The Effects of Financial Literacy, Self-Efficacy and Self-Coping on Financial Behavior of Emerging Adults |
CHONG, Kok Fei
(Department of Resource Management & Consumer Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia)
SABRI, Mohamad Fazli (Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia) MAGLI, Amirah Shazana (Department of Resource Management & Consumer Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia) ABD RAHIM, Husniyah (Department of Resource Management & Consumer Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia) MOKHTAR, Nuradibah (Department of Resource Management & Consumer Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia) OTHMAN, Mohd Amim (Department of Resource Management & Consumer Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia) |
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