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This study was designed to investigate the level of organizational commitment at a public higher ... more This study was designed to investigate the level of organizational commitment at a public higher education institution in Malaysia. The study utilized the Organizational Commitment Questionnaires to measure organizational commitment of the faculty members. Overall, the result revealed that the commitment level of faculty members was high; the majority (87.7%) of the respondents were classified as very committed (a score between 68 and 105). The remaining 12.3% of the respondents were classified as neutral (a score between 53 and 67). None of the respondents were rated as uncommitted. The results also revealed that there was no significant difference between the male and female faculty members regarding their level of organizational commitment.
The aim of this study is to explore the use of augmented reality (AR) among tertiary level studen... more The aim of this study is to explore the use of augmented reality (AR) among tertiary level students. Previous research on the Malaysian education system had always criticised the exam-oriented culture in this country, which was believed to cause a lack of leadership and lack of creative and innovative thinking among students. Amidst the rapidly changing technological environment, AR was advocated as one of the new technologies that could initiate active learning and at the same time promote creative and innovative thinking. This paper examines the educational use and impact of AR experiences with an undergraduate trainee teacher. Students were given a task to create a short video and use free AR apps to set up their own AR presentations. The students later gave their AR presentations in a mini exhibition where they explained their creations to other students. The students‟ perceptions and experiences in using AR were discussed. This discussion can serve as a starting point for furth...
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
Education is a major catalyst in the development of the country. School Based Assessment (SBA) is... more Education is a major catalyst in the development of the country. School Based Assessment (SBA) is a new transformation in Malaysian education that required subject teachers to conduct formative assessment during teaching and learning process according to the procedures by Malaysian Examination Syndicate (MES). Thus, teachers play an important role in the implementation of the national education policy in order to develop students' potential and achievement in physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual. This requires teachers’ contributions of effort, involvement, and overall professionalization. This study aims to investigate teachers’ readiness, understanding, and workload in implementing SBA. Further, this study also seeks to determine the relationship between teachers’ understanding and workload, as well as between teachers’ readiness and workload. Participants were comprised of 260 teachers from primary schools in the district of Kerian. The results showed that the leve...
This study aims to identify factors that affect the readiness of the university students to get i... more This study aims to identify factors that affect the readiness of the university students to get involved in entrepreneurship. This study was conducted at one of the public universities in Malaysia. 150 of final year students were involved in this survey study. The level of students’ readiness, their motivation level and attitude towards entrepreneurship were measured. The results of the analysis revealed that students had a moderate level of readiness to start a business. Their motivation level and attitude to become an entrepreneur also at the moderate level. The finding also showed a significant positive correlation between motivation level, attitude, and readiness to participate in entrepreneurship.
Menjamin kualiti perkhidmatan dalam sektor pendidikan pada abad ke-21 merupakan suatu cabaran dal... more Menjamin kualiti perkhidmatan dalam sektor pendidikan pada abad ke-21 merupakan suatu cabaran dalam usaha menjadikan Malaysia sebagai pusat kecemerlangan pendidikan serantau. Bagi merealisasikan hasrat ini, ianya memerlukan tenaga pendidik lelaki mahupun wanita yang berkualiti. Tahap burnout dan kepuasan kerja akan mempengaruhi tahap produkviti dan kualiti kerja seseorang tenaga pendidik, Tujuan utama kajian ini adalah untuk mengenalpasti tahap burnout, faktor peramal burnout, kaedah menangani burnout, tahap kepuasan kerja dan hubungan an tara tahap burnout dan kepuasan kerja dalam kalangan kakitangan akademik di Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI). Instrumen Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educators Survey (MBI-ES) digunakan bagi mengukur tahap burnout, manakala Job Descriptive Index (JDI) pula digunakan untuk mengukur tahap kepuasan kerja. Terdapat tiga aspek dalam MBI-ES iaitu keletihan emosi, dipersonalisasi dan pencapaian peribadi bagi mengukur tahap burnout. Manakala, terdapat...
