Open AccessFactors influencing nanotechnology acceptance: benefits, potential risk, government support and attitude
Author(s) -
Ruslan Abdul Rahim,
Erne Suzila Kassim,
Nurmi Sari,
Sukarnur Che Abdullah
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1349/1/012114
Subject(s) - respondent , nonprobability sampling , government (linguistics) , psychology , positive attitude , business , social psychology , political science , environmental health , medicine , population , linguistics , philosophy , law
The aim of this study was to examine issues of benefits (B), potential risks (PR), government support (GS) and attitude (AT) that influence the acceptance (AC) of nanotechnology in Malaysia. Respondent were selected based on purposive sampling and generally they represent the various social groups in the country (n=1207). The findings of the study provide a strong support of the relationships, which theorizes for the roles played by each determinant, either positively or negatively. Almost equal results were obtained to determine nanotechnology acceptance between benefits, potential risks and government support.