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Dividend Policy Determinants: The Case of Shariah Approved Company (Sac) in Malaysia
Get PDFThe purpose of this research is to examine at the factors that influence the dividend determinants of Malaysian publicly traded Shariah listed firms using data from years 2014 to 2020. This research looked at selected independent variables of earnings per share (EPS), net asset value (NAV), price earnings ratio (PER), return on equity (ROE), and dividend yield (DY) as dependent variables. The quantitative approach of panel data regression is
used on data obtained from 40 selected Shariah Approved Company (SAC) listed on the stock exchange annual reports. The data also additionally accessed from Datastream. Findings that PER is significantly related to dividend yield of SAC. On the other hand, NAV has a significant relationship with dividend yield of SAC. The findings of this study are valuable to management and firms in determining an effective dividend policy for the firm. The findings can also help shareholders make investment decisions
Estimating the effect of superstition on house price in Malaysia
Get PDFRegardless of levels of development and modernization, superstitious belief still exists in modern society. Superstition in housing market is prevailing and has a very strong impact in purchasing of a residential house. Using a sample of 10,312 transacted data of high-end (condominium) residential apartments (including studio) in Kuala Lumpur, from 2010 to 2020, this study aims to estimate the effects of lucky and unlucky floor and house numbers on the house prices. Results of regression analysis reveal that the house price is found to be significantly influenced by the lucky and unlucky numbers. Moreover, their effects are found to be symmetry. The other significant determinants of house price are the availability of public transportation services, swimming pool, gym, and property age
The Investigation of The Determinants of Dividend Payout in Malaysia: Impact of Covid-19 Pandemics
Get PDFThis study investigates the impact of profitability, debt, firm size and impact of different type of substantial shareholder (government and foreign) to the dividend payout by 365 dividend initiator from 813 firms of public listed company excluding banking sector in Malaysia during pandemic Covid-19. The result revealed the determinants had slightly difference before and during the pandemic period. Before pandemic period in 2019, the firms size and concentration foreign shareholding are positive significant while leverage is negative significant. However, during pandemic period in 2020, profitability had added with a group of firms size and concentration foreign shareholding to be positively significant and leverage maintain to be negative significant. The changes are driven by healthiest of cash flows of the firms. That because during pandemic all business operation were disrupted and causing some business sectors unable to be operate due to proactive action taken by government in order to outbreaks of Covid-19 transmission. The findings from this research are important to investors to select the firms that has stable dividend payout during crisis period based on determinants that was obtained during different period of time. The data is acquired through Thomson Reuters DataStream from year 2019 to 2020. Descriptive statistics are used to compile a data package that reflects a population or a sample by understanding the short descriptive coefficients. The correlation analysis is conducted to identify the strength and direction of the linear connection of the structure. The study does multiple regression analysis and a specification of a fixed effect. In this study, the Vector Inflation Factors(VIF) addressed the multicollinearity issues between independent variables
Malaysian Energy and Oil and Gas Companies: Does Working Capital Management Matter for Their Financial Performance?
Get PDFA substantial number of oil and gas companies suffered liquidity problem, financial distress, or, in the worst cases, go out of business as a result of the 2014 oil price fall. Poor liquidity management is one of the key factors leading to financial distress and corporate insolvency. Managing working capital is among the most crucial aspects of operating a company, necessitating the need for efficient working capital management. Working capital management is known to be crucial during the troubled times of business This study examines the impact that working capital management has on listed oil and gas companies' performance in Malaysia over an 11-year span from 2010 to 2020. The observation period includes the decline in crude oil prices in 2014 and the start of the COVID 19 pandemic in 2020. The study has found out that cash conversion cycle (CCC), days inventory outstanding (DIO), days sales outstanding (DSO) and liquidity (current ratio) have significant impact on the operating performance (operating profit margin) of oil and gas companies in Malaysia. On the other hand, working capital management is found to be insignificant in relation with the return to the shareholders (ROE) except days of payables outstanding (DPO). Contrary to what is typically observed, CCC is positively related to operating profit margin while DIO and DSO are negatively related with it. On the other side, there is a positive relationship between DPO and operating profit margin. The operating profit margin is also positively related with liquidity, which is the standard across all businesses. Based on the findings, it is crucial for oil and gas companies to optimally manage their working capital in order to stay in business