Int. J. Interact. Mob. Technol., 2021
Over the years, there has been tremendous growth in online social networking which contributed to... more Over the years, there has been tremendous growth in online social networking which contributed to the revolution of higher education’s learning environment. Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC) is now common in online education, which provides open networks of self-directed learning. MOOCs are referred as a continuation trend in innovation that initiated by learning from geographical distance and online. MOOCs is a current evolvement in higher learning institution in Malaysia with the aims to provide quality education for the students. However, there are some challenges in developing effective instructional design courses and retaining learners in MOOCs. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to discover the relationship between MOOC’s content design and students’ performances among UTeM’s engineering students. Through literature review, variables are identified such as courses content design, enhancement in teaching and learning and students’ performance. In this study, 373 samples ...
The goal of this study is to explore the understanding and view of Malaysian Higher Education Ins... more The goal of this study is to explore the understanding and view of Malaysian Higher Education Institution (HEI) students on the concept of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Questionnaires will be used to identify respondents’ knowledge (or lack of) of MOOC. Participants will then given a different set of questionnaire based of their knowledge of MOOC. Participants who have never heard of MOOC will receive a questionnaire that contains the general characteristics of a normal MOOC course, and will be asked to give feedback on a 6-point Likert Scale. By knowing the students understanding and view of MOOC, we will gain important information on the needs and concerns for MOOC courses in Malaysia. This short paper will describe an overview of the proposed study.
This study was designed to investigate the relationships between perceived leadership style and o... more This study was designed to investigate the relationships between perceived leadership style and organizational commitment in a public higher education institution in Malaysia. The study established the perceived leadership styles of department heads using the most recent version (Form 5X Short) of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) developed by Bass and Avolio (2004). In addition, the organizational commitment levels of faculty members were measured using the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) developed by Mowday, Steers, and Porter (1979). The sample of this study consisted of 65 full-time faculty members from the Faculty of Management and Economics. Descriptive statistics were calculated to analyze the perceived leadership style and the level of organizational commitment. The study found that the most exhibited leadership behavior was transformational leadership, followed by transactional and laissez-faire leadership. The study also found that the faculty me...
Ethical crises in business have gained more attention from public and have led many to question t... more Ethical crises in business have gained more attention from public and have led many to question the effectiveness of ethics education in university. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the ethical attitudes of accounting and business students, their willingness to become whistleblowers, and the impact of ethics education on students’ ethical attitude. A total of 275 usable questionnaires that consists of four ethical scenarios were analysed. The findings of the study show that a small percentage of accounting and business students are willing to involve in unethical behaviour. About 10.9% of students were categorized as unethical as they would cheat in an examination and that only 1% of the students would accept bribes to defraud the tax office. Once an element of risk of being caught was introduced, the percentage of students willing to cheat in an examination and those willing to defraud the tax office decrease to 4.8% and 0.7% respectively. The finding also shows th...
This study aimed to investigate the effect of empathy on students’motivation in social entreprene... more This study aimed to investigate the effect of empathy on students’motivation in social entrepreneurship among undergraduates. A total of 300 students from 15 selected public universities in Malaysia under the Entrepreneurial Act Us Program (Enactus) were involved in this research. A set of questionnaireswas utilized to collect thedata. Descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation were used to identify the level of students’ motivation towards social entrepreneurship and empathy. Inferential statistics including correlation and simple linear regression were used to test the research hypotheses of the research. The results show that there is a significant effect between empathy and students' motivation for social entrepreneurship.
International Business Education Journal, 2020
Understanding entrepreneurship concept is indispensable in formal education system to support ent... more Understanding entrepreneurship concept is indispensable in formal education system to support entrepreneurship education especially in school and higher education institutions. However, the need to understand entrepreneurship concept is essential and important as every individual has the potential to be an entrepreneurs. This study aims to assess the understanding of entrepreneurship concept among Orang Asli after playing a game; and to remark the emotional connotation after playing the game. This paper employed qualitative method in the form of observation and interview with 20 Orang Asli Semai in Perak state. The findings indicated that most participants showed basic understanding of entrepreneurship and developed positive connotation while playing the game. The study drew attention to the importance of learning through playing in non-formal learning especially among the Orang Asli community.
