In a constantly changing and increasingly globalized world, the construct of culture and subculture have become increasingly central to the consumer behavior literature. Religion still plays a significant role in influencing social and consumer behavior. This paper will shed some light on measuring religiosity from Islamic perspective. All possible alternatives within different dimensions were assessed to find out the most suitable combination of dimensions that gives the best results in measuring Islamic religiosity. Seven Factors were extracted by factor analysis form four dimensions. The findings of the study indicated that the combination of three dimensions namely, current Islamic issues, religious education, and sensitive products, produced the best results among other dimensions.
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June 01 2010
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Hamza Khraim
Hamza Khraim
Marketing Department, Faculty of Business Middle East University for Graduate Studies Jordan
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-6246
Print ISSN: 2054-6238
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2010
Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences (2010) 26 (1): 52–78.
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Khraim H (2010), "Measuring Religiosity in Consumer Research From an Islamic Perspective". Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Vol. 26 No. 1 pp. 52–78, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/10264116201000003
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