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Research paper thumbnail of A Conceptual Framework on Factors Influencing Nurses’ Job Performance

Information management and business review, Mar 19, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Impak kompetensi keusahawanan, keupayaan dinamik dan budaya organisasi dengan prestasi perusahaan kecil dan sederhana (PKS) di Malaysia

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in the global economy. Besides being a... more Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in the global economy. Besides being able to generate up to 80% of the economic growth, they also provide jobs and make up the majority of businesses that operate around the world. Despite the vital importance of this area, very few studies have been done to look at the relationships between entrepreneurial competencies, organizational culture and dynamic capabilities, and SMEs business performance, particularly in Malaysia. Therefore, this study focused primarily on testing the possibility of organizational culture as a moderating variable and dynamic capabilities as a mediating variable in the relationships between entrepreneurial competencies and SMEs business performance. Based on the literature, six dimensions of entrepreneurial competencies, namely opportunity, relationship, conceptual, organizing, strategic, and commitment; and unidimensional constructs of organizational culture and dynamic capabilities were selected, and 18 direct and indirect hypotheses were developed. Instrument tools were based on scales previously established for measuring entrepreneurial competencies, organizational culture, dynamic capabilities, and also business performance. A total of 231 usable responses were collected through a mail questionnaire survey, and multiple regression analysis was employed to analyse the data. The empirical findings showed that there are significant relationships between opportunity, organizing and strategic competencies, and SMEs business performance. Dynamic capabilities was found to mediate the relationship between entrepreneurial competencies (strategic competencies only) and SMEs business performance. However, organizational culture did not act as a moderator in the relationship between entrepreneurial competencies and SMEs business performance. The research framework of this study contributes to the existing body of knowledge of the Malaysian SMEs and entrepreneurship literature. The theoretical contributions and practical implications are also significant findings for SMEs and entrepreneurial development in Malaysia. Finally, some limitations are also acknowledged and future research directions are included.

Research paper thumbnail of Factors Influencing Purchasing Intention of Smartphone among University Students

Procedia Economics and Finance, 2016

Mobile communication has made an impact towards interaction between people while conducting busin... more Mobile communication has made an impact towards interaction between people while conducting business either locally or internationally. The expansion of mobile communication technology e.g. wireless internet, mobile phone and Global Positioning System (GPS) are constantly evolving and upgrading as a result of consumers' changing needs and preferences. Therefore, this paper examines about factors influencing purchasing intention of smartphone among university students. The result shows that three variables that are product features, brand name and social influence have significant relationship except one variable, product sacrifice that has no significant relationship with purchasing intention.

Research paper thumbnail of Statistics of retirement age around the world

Retirement can possibly be a distressing life progress in late adulthood, frequently setting off ... more Retirement can possibly be a distressing life progress in late adulthood, frequently setting off a wide scope of huge changes, for example, lost stable salary, detachment from partners at work and an expansion in unstructured time. Most people spend their adult years in the workhour so retirement represents freedom and rest. Retirement ages, or the age when some sort of government pension can be received, differs around the world. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average for a normal pension age is currently 64.3 years for men and 63.7 years for women (Baker, 2018)

Research paper thumbnail of Factors Affecting Employees’ Commitment In Manufacturing Company

Research in Management of Technology and Business, Nov 15, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Smartphone Addiction among UTHM Students

Research in Management of Technology and Business, Dec 1, 2020

This research aims to study the relationship between smartphone addiction and the characteristics... more This research aims to study the relationship between smartphone addiction and the characteristics of smartphone use among UTHM students. Smartphone users' characteristics such as tolerance, withdrawal, positive expectancy, and interference with daily routine affected smartphone addiction. There is a lack of local studies regarding smartphone addiction; therefore, this study carried out to demonstrates it. This study selected 375 respondents from students UTHM, and an online survey questionnaire was established to collect data. The questionnaires successfully collected from 283 respondents in UTHMs included the campus of Parit Raja and Pagoh. Data obtained was analysed using SPSS version 21. Statistical results confirmed the significant relationships between tolerance, withdrawal, positive expectancy, and interference, and smartphone addiction.

