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A Study on Relationship of Financial Autonomy and Investment Decision Making with Mediating Role of Society


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1 School of Business Management (SBM), IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 DOMS, COER-School of Management, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
     

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This research paper is an explicit effort to understand the effect of financial autonomy and society on investment decision of individual. Society is a major factor which influences our living standard, thought process and objectives. It is well popular proverb that “Society makes a Man perfect”. Society has a greater influence on our decision making procedure, whether the decisions are taken for personal consumption or for investment decision. Financial autonomy has a grave importance in investment decision making. The current paper is an effort to establish the relation among the different factors, which influences the investment decision making.

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Financial Autonomy, Investment Decision, Mediation Effect, Society.
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Authors

Som Nath Paul
School of Business Management (SBM), IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Rajesh Kumar Upadhyay
DOMS, COER-School of Management, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

Abstract


This research paper is an explicit effort to understand the effect of financial autonomy and society on investment decision of individual. Society is a major factor which influences our living standard, thought process and objectives. It is well popular proverb that “Society makes a Man perfect”. Society has a greater influence on our decision making procedure, whether the decisions are taken for personal consumption or for investment decision. Financial autonomy has a grave importance in investment decision making. The current paper is an effort to establish the relation among the different factors, which influences the investment decision making.

Keywords


Financial Autonomy, Investment Decision, Mediation Effect, Society.

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