{"id":{"repo_id":"vu-aus","oai_identifier":"oai:eprints.vu.edu.au:15980"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/vu-aus/oai:eprints.vu.edu.au:15980","repository":{"repo_id":"vu-aus","name":"Victoria University (Australia)","base_url":"https://vuir.vu.edu.au/cgi/oai2"},"display":{"title":"The mediating role of attitudes in using investor relations websites","abstract":"Public listed companies have been utilising their web presences to achieve many different goals including serving their Investor Relations (IR) functions. These functions can be regarded as effective when their intended users are satisfied with the information and facilities provided on companies’ IR websites. Many studies indicate that user behaviours such as adoption, purchase decision and repeat use are reliable surrogates for website effectiveness. While some studies focus on online IR attributes as necessary for IR websites, few studies examine investors’ perceptions and behavioural outcomes as a result of their uses of IR websites. This study relies on the Dual Mediation Hypothesis (DMH) model which predicts investors’ behavioural intentions as the consequences of their perceptions of IR websites and companies’ brands, mediated by attitudes. This study validates the DMH model which has been commonly used in a product-purchase environment into an IR context.","abstract_html":"Public listed companies have been utilising their web presences to achieve many different goals including serving their Investor Relations (IR) functions. These functions can be regarded as effective when their intended users are satisfied with the information and facilities provided on companies’ IR websites. Many studies indicate that user behaviours such as adoption, purchase decision and repeat use are reliable surrogates for website effectiveness. While some studies focus on online IR attributes as necessary for IR websites, few studies examine investors’ perceptions and behavioural outcomes as a result of their uses of IR websites. This study relies on the Dual Mediation Hypothesis (DMH) model which predicts investors’ behavioural intentions as the consequences of their perceptions of IR websites and companies’ brands, mediated by attitudes. This study validates the DMH model which has been commonly used in a product-purchase environment into an IR context.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Ali, Azwadi"],"institution":"Victoria University","degree_name":"phd","degree_level":"doctoral","degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2010,"date_issued":"2010","date_published":"2010","updated_at":"2026-07-24T06:33:20Z","subjects":["School of Management and Information Systems","1505 Marketing"],"languages":["en"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":null,"outbound_label":null,"outbound_source":null},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Ali, Azwadi"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2010"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["2010"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.department","label":"Dc Publisher Department","values":["School of Management and Information Systems,"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.institution","label":"Dc Publisher Institution","values":["Victoria University"]},{"key":"dc:relation.isreferencedby","label":"Dc Relation Isreferencedby","values":["https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15980/"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Thesis"]},{"key":"dc:type.qualificationlevel","label":"Dc Type Qualificationlevel","values":["doctoral"]},{"key":"dc:type.qualificationname","label":"Dc Type Qualificationname","values":["phd"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["School of Management and Information Systems","1505 Marketing"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["en"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15980/3/ALI%20Azwadi-thesis_nosignature.pdf"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["Public listed companies have been utilising their web presences to achieve many different goals including serving their Investor Relations (IR) functions. These functions can be regarded as effective when their intended users are satisfied with the information and facilities provided on companies’ IR websites. Many studies indicate that user behaviours such as adoption, purchase decision and repeat use are reliable surrogates for website effectiveness. While some studies focus on online IR attributes as necessary for IR websites, few studies examine investors’ perceptions and behavioural outcomes as a result of their uses of IR websites. This study relies on the Dual Mediation Hypothesis (DMH) model which predicts investors’ behavioural intentions as the consequences of their perceptions of IR websites and companies’ brands, mediated by attitudes. This study validates the DMH model which has been commonly used in a product-purchase environment into an IR context."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["text"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["The mediating role of attitudes in using investor relations websites"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:creator":["Ali, Azwadi"],"dc:date":["2010"],"dc:date.issued":["2010"],"dc:description.abstract":["Public listed companies have been utilising their web presences to achieve many different goals including serving their Investor Relations (IR) functions. These functions can be regarded as effective when their intended users are satisfied with the information and facilities provided on companies’ IR websites. Many studies indicate that user behaviours such as adoption, purchase decision and repeat use are reliable surrogates for website effectiveness. While some studies focus on online IR attributes as necessary for IR websites, few studies examine investors’ perceptions and behavioural outcomes as a result of their uses of IR websites. This study relies on the Dual Mediation Hypothesis (DMH) model which predicts investors’ behavioural intentions as the consequences of their perceptions of IR websites and companies’ brands, mediated by attitudes. This study validates the DMH model which has been commonly used in a product-purchase environment into an IR context."],"dc:format":["text"],"dc:identifier.uri":["https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15980/3/ALI%20Azwadi-thesis_nosignature.pdf"],"dc:language":["en"],"dc:publisher.department":["School of Management and Information Systems,"],"dc:publisher.institution":["Victoria University"],"dc:relation.isreferencedby":["https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15980/"],"dc:subject":["School of Management and Information Systems","1505 Marketing"],"dc:title":["The mediating role of attitudes in using investor relations websites"],"dc:type":["Thesis"],"dc:type.qualificationlevel":["doctoral"],"dc:type.qualificationname":["phd"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T06:33:20Z"}