Factors influencing workplace happiness among Gen Z employees
Get PDFThe aim of this study is to examine the relationship of five independent variables which are work autonomy, transformational leadership, meaningful work, workplace friendship and work life balance towards the dependent variable which is workplace happiness amongst Gen Z employees, a new generation that has started their journey in the “work environment”. The data collected through digital survey questionnaires from 482 respondents using the snow ball convenient method. Self Determination Theory (SDT) is used as the underpinning theory to support this study. Results shown that there was significant positive relationship between transformational leadership, meaningful work and work life balance towards Gen Z’s happiness in the work place while no significant relationship was found for the remaining two independent variables; work autonomy and workplace friendship. This study helps organizations and employers to better understand Gen Z’s focus and needs in their work environment so as to ensure better attraction and employee retention
Kesan faktor keadilan, sokongan penyelia dan ganjaran terhadap kepuasan kerja dalam kalangan anggota Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM)
Get PDFFaktor keadilan, sokongan penyelia dan ganjaran merupakan komponen utama dalam kepuasan kerja dan penting dalam memastikan pekerja sentiasa bekerja dengan prestasi tinggi dalam pekerjaan mereka. Pekerja yang mempunyai tahap kepuasan kerja yang tinggi secara tidak langsung akan menyumbang kepada kecemerlangan diri dalam organisasi dan akan meningkatkan kepuasan kerja. Peranan penting seseorang pekerja tidak dapat dinafikan terutamanya dalam kalangan anggota Pasukan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM). Melihat kepada peranan PDRM iaitu menjaga kesejahteraan dan keselamatan negara dan rakyat, ini membuktikan organisasi ini amat memerlukan pekerja yang menjalankan tugas dengan amanah. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji kesan keadilan, sokongan penyelia dan ganjaran terhadap kepuasan kerja dalam kalangan anggota PDRM. Terdapat 3 pembolehubah tidak bersandar dipilih untuk kajian ini iaitu keadilan, sokongan penyelia dan ganjaran. Kajian ini adalah kajian deskriptif dan mengaplikasikan pendekatan kuantitatif, dengan soal selidik yang terdiri daripada skala Likert 5 mata sebagai instrumen kajian. Seramai 155 responden telah dipilih sebagai saiz sampel melalui kaedah persampelan bertujuan dalam kalangan anggota PDRM. Kemudian, semua data yang dikumpul telah disusun dan dianalisis menggunakan perisian SPSS yang merangkumi analisis deskriptif, analisis inferensi, korelasi dan analisis regrasi untuk menguji hipotesis. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa faktor keadilan, sokongan penyelia dan ganjaran mempunyai korelasi yang positif dan kuat dengan kepuasan kerja. Analisis regrasi berbilang juga menunjukkan bahawa pembolehubah bebas dapat menjelaskan 52.6% daripada varians dalam kepuasan kerja dalam kalangan anggota PDRM. Ini bermakna kesemua pembolehubah ini mempengaruhi kepuasan kerja secara signifikan. Cadangan dan perbincangan masa depan juga telah dibincangkan untuk penambahbaikan pada masa hadapan oleh organisasi
Kajian deskriptif analisis risiko kejadian kekerasan di tempat kerja dalam kalangan penolong pegawai perubatan di Hospital Melaka
Get PDFKakitangan perubatan berisiko terdedah kepada kejadian kekerasan di tempat kerja berbanding kumpulan profesional yang lain. Perkhidmatan hospital merupakan kawasan paling tinggi
risiko untuk berlakunya kejadian tersebut. Objektif kajian in adalah untuk menerangkan kekerapan, faktor-faktor yang menyumbang, kesan terhadap kejadian kekerasan, faktor penyumbang terhadap pelaporan dan strategi pengawalan dan pencegahan di Hospital Melaka. Kajian telah dijalankan dari pada minggu kedua Julai 2022 sehingga Ogos 2022 menggunakan teknik pensampelan rawak mudah. Soalan kaji selidik telah diadaptasi dari Kumari et al.,
(2020) yang mengandungi enam bahagian. Seratus enam Penolong Pegawai Perubatan telah turut serta dalam kaji selidik ini. Kekerasan yang paling kerap berlaku adalah gangguan lisan
(93.8%) diikuti dengan keganasan fizikal (22.5%) Kekerasan di tempat kerja adalah kerap di Hospital Melaka di mana setiap responden pernah menghadapi gangguan lisan sekurang-kurangnya sekali sepanjang tempoh setahun yang lalu. Kesesakan pesakit dan pelawat merupakan faktor yang paling banyak menyumbang kepada kekerasan di hospital. Penolong Pegawai Perubatan di gred U29 lebih kerap terdedah kepada kejadian kekerasan berbanding gred yang lain. Namun begitu kesedaran terhadap tindakan pelaporan dalam kalangan Penolong Pegawai Perubatan adalah baik. Bagi membendung kejadian ini dari terus berlaku, langkah cadangan seperti latihan kepada semua kakitangan perubatan adalah penting dalam memahami sifat kejadian kekerasan yang merupakan langkah awal yang berkesan untuk mengurus masalah kekerasan. Selain dari itu, perkhidmtan kauseling yang berkesan kepada mangsa kekerasan mampu membantu mereka untuk membolehkan mereka bekerja seperti
