study aims to analyze the effect of Financial Attitude and Financial Knowledge on Company Performance with Financial Decision as an Intervening Variable on Small and Middle Enterprises Owners in Lombok Island. This research's theoretical contribution is expected to contribute to the knowledge and development of behavioral finance theory related to Financial Decision-making and Company Performance in Small and Middle Enterprises. Besides, it is also hoped that behavioral finance will become a subject in the financial management course. Furthermore, this research's practical contribution is expected to provide input, suggestions, and recommendations to the NTB Provincial Government's policymakers in making policies related to SMEs' development.               This research is research based on a quantitative approach, with this type of explanatory research. The study population was all SMEs in Lombok Island. The sampling was carried out by non-probability selection, namely using judgment sampling, selecting SMEs engaged in the pottery industry and had already exported. Of the existing population, there are 35 (Thirty-Five) SMEs that can be taken as samples. Respondents in this study are the owners of each of these SMEs. The data collection technique used in this study was to use a questionnaire. The data obtained will be processed as needed by using GSCA (Generalized Structured Component Analysis) statistical tools to achieve the research objectives and hypothesis testing.               The results showed that Financial Attitude and Financial Knowledge had a positive and significant effect on Financial Decision-making. Financial Decisions did not mediate the impact of Financial Attitude and Financial Knowledge on Company Performance, and Financial Decisions had a negative and significant effect on Company Performance. This circumstance is also motivated by the age of most of the respondents of productive age, mostly male, most of the education level is high school, and the length of business is more than 10 (ten) years. Keywords: Financial Attitude, Financial Knowledge, Financial Decision, Company Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-178
Author(s):  
Siti Aisyah Hidayati ◽  
Sri Wahyulina ◽  
Embun Suryani

This study aims to analyze the effect of Financial Attitude and Financial Knowledge on financial decisions on Small and Medium Business Owners (UKM) on Lombok Island. The theoretical contribution of this research is expected to contribute to science and the development of behavioral finance theories related to financial decision making in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). It is also expected that behavioral finance will be the subject of financial management courses. Furthermore, the practical contribution of this research is expected to provide input, suggestions and recommendations to the policy maker of the NTB Provincial Government in making policies related to the development of SMEs. This research is a quantitative approach based research, with the type of explanatory research. The study population is all SMEs in the island of Lombok. The sampling technique is done by using Non probability sampling, which uses judgment sampling, which is choosing SMEs that are engaged in the pottery industry and have already exported. From the existing population, there are 35 (thirty-five) SMEs that can be taken as samples. Respondents in this study are the owners of each of these UKM. Data collection techniques used in this study were using a questionnaire. To achieve research objectives and hypothesis testing, the data obtained will be processed according to needs using GSCA (Generalized Structured Component Analysis) statistical tools.The results showed that Financial Attitudes had a positive and significant effect on financial decision making by SME owners and owners. This means that the better the Financial Attitudes owned by SME owners, the bolder they are in making financial decisions. Financial Knowledge has a positive and significant impact on financial decision making by SME owners and owners. This means that the better the Financial Knowledge possessed by SME owners, the bolder the financial decisions will be


2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 200-213
Author(s):  
Sadaf Ambreen ◽  
Laiba Khalid ◽  
Aniqa Zubair

As an individual investor, it is incredible to have a successful performance return without financial knowledge. An organization's performance must be measured and analysed based on an adequate financial management system. In today's multifaceted financial scenery Financial Literacy is crucial as it does not only impact financial decisions at the business level but is also important for the country's development. Financial literacy has the importance of the backbone of society. The study adds a new mechanism of financial literacy. The main objective of this study is to determine further insight into the role of financial literacy on an individual's behaviour and attitude towards financial decision making. For analysis, the moderator impact of financial literacy on decision-making data of 100 individual investors has been collected from different banking sectors of Pakistan. The result of this study shows that financial literacy has a significant impact on financial decision making. This study delivers knowledge that can contribute to guiding coming studies, making policies, directors and instructors in their teaching.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 4813
Author(s):  
Mariana Sedliačiková ◽  
Patrik Aláč ◽  
Mária Moresová

Behavioral finance is an area or sub-discipline of behavioral economics that examines the real financial behavior and decision-making of people, including the knowledge of psychology and sociology. The objective of this paper was to identify and investigate the impact of significant cognitive, psychological and emotional factors affecting the financial decision-making of the shareholders of woodworking and furniture manufacturing and trading enterprises. This could lead to the design of decision-making concepts which take into account not only cognitive but also psychological and emotional factors and their influences on decision-making process, which could positively affect the sustainable development of the aforementioned types of enterprises. The mapping of the addressed issue was carried out by means of an empirical survey in the practice of the Slovak woodworking and furniture manufacturing and trading enterprises in the form of a questionnaire. The results of the survey were evaluated by descriptive, graphical and mathematical-statistical methods. Conclusions and recommendations were formulated based on the identification of key behavioral aspects (knowledge, security, freedom and sadness), the implementation of which could contribute to eliminating negative deviations and errors in the financial decision-making process of shareholders of woodworking and furniture manufacturing and trading enterprises.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Muhammad Khurram Shehzad Niazi