Research paper thumbnail of The Determinants of Nascent Venture Performance in Malaysia

The Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Business, Management and Information Systems 2019 (ICBMIS 2019), Nov 14, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Factors Influencing Consumer Intention to Purchase Online: A Study Among Female Consumer in Johor, Malaysia

Research in Management of Technology and Business, Nov 15, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of The Influence of Information System Success Factors Towards User Satisfaction in Public Iraqi Banking

Solid State Technology, Oct 3, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of The effect of information systems success model on job performance in Iraqi banks

Review of International Geographical Education Online, Nov 11, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Critical Criteria of Women-Owned SMES Performance Using Multi-Attribute Decision Making (MADM) of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)

Journal of Innovation Management in Small and Medium Enterprises, 2021

Faced with the vision that Malaysia will become a developing country by 2020, the Malaysian gover... more Faced with the vision that Malaysia will become a developing country by 2020, the Malaysian government is promoting the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to be enhanced, while increasing the number of entrepreneurs in different sectors. Increasing the number of women entrepreneurs is one of the government's current initiatives in realizing the vision of being a well-developed country with a competitive economy, sustainable revenue, and stable social structure as a multiracial country.

Research paper thumbnail of The Effect of Organizational Cultureon the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Competencies and SMEs Business Performance in Malaysia

Journal for Studies in Management and Planning, 2016

Generating up to 80 per cent of the economic growth, providing jobs and making up the majority of... more Generating up to 80 per cent of the economic growth, providing jobs and making up the majority of businesses that operate around the world, the crucial role of SMEs in the global economy is undeniable. This paper tends to investigate the relationships between the dimensions of entrepreneurial competency, organizational culture and SMEs performance particularly in Malaysia that have been proven as lacking in the entrepreneurship study. In addition, this paper also focused primarily on testing the possibility of organizational culture as a moderating variable in the relationship between entrepreneurial competencies and SMEs business performance. By employing a quantitative cross-sectional survey approach, data were collected through mail survey questionnaire distributed to SMEs owner-managers throughout Malaysia. The constructs used were adapted from earlier research and data obtained was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 for Windows. Statistical...

Research paper thumbnail of Women’s right to breastfeed in workplaces

In Malaysia, there is no clear provision in the law give the right to working mother or worker to... more In Malaysia, there is no clear provision in the law give the right to working mother or worker to breastfeed their baby at work. It is just a national policy and industrial practice which promotes and supports such rights. Therefore, breastfeeding by women employee in the workplace not so covered. It remains just a personal issue and depends on the options and their respective efforts. In reality, the women employee who breastfeeding difficult continue breastfeeding in the workplace because faced with a limited time busy work, commitment, lack of space and facilities as well as discrimination exists directly and indirectly. Even though, breastfeeding of infants is important from the point of health to early growth of infants.

Research paper thumbnail of Entrepreneurial Competency andSMEs Performancein Malaysia: Dynamic Capabilities as Mediator

International Journal of Research, 2016

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of dynamic capabilities as a mediator in the rel... more The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of dynamic capabilities as a mediator in the relationship between entrepreneurial competency and SMEs performance in Malaysia. Using a quantitative cross-sectional survey approach, data were gathered through mail survey questionnaire distributed to SMEs owner-managers throughout Malaysia, including Sabah and Sarawak. T he constructs used were adapted from prior research and already tested for reliability. Data obtained was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 for Windows. Statistical results confirmedthe significant relationships between opportunity competency, organizing competency and strategic competency, and SMEs performance. Meanwhile, dynamic capabilities was found to mediate the relationships between relationship competency, conceptual competency, commitment competency and SMEs performance. Finally, implications and some suggestions for future research are also discussed.

Research paper thumbnail of Determinants of Financial Sustainability and Access to Finance among SMEs in Malaysia: A Pilot Study

Management and Business Research Quarterly, 2019

The unavailability of external financing and lack of access to finance is an important research i... more The unavailability of external financing and lack of access to finance is an important research interest topic for scholars and a crucial issue for policymakers all over the world. However, compared to large companies, SMEs tend to report financing as a significant obstacle. The inadequate access to finance could dampen their potentials for growth and competitiveness in the business ecosystem. The objective of this research work is to examine and explore a small sample of data on the determinants of financial sustainability and access to finance among SMEs in Malaysia. The study adopted a quan ta ve survey approach to collect 53 usable ques onnaires from SMEs in Johor as one of the divisions based on the stratified random sampling method. Therefore, the validity and reliability of the instruments were examined through a panel of expert and also the collected data was analysed using SPSS v22. Results, using exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach's Alpha statistics confirmed the validity and reliability of the instruments adopted and used for the pilot study. It was concluded that the items on the surveyed instrument are suitable for future use in studies in the field of access to finance, especially in the SME service sector.