European Journal of Economics and Business Studies
Employee commitment is the essential element especially for the government entities success where... more Employee commitment is the essential element especially for the government entities success where employees are not willing to perform and this situation motivates the research to examine employee commitment of the government entities in Dubai. Thus, this study investigated the relationship between leadership styles and employees’ commitment and communication among Dubai government entities. This study also assess the impact of communication on the relationship between leadership styles and employees’ commitment at the Dubai Immigration Department (DID). This study has followed the quantitative methods of data collection and also used the smart-PLS for analysis. The findings revealed that transformational and transactional styles have positive effects on employees’ commitment to DID. Findings also revealed that there is a significant relationship between transformational and transactional styles and communication. A positive effect is also discovered to exist between communication a...
International Business Education Journal
Workforce competitiveness trends have shown significant changes over the years. Multiple role con... more Workforce competitiveness trends have shown significant changes over the years. Multiple role conflicts have seen an increase in both dual-earner families and single-parents. Regardless of whether it is single parents or working couples, both must manage family and work obligations daily. As such, many companies are adopting flexible working arrangement in their organizations. This study aimed to discover the moderating effect of supervisor support on the flexible working arrangement and work-family conflict relationship. The population for the study consisted of Malaysian organizations that adopted a flexible working arrangement. The flexible working arrangement here includes adoptions of flexible working time, compressed work-week practices and working from home. The companies involved were derived from TalentCorp Malaysia Flexible Working Arrangement report, 2015, in collaboration with Malaysian Federation Employer. The surveys form would be disseminated to the organization selec...
Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University
This paper analyzed the effect of financing on the corporate results of recipient firms. The infl... more This paper analyzed the effect of financing on the corporate results of recipient firms. The influence of the internal and external factors is studied and its impact on its company recipients' business performance. Out of the Green Technology Financial Scheme's critical sectors, the research has chosen the energy sector to study. The selected participants are five companies, and one official of the Green Technology Financial Scheme was interviewed. As a result, there is a notable improvement in the financial and non-financial performance of the companies. It identifies the internal factors, focusing on top management commitment, the competitiveness of products and services, and employee involvement in green technology implementation. Moreover, the Green Technology Financial Scheme also caters to human technical expertise in green technology implementation, environmental and social sustainability through green technology implementation and employee development in green techno...
International Business Education Journal
This study aimed to investigate the practice of transformational leadership among academic admini... more This study aimed to investigate the practice of transformational leadership among academic administrators of a faculty at one of the public universities in Malaysia. Further, this study measured the level of leadership outcomes namely extra effort, effectiveness, and satisfaction. This study used all its population in the faculty, which consists of 71 full-time academicians. The MLQ 5X-Short was utilized as an instrument used to obtain the data. Academicians perceived their academic administrators' leadership style as transformational (M = 2.42, SD = .55). The most practiced leadership style was inspirational motivation (M=2.72, SD = .60), followed by idealized influence (behavior) (M = 2.60, SD = .63) and idealized influence (attributed) (M = 2.42, SD = .64). The least frequent types of leadership styles were individual consideration (M=2.05, SD = .65), and intellectual stimulation (M = 2.32, SD = .71). However, the findings of this study revealed that the mean scores of the academicians at the university were below the mean scores of the normative sample for all transformational subscales. The result described that academic administrators displayed transformational leadership styles less than the normative sample. The study also discovered that the mean scores of the academicians were below the mean scores of the normative sample for all the leadership outcomes factors: extra effort, effectiveness, and satisfaction.
Proceedings of the 8th UPI-UPSI International Conference 2018 (UPI-UPSI 2018), 2019
Total Quality Management (TQM) is widely accepted as a management process in the industry to meet... more Total Quality Management (TQM) is widely accepted as a management process in the industry to meet changing and competing in the marketplace as well as focusing on quality in the management of the production of goods and their services. Most researchers agreed that TQM practices in the industry can be adapted and practiced in educational institutions. They also believed that the principles of TQM practice can contribute to enhancing performance in higher education. This article aims to provide a framework or measurement instrument that emphasizes on continuous improvement for TQM practice measurement at higher education institutions. This instrument is based on a comprehensive theoretical and literary study of previous studies, particularly in the environment of TQM practice measurement in education. In addition, the TQM philosophy and comparative analysis of the use of TQM in industry and higher education provide theoretical and practical background for this article. TQM analysis in higher education is done by considering various critical factors such as existing educational practices and TQM practice barriers. Analysis also focuses on customer orientation, continuous improvement, and employee engagement at all levels. This paper proposes ninedimensional measurement instruments that can be used as self-assessment in higher education institutions. These nine dimensions are the top management commitment; strategic planning; focus on customer satisfaction; data and information management; human resource management; system and management processes; campus facilities: teaching and learning delivery; and benchmarking.