The research fall in between the traditional finance and cognitive domain of financial decision making by applying the behavioural finance to practical decisions, having overall impact on the economy when applied to the whole community. Research proposed three hypotheses, 1st to  test impact of  Risk behaviour and demographics on financial decision making, investigate the correlation between financial sophistication and financial decisions and 3rd the impact of risk behaviour and demographics on financial decisions moderated by financial sohphistication.  Survey questionnaire responses from  775 respondents has been used for analysis using Andrew Hayes process of moderation. Results indicated that Financial Sophistication significantly moderates the correlation between risk bahaviour and demographics, demographics were significantly and positively, while risk behaviour was negatively correlated to financial decisions, however when moderated by financial sohpistication the correlation of risk behaviour changes to positive indicating that even Risk seeker would also diversify investment when moderated by financial sophostication.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 51-56
Author(s):  
Marcin Banaszek

Purpose of the study: The subject of consideration is the behavioral aspects of corporate finance. The consideration is devoted to the basic inclinations of psychological nature characteristic of managers. The main purpose of the article is to characterize the irrational behavior of managers in the process of financial decision-making in the enterprise. Methodology: The paper was prepared with the use the critical literature review method mainly in the field of behavioral corporate finance. Main findings: The discussion shows that behavioral corporate finance focuses mainly on cognitive and motivational-emotional processes in managers, which may occur in various decision areas within which managers make choices. There are three groups of psychological phenomena and inclinations that are characteristic of managers who manage business entities, namely predispositions to systematic inference errors, heuristics, and the presentation effect. Application of the study: The presented article refers to the irrational behavior of managers in the process of making financial decisions in the company. It implies reflections in such scientific fields as, among others, economics and finance, management and psychology. The use of the tools of psychology allows analyzing the problems of financial decision-making of managers in the enterprise, noticing in them some deviations from rationality that can affect the efficiency of the enterprise. The content of the article can be useful for managers making financial decisions in an enterprise. Originality/Novelty of the study: Behavioral finance is a young discipline of finance, the scientific output of which in Poland is still small. Behavioral aspects are just beginning to gain importance in the decision-making process, especially the financial one. The tendencies of managers to irrationality in the decision-making process presented in this article allow us to better understand the errors, psychological factors that may cause wrong decisions, which in turn may translate into poorer financial condition of the whole enterprise. The article can inspire further research and inquiry in the field of behavioral finance and contribute to other interesting scientific studies.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukesh Pal ◽  
Hemant Gupta ◽  
Yogesh C. Joshi

PurposeWomen empowerment becomes an important policy discussion in development economics and modernization theory. The empowerment of women can lead to an increase in the quality viz-a-viz the capacity of human resources accessible for economic development. The purpose of this study is to evidence the impact of social and economic dimensions on women empowerment through financial inclusion in rural India.Design/methodology/approachTo reveal the research objective, the study has utilized a primary survey of women respondents from the Gujarat state of India by a simple random sampling method and applied a logistic regression approach to identify the relationship between the need of a bank account (determinant of financial inclusion) as a dependent variable and social and economic dimensions of women empowerment such as earning status, participation in financial decision-making, recipient of social welfare schemes and perception towards the safety of saving as independent variables.FindingsThe results of this study show that earning status, participation in financial decision-making at household level and recipient of social welfare schemes by women have a significant impact on women empowerment through financial inclusion; however, safety of their savings is observed as an insignificant variable, yet the odd value is very high (2.437) in the present study.Originality/valueThe present study is the first of its kind to examine the social and economic status of women and its impact on their requirement of a formal bank account for the overall empowerment of women in rural India.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saddeq Abdulshakour

The study aimed to know the effects of analysis of financial statements on financial decisions, and the degree of benefit from them, and to identify what financial statements, what is its importance for the institutions within the framework of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 of ideas and trends, and to identify the contribution of financial statement analysis to financial decision-making. The study was based on the descriptive and analytical approach, and the study population consisted of all financial decision makers. The study was based on a simple random method (70) of financial decision makers. The study was based on the questionnaire and consisted of the following axes (financial statements in companies, financial decision-making, the effects of analysis of financial statements on financial decision-making). The study came out with a number of results, the most important of which are: There is approval by the respondents to all paragraphs of the first axis "financial statements in companies", with a relative weight of 82.8%. There is an agreement by the respondents on all paragraphs of the second axis "making financial decisions in companies", with a relative weight of 81.3%. There is strong approval by the respondents on all paragraphs of the third axis "the effects of analysis of financial statements on financial decision-making", with a relative weight of 86.4%. The financial statements are a key tool to know the financial position of the company, so they must be accurate and reliable before being published by management. The lack of credibility in the financial statements leads to mistrust in the company by investors, and does not give them the possibility to diagnose and make sound decisions. In light of the previous results, the study recommended the following: • Organizing several forums, conferences and forums to clarify the mechanism of preparing the financial statements and how to analyze them, and the need to raise awareness of financial decision makers about the importance of financial statements in the financial decision-making process.


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Jeetendra Dangol

This paper examines the gender differences in financial decision-making of university students who are young, single, childless individuals that have at least average financial literacy and very small or no income. This paper is based on the survey questionnaires developed by Grable and Lytton (2003), distributed and collected from 100 students (50 men and 50 women) by using convenience sampling technique. The study finds that men and women differ in their financial decision. Women are less risk taker than men in financial decision-making; it indicates that women prefer to safer investment.


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