Research paper thumbnail of Entrepreneurial competency and business performance of women-owned SMEs in Johor: a conceptual framework

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the different types of entrepreneurial co... more The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the different types of entrepreneurial competencies and SMEs performance of women entrepreneurs in Johor. The roles of entrepreneurial competencies in the context of the business performance is very important, in particular for the small-medium enterprises.

Research paper thumbnail of Statistics of retirement age aroundthe world

Retirement can possibly be a distressing life progress in late adulthood, frequently setting off ... more Retirement can possibly be a distressing life progress in late adulthood, frequently setting off a wide scope of huge changes, for example, lost stable salary, detachment from partners at work and an expansion in unstructured time. Most people spend their adult years in the workhour so retirement represents freedom and rest. Retirement ages, or the age when some sort of government pension can be received, differs around the world. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average for a normal pension age is currently 64.3 years for men and 63.7 years for women (Baker, 2018).

Research paper thumbnail of Entrepreneurial Intentions among Technical Students

American Journal of Economics, 2012

The objective of this study is to determine the relationships between professional attraction, en... more The objective of this study is to determine the relationships between professional attraction, entrepreneurial capacity and entrepreneurial experience toward entrepreneurial intention among the students enrolled in technical courses of a university in the South of Malaysia. All variables are measured from developed instrument using 5-point interval scale: professional attraction (6 items) and entrepreneurial capacity (5 items) as the exogenous variable, while entrepreneurial experience 3 items) and entrepreneurial intention (6 items) as endogenous variables. Questionnaires were distributed to 129 students, based on random sampling method selected from various races and genders, for the purpose of data collection. The data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The result shows that the goodness of fit indices of structural equation model are achieved at GFI=0.951, P-value=0.249, RMSEA=0.036 and ratio (cmin/df) =1.163. The finding supports three significant direct effects in the revised model, thus supporting the hypotheses regarding professional attraction is positively related to entrepreneurial intention (β=0.648, CR=2.324, p<0.05), professional attraction is positively related to entrepreneurial experience (β=0.407, CR=2.270, p<0.05), and entrepreneurial capacity is positively related to entrepreneurial experience (β=0.597, CR=2.245, p<0.05). The structural model explains 93.1 percent variance in entrepreneurial intention. The result is discussed in the perspective of technical students' intentions toward entrepreneurship.

Research paper thumbnail of Store Loyalty, Retail Satisfaction and Competitive Resistance towards Purchase Intention

American Journal of Economics, 2012

This paper explores the factors that influence the consumers' intentions towards purchasing behav... more This paper explores the factors that influence the consumers' intentions towards purchasing behaviour. Specifically, the objective of this study is to determine the relationships between retail satisfaction, loyalty to the store and competitive resistance toward purchase intention among the staff of a university in the North of Malaysia. All variables were measured from developed instrument using 7-point interval scale. The exogenous variable are retail satisfactions (8 items), loyalty to the store (9 items) while endogenous variables are competitive resistance (2 items) and purchase intention (2 items). A total of 103 staffs, based on random sampling method selected from various age, gender, education and income, participated in this study. The instrument is validated using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) resulting in three similar components as the exogenous. The data was then analysed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The result shows that the goodness of fit indices of structural equation model are achieved at GFI=0.915, P-value=0.087, RMSEA=0.057 and ratio (cmin/df) =1.316. The finding supports one significant direct effect in the revised model, thus supporting the hypothesis regarding store loyalty is positively related to purchase intention (β=0.961, CR=3.578, p<0.001). The structural model explains 80.7 per cent variance in purchase intention. The result is discussed in the perspective of consumers' loyalty towards purchase intention.

Research paper thumbnail of Accelerating startups: the role of government assistance programs and entrepreneurial orientation

The stage of emergence is found to be most crucial stage not only for entrepreneurs, but also for... more The stage of emergence is found to be most crucial stage not only for entrepreneurs, but also for a researcher. Nascent entrepreneurship research exposed it uniqueness of the study where the discipline of the studies is still at the early stage but has received much attention in recent years. The performance of nascent ventures depends on various factors including their business strategy and their resources acquisition. This study aimed to investigate the nature of relationship that exists between entrepreneurial orientation and nascent venture performance in Malaysia. Furthermore, this study intended to examine the moderating effect of government assistance programs on relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and nascent venture performance. This study employs a quantitative approach of research and survey method was used to conduct study on 184 Malay-owned nascent venture in Malaysia. The data was analyzed with the SPSS version 22 statistical technique. Prior to the analys...

