The objective of this study is to empirically explore the effect of reputation, transparency, accountability of LAZ (Lembaga Amil Zakat or institutions that collect zakat which is a kind of Islamic tithe or alms), the religiosity of muzakki (communities who are obliged to pay zakat), and the trust of muzakki in LAZ on the strength of the intention of muzakki to pay professional zakat through amil (collectors). In addition, this study also attempts to empirically investigate the factors influencing the reputation of LAZ and the trust of muzakki in LAZ. The population of this study is civil servants in Pati District, Central Java, who already have an obligation to pay zakat. The sample of this study is determined by the incidental method and has produced 73 respondents. Data analysis uses the Structural Equation Model with the WarpPLS tool. Research showed empirically that the reputation of LAZ is positively influenced by the transparency and accountability of LAZ. The trust of muzakki in LAZ is influenced by the reputation of LAZ and the religiosity of muzakki. Furthermore, the strength of the intention of muzakki to pay zakat is influenced by the reputation of LAZ, the transparency of LAZ, the religiosity of muzakki, and the trust of muzakki in LAZ. The potential of zakat can be increased by improving LAZ performance (reputation, transparency) and the religiosity of muzakki.==============================================================================================Determinan Intensi Muzakki dalam Membayar Zakat Penghasilan. Penelitian ini secara empiris bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi pengaruh reputasi, transparansi, akuntabilitas Lembaga Amil Zakat (LAZ), religiusitas muzakki, dan kepercayaan muzakki pada LAZ terhadap besaran keinginan muzakki untuk membayar zakat penghasilan melalui LAZ. Selain itu, penelitian ini juga bermaksud untuk secara empiris melakukan investigasi terhadap faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi reputasi LAZ dan kepercayaan muzakki terhadap LAZ. Yang menjadi populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah para pegawai negeri sipil di Kabupaten Pati, Jawa Tengah, yang sudah sampai nishab zakat. Sampel untuk penelitian berjumlah 73 orang yang ditentukan dengan metode insidental sampling. Data lapangan kemudian dianalisis dengan Structural Equation Model dengan WarpPLS tool. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa secara empiris reputasi LAZ secara positif dipengaruhi oleh transparansi dan akuntabilitas LAZ itu sendiri. Sedangkan kepercayaan muzakki terhadap LAZ dipengaruhi oleh reputasi LAZ dan religiusitas muzakki. Selanjutnya, besaran keinginan muzakki untuk membayar zakat dipengaruhi oleh reputasi, transparansi LAZ, religiusitas muzakki, dan kepercayaan muzakki terhadap LAZ. Potensi zakat bisa dimaksimalkan dengan meningkatkan kinerja LAZ (reputasi, transparansi), dan religiusitas muzakki.

The aim of this study is to detect the effect of leverage, sales growth, and cash flow on financial distress with corporate governance as moderating variable. This research used all of basic and chemical sector manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX 2013-2017 period, there were 69 companies. Sampling used with purposive sampling technique and selected 31 companies with 152 analysis units. The data was analysed by descriptive statistical analysis and logistic regression for inferential statistical. The Results show that leverage has significant positive effect to financial distress. Sales growth has no significant effect to financial distress. Cash flow has a significant negative effect to financial distress. Corporate governance measured by managerial ownership is be able to weaken the positive effect of leverage and strengthen the negative effect of sales growth to financial distress, but not be able to strengthen the negative effect of cash flow to financial distress. The conclusions in this research are just leverage and cash flow have significantly effect to financial distress, as well as corporate governance only able to moderate the effect of leverage and sales growth to financial distress.

This study investigates the direct and indirect effects, mediated by audit committee quality, of managerial ownership, institutional ownership, and profitability on intellectual capital (IC) disclosure. The object observed of this study is companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in the 2014-2018 period that are classified as high intellectual capital-intensive industries. Based on the sampling method, purposive sampling, 51 companies were selected as samples. This study used path analysis techniques with IBM SPSS version 25 to study the direct and indirect influences of managerial ownership, institutional ownership, and profitability toward IC disclosure. The results of this study show that managerial ownership, profitability and audit committee quality have a significant positive effect on IC disclosure whereas institutional ownership has significant negative effect on IC disclosure. This study also provides empirical evidence, supported by the sobel test, that the audit committee quality is able to mediate the effect of institutional ownership and profitability on IC disclosure. However, the audit committee quality is not able to mediate the effect of managerial ownership on IC disclosure. These findings develop and strengthen the results of prior studies related to the implementation of signaling theory and agency theory in devoting more understanding about IC disclosure.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of knowledge and trust on intention to pay zakah. This study also tests the the effect of knowledge, trust, and intention to pay zakah on zakah-paying behavior. The population of the research comprises the employees of the Ministry of Religion, specifically in the Semarang municipal region. The method of data collection used is a questionnaire which has been developed from those used by previous researchers. Path analysis was used to analyze the data by using warpPls 6.0. The results show that knowledge and trust have a postive and significant effect on the employees’ intention to pay zakah and their zakah-paying behavior. Intention to pay zakah has no impact of on zakah-paying behavior. Knowledge has a high positive effect on intention to pay zakah and zakah-paying behavior. This research suggests that zakah organizations should increase their trust by improving their performance and service quality. They should organize education and dissemination activities to improve zakah payers’ knowledge.

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