Research in World Economy
The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive Total Quality Management (TQM) practices ... more The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive Total Quality Management (TQM) practices measurement instruments in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) based on previous studies. HEIs just like other industries are facing challenges in order to survive. Today, quality has become important and a must for every marketable product or service due to the business world becomes more and more complex and competitive. In this context as a management process, TQM has been accepted to cope with the changes in market environment and to focus on continuous quality improvement. Many authors believed that the principles of TQM can contribute to the continuous improvement of HEIs. This paper provides a measurement instruments for TQM practices that emphasis on continuous improvements for quality measurement in HEIs. This instrument is based on a comprehensive study of previous studies of TQM practice measurement in education. Analysis focuses on customer orientation, continuous improvemen...
International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
This study aims to investigate the suitability of teaching methods of the Entrepreneurship Encult... more This study aims to investigate the suitability of teaching methods of the Entrepreneurship Enculturation Course in the Malaysian public education university. The target population of the study is 1700 students in the university enrolled the mentioned course. A set of questionnaires is used as an instrument to collect the required data. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistic to get the mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study provide insights to academics, educators, policy makers, and practitioners about the suitability of teaching methods in entrepreneurship course.
International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
Understanding intention is indispensable because it provides an interpretive matrix for precisely... more Understanding intention is indispensable because it provides an interpretive matrix for precisely deciding an individual action. In business start-up setting, theorist describes an intention as the cognitive representation of a person's readiness to perform a given behaviour. The purpose of this study is to examine the intention of Orang Asli toward business start-up and their needs in supporting them to start-up business. This paper employs qualitative data that come from focus group interviews with 20 female Orang Asli Semai in Perak State. The findings of this study showed majority of respondents have intention toward business start-up. However, the respondents need some sort of financial and non-financial support to start their business. The case study brings attention to the importance of the intention and entrepreneurship support in order to empower Orang Asli and involve in entrepreneurship activities.
This study was designed to investigate the level of organizational commitment at a public higher ... more This study was designed to investigate the level of organizational commitment at a public higher education institution in Malaysia. The study utilized the Organizational Commitment Questionnaires to measure organizational commitment of the faculty members. Overall, the result revealed that the commitment level of faculty members was high; the majority (87.7%) of the respondents were classified as very committed (a score between 68 and 105). The remaining 12.3% of the respondents were classified as neutral (a score between 53 and 67). None of the respondents were rated as uncommitted. The results also revealed that there was no significant difference between the male and female faculty members regarding their level of organizational commitment.
The aim of this study is to explore the use of augmented reality (AR) among tertiary level studen... more The aim of this study is to explore the use of augmented reality (AR) among tertiary level students. Previous research on the Malaysian education system had always criticised the exam-oriented culture in this country, which was believed to cause a lack of leadership and lack of creative and innovative thinking among students. Amidst the rapidly changing technological environment, AR was advocated as one of the new technologies that could initiate active learning and at the same time promote creative and innovative thinking. This paper examines the educational use and impact of AR experiences with an undergraduate trainee teacher. Students were given a task to create a short video and use free AR apps to set up their own AR presentations. The students later gave their AR presentations in a mini exhibition where they explained their creations to other students. The students‟ perceptions and experiences in using AR were discussed. This discussion can serve as a starting point for furth...
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
Education is a major catalyst in the development of the country. School Based Assessment (SBA) is... more Education is a major catalyst in the development of the country. School Based Assessment (SBA) is a new transformation in Malaysian education that required subject teachers to conduct formative assessment during teaching and learning process according to the procedures by Malaysian Examination Syndicate (MES). Thus, teachers play an important role in the implementation of the national education policy in order to develop students' potential and achievement in physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual. This requires teachers’ contributions of effort, involvement, and overall professionalization. This study aims to investigate teachers’ readiness, understanding, and workload in implementing SBA. Further, this study also seeks to determine the relationship between teachers’ understanding and workload, as well as between teachers’ readiness and workload. Participants were comprised of 260 teachers from primary schools in the district of Kerian. The results showed that the leve...