Research paper thumbnail of A Conceptual Framework on Factors Influencing Nurses’ Job Performance

Information management and business review, Mar 19, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Impak kompetensi keusahawanan, keupayaan dinamik dan budaya organisasi dengan prestasi perusahaan kecil dan sederhana (PKS) di Malaysia

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in the global economy. Besides being a... more Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in the global economy. Besides being able to generate up to 80% of the economic growth, they also provide jobs and make up the majority of businesses that operate around the world. Despite the vital importance of this area, very few studies have been done to look at the relationships between entrepreneurial competencies, organizational culture and dynamic capabilities, and SMEs business performance, particularly in Malaysia. Therefore, this study focused primarily on testing the possibility of organizational culture as a moderating variable and dynamic capabilities as a mediating variable in the relationships between entrepreneurial competencies and SMEs business performance. Based on the literature, six dimensions of entrepreneurial competencies, namely opportunity, relationship, conceptual, organizing, strategic, and commitment; and unidimensional constructs of organizational culture and dynamic capabilities were selected, and 18 direct and indirect hypotheses were developed. Instrument tools were based on scales previously established for measuring entrepreneurial competencies, organizational culture, dynamic capabilities, and also business performance. A total of 231 usable responses were collected through a mail questionnaire survey, and multiple regression analysis was employed to analyse the data. The empirical findings showed that there are significant relationships between opportunity, organizing and strategic competencies, and SMEs business performance. Dynamic capabilities was found to mediate the relationship between entrepreneurial competencies (strategic competencies only) and SMEs business performance. However, organizational culture did not act as a moderator in the relationship between entrepreneurial competencies and SMEs business performance. The research framework of this study contributes to the existing body of knowledge of the Malaysian SMEs and entrepreneurship literature. The theoretical contributions and practical implications are also significant findings for SMEs and entrepreneurial development in Malaysia. Finally, some limitations are also acknowledged and future research directions are included.

Research paper thumbnail of Factors Influencing Purchasing Intention of Smartphone among University Students

Procedia Economics and Finance, 2016

Mobile communication has made an impact towards interaction between people while conducting busin... more Mobile communication has made an impact towards interaction between people while conducting business either locally or internationally. The expansion of mobile communication technology e.g. wireless internet, mobile phone and Global Positioning System (GPS) are constantly evolving and upgrading as a result of consumers' changing needs and preferences. Therefore, this paper examines about factors influencing purchasing intention of smartphone among university students. The result shows that three variables that are product features, brand name and social influence have significant relationship except one variable, product sacrifice that has no significant relationship with purchasing intention.

Research paper thumbnail of Statistics of retirement age around the world

Retirement can possibly be a distressing life progress in late adulthood, frequently setting off ... more Retirement can possibly be a distressing life progress in late adulthood, frequently setting off a wide scope of huge changes, for example, lost stable salary, detachment from partners at work and an expansion in unstructured time. Most people spend their adult years in the workhour so retirement represents freedom and rest. Retirement ages, or the age when some sort of government pension can be received, differs around the world. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average for a normal pension age is currently 64.3 years for men and 63.7 years for women (Baker, 2018)

Research paper thumbnail of Factors Affecting Employees’ Commitment In Manufacturing Company

Research in Management of Technology and Business, Nov 15, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Smartphone Addiction among UTHM Students

Research in Management of Technology and Business, Dec 1, 2020

This research aims to study the relationship between smartphone addiction and the characteristics... more This research aims to study the relationship between smartphone addiction and the characteristics of smartphone use among UTHM students. Smartphone users' characteristics such as tolerance, withdrawal, positive expectancy, and interference with daily routine affected smartphone addiction. There is a lack of local studies regarding smartphone addiction; therefore, this study carried out to demonstrates it. This study selected 375 respondents from students UTHM, and an online survey questionnaire was established to collect data. The questionnaires successfully collected from 283 respondents in UTHMs included the campus of Parit Raja and Pagoh. Data obtained was analysed using SPSS version 21. Statistical results confirmed the significant relationships between tolerance, withdrawal, positive expectancy, and interference, and smartphone addiction.

