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A preliminary study on wildlife roadkill incidents in Jeli, Kelantan
No full textRoadkill leads to biodiversity destruction, which cause threats to human well-being as harmful as climate change. Nowadays, people observe roadkill accidents as a natural occurrence, hence no proper record or study has been taken especially in a remote area. Therefore, this study was carried out to properly record the roadkill incidents at different road types and time. Data were collected in two different time ranges for three months. The morning session runs from 8-11 a.m. and the afternoon session runs from 4-7 p.m. Two types of roads were selected which are Jeli-Gerik highway and the local road in the Jeli area with a total distance of 30 km. Parameters recorded during the survey were types of dead animals found on the road, type of road, location and time. A total of 21 road-kill incident cases were registered, with mammals accounting for 33%, reptiles for 33% followed by birds (23%) and the remainder was from amphibian species. By systematically compiling and recording the numbers of road-kill incidents, a huge amount of data could be generated. Thus, it will take a whole new level of roadkill observation, especially in the Jeli area for the purposes of wildlife tracking and monitoring
Titen: Kearifan Tempatan Masyarakat Jawa Ketika Menghadapi Bencana Alam
No full textMasyarakat Jawa adalah masyarakat yang telah lama wujud di Indonesia dan tergolong dalam salah satu kaum yang cukup besar di sana. Masyarakat Jawa telah lama dikenal sebagai masyarakat yang mempunyai budaya, kepercayaan, dan pengetahuan rohani yang tinggi yang dapat mengembangkan keharmonian antara dirinya dengan pencipta dan alam. Pengetahuan spiritual yang dimiliki oleh masyarakat Jawa dikenal sebagai Kejawen. Bencana alam adalah bencana yang tidak dapat dielakkan; namun, kedatangan mereka dapat diramalkan. Salah satu kearifan lokal orang Jawa adalah ilmu "titen," atau ilmu mengingat. Orang-orang Jawa dari zaman dahulu menggunakan pengetahuan ini untuk meramalkan berlakunya bencana. Orang-orang Jawa telah lama bersatu dengan alam dan dapat membaca tanda-tanda alam sebelum bencana berlaku. Pelbagai tanda semula jadi dapat dirasakan sebelum bencana, seperti letusan gunung berapi yang ditandai dengan turunnya haiwan, tanah runtuh yang ditandai dengan penggunaan tali, dan sebagainya. Kedatangan pandemi di suatu daerah dapat ditandai dengan komet di daerah tertentu, yang dikenal sebagai kemintang lintang. Walaupun kepercayaan terhadap tanda-tanda alam ini kelihatan tidak logik pada masa kini dengan teknologi moden, ia masih berlaku dan sesuai digunakan hari ini
The Role of Green Marketing Towards Purchase Intention among Malaysian Customers
No full textThis study investigates the relationship between green marketing strategies and customer purchase intention towards green products. The objective of the study is to examine the effectiveness of perceived green marketing in customers? purchase intention in Malaysia. The finding has been supported by the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) and the Affect-Reason- Involvement model (ARI). For this purpose, 500 questionnaires were distributed to customers in Giant and Econ Save. However, only 200 questionnaires were received without response bias. Thus, the overall response rate was 40%. This study was analyzed using the Structural Equation Model that comprised of factor loading analysis, discriminant analysis, and Goodness Model Fit. Findings of this study prove that there is a positive relationship between green marketing strategies and customers? purchase intention towards green products. Overall, these variables are important elements in influencing customers in making a purchase decision
The Influence of Organizational Culture on Employees\u27 Performance: Evidence from Oman
No full textIn a knowledge-based environment, the employee\u27s performance has remained a popular demand in all sectors. All types of organizations have realized that workplace value makes businesses flourish. The aim of this paper is to examine the role of organizational culture on an employee\u27s performance within the context of public sector organizations. Data were collected from 250 employees using a questionnaire based on a well-known and extensively used measurement tool developed by Wallach. From the result, two out of the three cultural dimensions identified in this study are found to have a significant positive influence on an employee\u27s performance. This paper contributes to the understanding of organizational culture by providing empirical evidence from a public sector organization in Oman. As a future research direction, we highlight the need for studies on cultural research to examine other types of culture applicable within the public sector domain using a larger sample
Satisfaction of Goals Attainment and Intention to Restructure among Malaysian SME Entrepreneurs?