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A structural model of the relationship between product quality, benefits, safety, values and consumer consumption behavior towards herbal products
Get PDFHerbal products have been shown to benefit human health and well-being and are now recognized as alternative medicine systems. Despite the growing global demand for herbal products, only a few studies have been conducted to investigate the factors influencing consumers' consumption of herbal products and their consumption patterns in developing countries. Therefore, this research examines the influence of perceived value, perceived product quality, perceived benefits, and product safety on herbal products consumption. This study also examines the mediating effect of perceived value on the relationships between perceived product quality, perceived benefits, product safety, and herbal product consumption. The underpinning theory used in this study was the Stimulus- Organism-Response (SOR) Model. Data were collected using the purposive sampling method among consumers who have experienced consuming herbal products. An online questionnaire was used for this purpose. Data gathered from 252 respondents were analyzed using the partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach. The results revealed that perceived product quality was the most significant factor influencing consumers’ consumption behavior towards herbal products, followed by product safety. However, perceived value did not mediate the relationships between perceived product quality, perceived benefits, product safety, and consumption of herbal products. Marketers should emphasize on quality and safety elements if they want to attract consumers to buy herbal products. Advertisers and herbal product manufacturers should work together to demonstrate the quality and safety of herbal products to the general public. This research has extended the findings on herbal product consumption from a developing country's perspective. In addition, future research directions are furnishe
Pematuhan terhadap keselamatan dan kesihatan pekerjaan melibatkan persekitaran pekerjaan krew kenderaan perisai tentera darat.
Get PDFKemalangan di tempat kerja adalah merupakan salah satu faktor penyebab kecederaan atau kematian kepada para pekerja masa kini yang mana secara amnya sektor-sektor pembinaan dan pembuatan dikategorikan sebagai penyumbang tertinggi kes kemalangan industri di Malaysia. Walaupun Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) terkecuali daripada ruang litup pematuhan terhadap Akta Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan (AKKP) 1994, namun kecederaan dan kematian akibat terdedahnya kepada hazard dan risiko di dalam persekitaran pekerjaan tidak mengenal apa jua sektor atau bidang tertentu. Kajian yang dilaksanakan ini akan menjurus secara mendalam berkaitan aspek pematuhan terhadap Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan (K&KP) di dalam persekitaran rutin harian kerja krew kenderaan perisai, Tentera Darat (TD). Kerangka kajian ini adalah secara deskriptif dan keratan rentas. Kaedah kajian yang digunakan adalah kajian kuatitatif dengan melaksanakan tinjauan soal selidik serta pengumpulan data-data di Pasukan Rejimen Ketiga Kor Armor Diraja (3 KAD) secara khasnya serta lain-lain pasukan TD secara amnya.
Responden adalah terdiri daripada krew kenderaan yang bertugas di 3 KAD serta lain-lain pasukan TD . Sebanyak 300 set borang soal selidik telah diedarkan bagi mendapatkan data kajian ini serta dianalisa melalui perisian Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 27.0 melalui analisa deskriptif dan analisa korelasi pearson. Maklum balas daripada hasil kajian secara dasarnya menunjukkan terdapat
hubungan positif yang signifikan antara latihan kompetensi, servisibiliti kenderaan, dan keselesaan krew dengan keberkesanan tadbir urus untuk mengekalkan serta meningkatkan prestasi keselamata krew di 3 KAD
The determinant of safety management practices ons safety compliance behavior among Royal Malaysia Police Airwing employees
Get PDFHuman errors have been cited to be the main contribution to the occurrence of occupational accidents and injuries at workplace. Human are said failed to adhere to the rules and regulations, follow safety procedures conscientiously, and take precautions against hazards (such as wearing personal protective equipment). Therefore, this study is conducted with the intention to capture factors that might influence safety compliance behavior among aviation employees, specifically in this study the Royal Malaysia Police Airwing (RMPAW) employees. The study examines the direct relationship between management commitment, safety training, safety communication and feedback, employee involvement, safety rules and procedures, and safety promotion policies on safety compliance behavior. A total of 225 questionnaire were distributed online. Response rate was 100%. In this study, hypotheses for direct effect were tested using multiple regression analyses. Results showed that management commitment and safety rules and procedures were significantly positively related to safety compliance behavior. The findings indicate that in order to encourage safety compliance behavior, commintment from management is needed as they are at the position who have power to give orders and make safety decisions. Apart from that, safety rules and procedure were also seen importance in encouraging safety compliance behavior among employees