This study aims to identify factors that affect the readiness of the university students to get i... more This study aims to identify factors that affect the readiness of the university students to get involved in entrepreneurship. This study was conducted at one of the public universities in Malaysia. 150 of final year students were involved in this survey study. The level of students’ readiness, their motivation level and attitude towards entrepreneurship were measured. The results of the analysis revealed that students had a moderate level of readiness to start a business. Their motivation level and attitude to become an entrepreneur also at the moderate level. The finding also showed a significant positive correlation between motivation level, attitude, and readiness to participate in entrepreneurship.
Menjamin kualiti perkhidmatan dalam sektor pendidikan pada abad ke-21 merupakan suatu cabaran dal... more Menjamin kualiti perkhidmatan dalam sektor pendidikan pada abad ke-21 merupakan suatu cabaran dalam usaha menjadikan Malaysia sebagai pusat kecemerlangan pendidikan serantau. Bagi merealisasikan hasrat ini, ianya memerlukan tenaga pendidik lelaki mahupun wanita yang berkualiti. Tahap burnout dan kepuasan kerja akan mempengaruhi tahap produkviti dan kualiti kerja seseorang tenaga pendidik, Tujuan utama kajian ini adalah untuk mengenalpasti tahap burnout, faktor peramal burnout, kaedah menangani burnout, tahap kepuasan kerja dan hubungan an tara tahap burnout dan kepuasan kerja dalam kalangan kakitangan akademik di Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI). Instrumen Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educators Survey (MBI-ES) digunakan bagi mengukur tahap burnout, manakala Job Descriptive Index (JDI) pula digunakan untuk mengukur tahap kepuasan kerja. Terdapat tiga aspek dalam MBI-ES iaitu keletihan emosi, dipersonalisasi dan pencapaian peribadi bagi mengukur tahap burnout. Manakala, terdapat...
Int. J. Interact. Mob. Technol., 2021
Over the years, there has been tremendous growth in online social networking which contributed to... more Over the years, there has been tremendous growth in online social networking which contributed to the revolution of higher education’s learning environment. Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC) is now common in online education, which provides open networks of self-directed learning. MOOCs are referred as a continuation trend in innovation that initiated by learning from geographical distance and online. MOOCs is a current evolvement in higher learning institution in Malaysia with the aims to provide quality education for the students. However, there are some challenges in developing effective instructional design courses and retaining learners in MOOCs. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to discover the relationship between MOOC’s content design and students’ performances among UTeM’s engineering students. Through literature review, variables are identified such as courses content design, enhancement in teaching and learning and students’ performance. In this study, 373 samples ...
The goal of this study is to explore the understanding and view of Malaysian Higher Education Ins... more The goal of this study is to explore the understanding and view of Malaysian Higher Education Institution (HEI) students on the concept of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Questionnaires will be used to identify respondents’ knowledge (or lack of) of MOOC. Participants will then given a different set of questionnaire based of their knowledge of MOOC. Participants who have never heard of MOOC will receive a questionnaire that contains the general characteristics of a normal MOOC course, and will be asked to give feedback on a 6-point Likert Scale. By knowing the students understanding and view of MOOC, we will gain important information on the needs and concerns for MOOC courses in Malaysia. This short paper will describe an overview of the proposed study.
This study was designed to investigate the relationships between perceived leadership style and o... more This study was designed to investigate the relationships between perceived leadership style and organizational commitment in a public higher education institution in Malaysia. The study established the perceived leadership styles of department heads using the most recent version (Form 5X Short) of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) developed by Bass and Avolio (2004). In addition, the organizational commitment levels of faculty members were measured using the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) developed by Mowday, Steers, and Porter (1979). The sample of this study consisted of 65 full-time faculty members from the Faculty of Management and Economics. Descriptive statistics were calculated to analyze the perceived leadership style and the level of organizational commitment. The study found that the most exhibited leadership behavior was transformational leadership, followed by transactional and laissez-faire leadership. The study also found that the faculty me...