No full textEntrepreneurs\u27 future directions such as intention to restructure may serve as an important indicator in ensuring sustainability and growth of entrepreneurial businesses. Based on the theoretical foundation of Entrepreneur\u27s Goals Attainment Theory, this research empirically investigates the influence of personal goals attainment on entrepreneurs? intentions to restructure. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from 285 conveniently selected Malaysian SME entrepreneurs. The Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analyses of data show that entrepreneurs\u27 attainment of intrinsic rewards, economic gains, goals, and level of education are significant and positively related to their intention to restructure. In contrast, it is found that the attainment of perceived autonomy goals and family goals do not have a relationship with the entrepreneurs\u27 intentions to restructure their businesses. The concluding part of this paper presents the study\u27s implications along with limitations and several future recommendations
Financial Performance of SMEs in Kota Bharu, Kelantan During the COVID-19 Pandemic
No full textThe study identified the financial performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, specifically during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. Financial performance is a new but popular topic in this globalisation era, particularly during the pandemic. The study examined four factors: technology cost, bank credit, employee cost, and economic, focusing on SMEs in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. The main objective is to identify vital factors affecting SMEs’ financial performance in Kota Bharu, Kelantan and the relationship between technology cost, bank credit, employee cost, and economic towards the financial performance. Significantly, the study benefits SME entrepreneurs and upcoming entrepreneurs to identify the factors affecting the financial performance of SMEs. The Trade-Off Theory (TOT) was used to explain the study model. Besides, simple random sampling was used with 66 valid responses from SMEs in Kota Bharu, Kelantan tested and analysed using Google Form questionnaires
The Effect of Microfinance Bank Services on Women Empowerment: The case for Women Entrepreneurs in Irbid, Jordan (SMEs)
No full textGenerally, women, entrepreneurs face problems in accessing funding due to factors that stem from cultural values, ??societal needs, family ties, illiteracy, gender discrimination, strict government policies, economic crisis, and the lack of training in entrepreneurship and skills acquisition that hinders entrepreneurial activities. This study was conducted to examine the impact of microfinance bank services in empowering female entrepreneurship in Irbid Governorate. The study used a cross-sectional survey research design consisting of 20,000 registered businesswomen. A total of 392 working women were selected using stratified sampling technique and the data was analysed using Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) with the help of SmartPLS3 software. The results showed that microfinance loans, microfinance savings, and financial interventions or donations had a significant, positive impact on empowering women\u27s businesses in Irbid, Jordan. The study concluded that microfinance deposits could elevate women’s income and act as a guarantee to obtain loans and other microfinance services. Consequently, microfinance institutions (MFIs) should empower more women-owned businesses. In addition, the government through the Central Bank of Jordan should reduce the interest rate of microfinance banks to attract more female entrepreneurs and create more microfinance bank plans and financial intervention packages to enhance financial services to ensure donations and funds reach women entrepreneurs
Unlocking Rural Economy Growth through Digital Economy: Study Of Online Payment Acceptance Among Rural Retailers In Kelantan.
No full textDigital economy has become an essential key to unlocking rural economic growth in Malaysia with the launch of the Malaysia Digital Economic Blueprint (MyDIGITAL) by the government in February 2021. Online payment is a vital component of the digital economy and should be feasible even in rural areas since more than 80% of rural households had access to mobile broadband in 2019. Nevertheless, many are still using cash-based payments to make purchases. Thus, this study aims to observe online payment acceptance, particularly in Kelantan, from the rural retailers’ perspective. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and User of Technology (UTAUT) was applied by observing three determinants of behavioural intention to adopt online payment and a quantitative research method, i.e. questionnaire distribution via social media (Facebook) to 384 respondents, was used. The results were analysed using descriptive analysis, reliability test, and Pearson’s correlation analysis. Among the three variables examined, only two significantly affected rural retailers’ behavioural intention to adopt online payment, namely security and performance expectancy. With this information, the government could prepare more targeted, proactive design interventions (e.g., training, marketing, etc.) for rural retailers who are reluctant to use online payment. Hopefully, this research can help online payment services offered in rural areas and the implementation of MyDIGITAL to unlock rural economic growth. Besides, the aim is to inspire future researchers to continue this study with more extensive and complex research.
A Reflexive Account of Microfinance Management Accounting: Ethnographic Experience in a Bangladeshi Village
No full textThe study employed the methodological approach of reflexive ethnography to analyse management accounting in microfinance. Research Objective: The study aims to present an illustration of reflexive ethnography and its application in investigating management accounting in an informal setting, specifically a rural village in Bangladesh. Method: The study used a reflexivity lens that presents a detailed account of the author’s personal doctoral journey in gaining access to and exploring the field, analysing field data, and overcoming challenges. Empirical Result: The study highlights how to overcome the barrier of ‘functional stupidity’ while examining (management) accounting, governance, and related issues in microfinance. Practical Implications: The contributions include enhancing the accounting and development literature which are dominated by functional paradigm. Moreover, alternative approaches were proposed, such as reflexive ethnography to recognise a more mundane form of management accounting and governanc
The Development of Personalised Training Needs Analysis for Malaysian Arts Culture Entrepreneurs (ACEs) Using Psychometric Approach
No full textEntrepreneurship training programmes (ETPs) are regularly regarded as one of the most effective approaches for training prospective and established entrepreneurs with critical entrepreneurial mastery. While numerous selected segments of the entrepreneurial community have undergone such ETPs successfully, a greenhorn segment of the creative economy industry known as the Malaysian arts culture entrepreneurs (ACEs) community is emerging. However, the current ETPs training needs analysis (TNA) instruments are considered too mainstream, disregarding the ACEs’ distinctive psychometric inventory, making the training process less appealing. As a result, this proposed study would update and improvise the current entrepreneurial psychometric assessment by capturing the psychometric inventory of ACEs that are distinct from the rest of the entrepreneurs’ community. This study will take a mixed-method approach. The proposed main study output is the ACE- Psychometric Inventory instrument, which could develop a personalised TNA that allows for more individualised ETPs content and delivery for ACEs. This paper concludes with discussions and implications of the researc