Research paper thumbnail of The Determinants of Nascent Venture Performance in Malaysia

The Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Business, Management and Information Systems 2019 (ICBMIS 2019), Nov 14, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Factors Influencing Consumer Intention to Purchase Online: A Study Among Female Consumer in Johor, Malaysia

Research in Management of Technology and Business, Nov 15, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of The Influence of Information System Success Factors Towards User Satisfaction in Public Iraqi Banking

Solid State Technology, Oct 3, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of The effect of information systems success model on job performance in Iraqi banks

Review of International Geographical Education Online, Nov 11, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Critical Criteria of Women-Owned SMES Performance Using Multi-Attribute Decision Making (MADM) of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)

Journal of Innovation Management in Small and Medium Enterprises, 2021

Faced with the vision that Malaysia will become a developing country by 2020, the Malaysian gover... more Faced with the vision that Malaysia will become a developing country by 2020, the Malaysian government is promoting the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to be enhanced, while increasing the number of entrepreneurs in different sectors. Increasing the number of women entrepreneurs is one of the government's current initiatives in realizing the vision of being a well-developed country with a competitive economy, sustainable revenue, and stable social structure as a multiracial country.

Research paper thumbnail of The Effect of Organizational Cultureon the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Competencies and SMEs Business Performance in Malaysia

Journal for Studies in Management and Planning, 2016

Generating up to 80 per cent of the economic growth, providing jobs and making up the majority of... more Generating up to 80 per cent of the economic growth, providing jobs and making up the majority of businesses that operate around the world, the crucial role of SMEs in the global economy is undeniable. This paper tends to investigate the relationships between the dimensions of entrepreneurial competency, organizational culture and SMEs performance particularly in Malaysia that have been proven as lacking in the entrepreneurship study. In addition, this paper also focused primarily on testing the possibility of organizational culture as a moderating variable in the relationship between entrepreneurial competencies and SMEs business performance. By employing a quantitative cross-sectional survey approach, data were collected through mail survey questionnaire distributed to SMEs owner-managers throughout Malaysia. The constructs used were adapted from earlier research and data obtained was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 for Windows. Statistical...

Research paper thumbnail of Women’s right to breastfeed in workplaces

In Malaysia, there is no clear provision in the law give the right to working mother or worker to... more In Malaysia, there is no clear provision in the law give the right to working mother or worker to breastfeed their baby at work. It is just a national policy and industrial practice which promotes and supports such rights. Therefore, breastfeeding by women employee in the workplace not so covered. It remains just a personal issue and depends on the options and their respective efforts. In reality, the women employee who breastfeeding difficult continue breastfeeding in the workplace because faced with a limited time busy work, commitment, lack of space and facilities as well as discrimination exists directly and indirectly. Even though, breastfeeding of infants is important from the point of health to early growth of infants.

Research paper thumbnail of Entrepreneurial Competency andSMEs Performancein Malaysia: Dynamic Capabilities as Mediator

International Journal of Research, 2016

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of dynamic capabilities as a mediator in the rel... more The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of dynamic capabilities as a mediator in the relationship between entrepreneurial competency and SMEs performance in Malaysia. Using a quantitative cross-sectional survey approach, data were gathered through mail survey questionnaire distributed to SMEs owner-managers throughout Malaysia, including Sabah and Sarawak. T he constructs used were adapted from prior research and already tested for reliability. Data obtained was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 for Windows. Statistical results confirmedthe significant relationships between opportunity competency, organizing competency and strategic competency, and SMEs performance. Meanwhile, dynamic capabilities was found to mediate the relationships between relationship competency, conceptual competency, commitment competency and SMEs performance. Finally, implications and some suggestions for future research are also discussed.

Research paper thumbnail of Determinants of Financial Sustainability and Access to Finance among SMEs in Malaysia: A Pilot Study

Management and Business Research Quarterly, 2019

The unavailability of external financing and lack of access to finance is an important research i... more The unavailability of external financing and lack of access to finance is an important research interest topic for scholars and a crucial issue for policymakers all over the world. However, compared to large companies, SMEs tend to report financing as a significant obstacle. The inadequate access to finance could dampen their potentials for growth and competitiveness in the business ecosystem. The objective of this research work is to examine and explore a small sample of data on the determinants of financial sustainability and access to finance among SMEs in Malaysia. The study adopted a quan ta ve survey approach to collect 53 usable ques onnaires from SMEs in Johor as one of the divisions based on the stratified random sampling method. Therefore, the validity and reliability of the instruments were examined through a panel of expert and also the collected data was analysed using SPSS v22. Results, using exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach's Alpha statistics confirmed the validity and reliability of the instruments adopted and used for the pilot study. It was concluded that the items on the surveyed instrument are suitable for future use in studies in the field of access to finance, especially in the SME service sector.