Ethical crises in business have gained more attention from public and have led many to question t... more Ethical crises in business have gained more attention from public and have led many to question the effectiveness of ethics education in university. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the ethical attitudes of accounting and business students, their willingness to become whistleblowers, and the impact of ethics education on students’ ethical attitude. A total of 275 usable questionnaires that consists of four ethical scenarios were analysed. The findings of the study show that a small percentage of accounting and business students are willing to involve in unethical behaviour. About 10.9% of students were categorized as unethical as they would cheat in an examination and that only 1% of the students would accept bribes to defraud the tax office. Once an element of risk of being caught was introduced, the percentage of students willing to cheat in an examination and those willing to defraud the tax office decrease to 4.8% and 0.7% respectively. The finding also shows th...
This study aimed to investigate the effect of empathy on students’motivation in social entreprene... more This study aimed to investigate the effect of empathy on students’motivation in social entrepreneurship among undergraduates. A total of 300 students from 15 selected public universities in Malaysia under the Entrepreneurial Act Us Program (Enactus) were involved in this research. A set of questionnaireswas utilized to collect thedata. Descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation were used to identify the level of students’ motivation towards social entrepreneurship and empathy. Inferential statistics including correlation and simple linear regression were used to test the research hypotheses of the research. The results show that there is a significant effect between empathy and students' motivation for social entrepreneurship.
International Business Education Journal, 2020
Understanding entrepreneurship concept is indispensable in formal education system to support ent... more Understanding entrepreneurship concept is indispensable in formal education system to support entrepreneurship education especially in school and higher education institutions. However, the need to understand entrepreneurship concept is essential and important as every individual has the potential to be an entrepreneurs. This study aims to assess the understanding of entrepreneurship concept among Orang Asli after playing a game; and to remark the emotional connotation after playing the game. This paper employed qualitative method in the form of observation and interview with 20 Orang Asli Semai in Perak state. The findings indicated that most participants showed basic understanding of entrepreneurship and developed positive connotation while playing the game. The study drew attention to the importance of learning through playing in non-formal learning especially among the Orang Asli community.
European Journal of Economics and Business Studies
Employee commitment is the essential element especially for the government entities success where... more Employee commitment is the essential element especially for the government entities success where employees are not willing to perform and this situation motivates the research to examine employee commitment of the government entities in Dubai. Thus, this study investigated the relationship between leadership styles and employees’ commitment and communication among Dubai government entities. This study also assess the impact of communication on the relationship between leadership styles and employees’ commitment at the Dubai Immigration Department (DID). This study has followed the quantitative methods of data collection and also used the smart-PLS for analysis. The findings revealed that transformational and transactional styles have positive effects on employees’ commitment to DID. Findings also revealed that there is a significant relationship between transformational and transactional styles and communication. A positive effect is also discovered to exist between communication a...
International Business Education Journal
Workforce competitiveness trends have shown significant changes over the years. Multiple role con... more Workforce competitiveness trends have shown significant changes over the years. Multiple role conflicts have seen an increase in both dual-earner families and single-parents. Regardless of whether it is single parents or working couples, both must manage family and work obligations daily. As such, many companies are adopting flexible working arrangement in their organizations. This study aimed to discover the moderating effect of supervisor support on the flexible working arrangement and work-family conflict relationship. The population for the study consisted of Malaysian organizations that adopted a flexible working arrangement. The flexible working arrangement here includes adoptions of flexible working time, compressed work-week practices and working from home. The companies involved were derived from TalentCorp Malaysia Flexible Working Arrangement report, 2015, in collaboration with Malaysian Federation Employer. The surveys form would be disseminated to the organization selec...
Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University
This paper analyzed the effect of financing on the corporate results of recipient firms. The infl... more This paper analyzed the effect of financing on the corporate results of recipient firms. The influence of the internal and external factors is studied and its impact on its company recipients' business performance. Out of the Green Technology Financial Scheme's critical sectors, the research has chosen the energy sector to study. The selected participants are five companies, and one official of the Green Technology Financial Scheme was interviewed. As a result, there is a notable improvement in the financial and non-financial performance of the companies. It identifies the internal factors, focusing on top management commitment, the competitiveness of products and services, and employee involvement in green technology implementation. Moreover, the Green Technology Financial Scheme also caters to human technical expertise in green technology implementation, environmental and social sustainability through green technology implementation and employee development in green techno...
