Life-Long Education and Financial Planning of Graduate Students: Evidence from Malaysia

摘要：

This paper examines the level of life-long education and attitudes of postgraduate students toward personal financial planning. The survey method was used in which 284 respondents were sought from 7 private and public universities in Malaysia. Overall, the survey results indicated that graduate students exhibited positive attitudes significantly on investment, insurance, and estate planning. Retirement planning has lower mean values relatively. The graduate students demonstrated moderate level of financial knowledge. Life-long education on personal financial planning is crucial to prepare graduates for comfortable life in their golden years.

关键词： life-long education education financial planning graduate Malaysia

作者: Ming-Ming Lai Siok-Hwa Lau Ming-Ling Lai

作者单位: Faculty of Management Multimedia University Cyberjaya, Malaysia Centre for Foundation Studies and Extension Education Multimedia University Melaka, Malaysia Accounting Research Institute & Faculty of Accountancy Universiti Teknologi Mara Shah Alam, Malaysia

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2010 2nd International Conference on Education Technology and Computer(第二届IEEE教育技术与计算机国际会议 ICETC 2010)

会议地点: 上海

会议语种:英文

页码: 251-254

在线出版日期: 2010-06-22（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）