Abstract: Background: Conventional as well as contemporary financial literacy research frameworks frequently exhibit a persistent “Knowledge-Behaviour Gap”, indicating the failure of the Knowledge-Attitude-Behaviour (KAB) model, which fails to trace the psychological progression from initial awareness to tangible financial actions, thereby neglecting the critical pre-cognitive catalysts, essential for transitioning passive information into active financial engagement.....
Keywords: Financial Literacy, Financial Exposure, Financial Importance, Financial Behaviour, Public Sector Employees, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM).
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