International Business Education Journal
This study aimed to investigate the practice of transformational leadership among academic admini... more This study aimed to investigate the practice of transformational leadership among academic administrators of a faculty at one of the public universities in Malaysia. Further, this study measured the level of leadership outcomes namely extra effort, effectiveness, and satisfaction. This study used all its population in the faculty, which consists of 71 full-time academicians. The MLQ 5X-Short was utilized as an instrument used to obtain the data. Academicians perceived their academic administrators' leadership style as transformational (M = 2.42, SD = .55). The most practiced leadership style was inspirational motivation (M=2.72, SD = .60), followed by idealized influence (behavior) (M = 2.60, SD = .63) and idealized influence (attributed) (M = 2.42, SD = .64). The least frequent types of leadership styles were individual consideration (M=2.05, SD = .65), and intellectual stimulation (M = 2.32, SD = .71). However, the findings of this study revealed that the mean scores of the academicians at the university were below the mean scores of the normative sample for all transformational subscales. The result described that academic administrators displayed transformational leadership styles less than the normative sample. The study also discovered that the mean scores of the academicians were below the mean scores of the normative sample for all the leadership outcomes factors: extra effort, effectiveness, and satisfaction.
Proceedings of the 8th UPI-UPSI International Conference 2018 (UPI-UPSI 2018), 2019
Total Quality Management (TQM) is widely accepted as a management process in the industry to meet... more Total Quality Management (TQM) is widely accepted as a management process in the industry to meet changing and competing in the marketplace as well as focusing on quality in the management of the production of goods and their services. Most researchers agreed that TQM practices in the industry can be adapted and practiced in educational institutions. They also believed that the principles of TQM practice can contribute to enhancing performance in higher education. This article aims to provide a framework or measurement instrument that emphasizes on continuous improvement for TQM practice measurement at higher education institutions. This instrument is based on a comprehensive theoretical and literary study of previous studies, particularly in the environment of TQM practice measurement in education. In addition, the TQM philosophy and comparative analysis of the use of TQM in industry and higher education provide theoretical and practical background for this article. TQM analysis in higher education is done by considering various critical factors such as existing educational practices and TQM practice barriers. Analysis also focuses on customer orientation, continuous improvement, and employee engagement at all levels. This paper proposes ninedimensional measurement instruments that can be used as self-assessment in higher education institutions. These nine dimensions are the top management commitment; strategic planning; focus on customer satisfaction; data and information management; human resource management; system and management processes; campus facilities: teaching and learning delivery; and benchmarking.
Research in World Economy
The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive Total Quality Management (TQM) practices ... more The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive Total Quality Management (TQM) practices measurement instruments in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) based on previous studies. HEIs just like other industries are facing challenges in order to survive. Today, quality has become important and a must for every marketable product or service due to the business world becomes more and more complex and competitive. In this context as a management process, TQM has been accepted to cope with the changes in market environment and to focus on continuous quality improvement. Many authors believed that the principles of TQM can contribute to the continuous improvement of HEIs. This paper provides a measurement instruments for TQM practices that emphasis on continuous improvements for quality measurement in HEIs. This instrument is based on a comprehensive study of previous studies of TQM practice measurement in education. Analysis focuses on customer orientation, continuous improvemen...
International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
This study aims to investigate the suitability of teaching methods of the Entrepreneurship Encult... more This study aims to investigate the suitability of teaching methods of the Entrepreneurship Enculturation Course in the Malaysian public education university. The target population of the study is 1700 students in the university enrolled the mentioned course. A set of questionnaires is used as an instrument to collect the required data. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistic to get the mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study provide insights to academics, educators, policy makers, and practitioners about the suitability of teaching methods in entrepreneurship course.
International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
Understanding intention is indispensable because it provides an interpretive matrix for precisely... more Understanding intention is indispensable because it provides an interpretive matrix for precisely deciding an individual action. In business start-up setting, theorist describes an intention as the cognitive representation of a person's readiness to perform a given behaviour. The purpose of this study is to examine the intention of Orang Asli toward business start-up and their needs in supporting them to start-up business. This paper employs qualitative data that come from focus group interviews with 20 female Orang Asli Semai in Perak State. The findings of this study showed majority of respondents have intention toward business start-up. However, the respondents need some sort of financial and non-financial support to start their business. The case study brings attention to the importance of the intention and entrepreneurship support in order to empower Orang Asli and involve in entrepreneurship activities.