Research paper thumbnail of Entrepreneurial competency and business performance of women-owned SMEs in Johor: a conceptual framework

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the different types of entrepreneurial co... more The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the different types of entrepreneurial competencies and SMEs performance of women entrepreneurs in Johor. The roles of entrepreneurial competencies in the context of the business performance is very important, in particular for the small-medium enterprises.

Research paper thumbnail of Statistics of retirement age aroundthe world

Retirement can possibly be a distressing life progress in late adulthood, frequently setting off ... more Retirement can possibly be a distressing life progress in late adulthood, frequently setting off a wide scope of huge changes, for example, lost stable salary, detachment from partners at work and an expansion in unstructured time. Most people spend their adult years in the workhour so retirement represents freedom and rest. Retirement ages, or the age when some sort of government pension can be received, differs around the world. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average for a normal pension age is currently 64.3 years for men and 63.7 years for women (Baker, 2018).

Research paper thumbnail of Entrepreneurial Intentions among Technical Students

American Journal of Economics, 2012

The objective of this study is to determine the relationships between professional attraction, en... more The objective of this study is to determine the relationships between professional attraction, entrepreneurial capacity and entrepreneurial experience toward entrepreneurial intention among the students enrolled in technical courses of a university in the South of Malaysia. All variables are measured from developed instrument using 5-point interval scale: professional attraction (6 items) and entrepreneurial capacity (5 items) as the exogenous variable, while entrepreneurial experience 3 items) and entrepreneurial intention (6 items) as endogenous variables. Questionnaires were distributed to 129 students, based on random sampling method selected from various races and genders, for the purpose of data collection. The data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The result shows that the goodness of fit indices of structural equation model are achieved at GFI=0.951, P-value=0.249, RMSEA=0.036 and ratio (cmin/df) =1.163. The finding supports three significant direct effects in the revised model, thus supporting the hypotheses regarding professional attraction is positively related to entrepreneurial intention (β=0.648, CR=2.324, p<0.05), professional attraction is positively related to entrepreneurial experience (β=0.407, CR=2.270, p<0.05), and entrepreneurial capacity is positively related to entrepreneurial experience (β=0.597, CR=2.245, p<0.05). The structural model explains 93.1 percent variance in entrepreneurial intention. The result is discussed in the perspective of technical students' intentions toward entrepreneurship.

Research paper thumbnail of Store Loyalty, Retail Satisfaction and Competitive Resistance towards Purchase Intention

American Journal of Economics, 2012

This paper explores the factors that influence the consumers' intentions towards purchasing behav... more This paper explores the factors that influence the consumers' intentions towards purchasing behaviour. Specifically, the objective of this study is to determine the relationships between retail satisfaction, loyalty to the store and competitive resistance toward purchase intention among the staff of a university in the North of Malaysia. All variables were measured from developed instrument using 7-point interval scale. The exogenous variable are retail satisfactions (8 items), loyalty to the store (9 items) while endogenous variables are competitive resistance (2 items) and purchase intention (2 items). A total of 103 staffs, based on random sampling method selected from various age, gender, education and income, participated in this study. The instrument is validated using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) resulting in three similar components as the exogenous. The data was then analysed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The result shows that the goodness of fit indices of structural equation model are achieved at GFI=0.915, P-value=0.087, RMSEA=0.057 and ratio (cmin/df) =1.316. The finding supports one significant direct effect in the revised model, thus supporting the hypothesis regarding store loyalty is positively related to purchase intention (β=0.961, CR=3.578, p<0.001). The structural model explains 80.7 per cent variance in purchase intention. The result is discussed in the perspective of consumers' loyalty towards purchase intention.

Research paper thumbnail of Accelerating startups: the role of government assistance programs and entrepreneurial orientation

The stage of emergence is found to be most crucial stage not only for entrepreneurs, but also for... more The stage of emergence is found to be most crucial stage not only for entrepreneurs, but also for a researcher. Nascent entrepreneurship research exposed it uniqueness of the study where the discipline of the studies is still at the early stage but has received much attention in recent years. The performance of nascent ventures depends on various factors including their business strategy and their resources acquisition. This study aimed to investigate the nature of relationship that exists between entrepreneurial orientation and nascent venture performance in Malaysia. Furthermore, this study intended to examine the moderating effect of government assistance programs on relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and nascent venture performance. This study employs a quantitative approach of research and survey method was used to conduct study on 184 Malay-owned nascent venture in Malaysia. The data was analyzed with the SPSS version 22 statistical technique. Prior to the analys...