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Factors influencing environmental awareness among Malaysian Public University students
Get PDFThe aim of this paper is to investigate factors influencing environmental awareness among Malaysian public university students. Factors such as attitude, behaviour, knowledge and practices were focused in this research. A survey was carried out by involving 51 respondents who were selected randomly. The respondents were students of a public university from the northern region. Data was collected from the respondents by distributing the questionnaires through emails. Knowledge was found to be the most contributing factor towards environmental awareness among Malaysian public university students. Knowledge was also the most influencing factor towards environmental awareness among Malaysian public university students and it had a significant relationship toward environmental awareness with the value of β=0.445, r=0.626, p˂0.00. Environmental awareness is very important for all humans, especially students because a lot of environmental issues are emerging which could threaten existence of humanity in this world. [Abstract by author
Open University Malaysia (OUM) : The Path Travelled (2000 – 2020) & The Way Forward (2021 – 2030) - Issues, Challenges, Opportunities
Get PDFMoving forward into the 3rd decade since its establishment, Open University
Malaysia (OUM) was established with the core mission of knowledge
globalization utilizing the open and distance learning (ODL) concept. The
initiative of this research paper is to identify the issues and challenges faced
by the organization in the aspect of their new media marketing methods as it
continues to operate in a dynamic and borderless world of advancing digital
communication technologies. Target samples of the OUM alumni, OUM new
learners and the general public could only be approached through online
questionnaires due to the onset of the country’s Movement Control Order
(MCO) ruling during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is still in-force since
18th March 2020. The final analysis will identify the strengths and weaknesses
of OUM’s current online digital marketing communication strategies, and also
introduce new media improvements and opportunities that should be
considered by the university to enhance their corporate communications and
marketing strategies for greater brand awareness and business economics. (Abstract by author
Determinants of Work from Home Productivity among Higher Education Institutions Employees during Covid-19 Pandemic in Malaysia
No full textDeterminants of entrepreneurial intention among school students in Malaysia: An empirical study
No full textThis study investigated the determinants of entrepreneurial intention, namely entrepreneurial self-efficacy, risk propensity, innovativeness, tolerance to ambiguity, individualism, collectivism and power distance and also the mediating effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy among school students in Malaysia. A questionnaire survey was used to collect the data, and purposive sampling was employed. A total of 351 students from the state of Johor, Malaysia, were involved and this study used Smart-PLS 3.0 to analyze the data. The results showed that collectivism and power distance had an insignificant relationship with entrepreneurial intention. Meanwhile, entrepreneurial self-efficacy was found to have a partial mediating effect on the relationship between risk propensity and entrepreneurial intention. (Abstract by authors
Tahap Kecerdasan Emosi dan Kepuasan Kerja dalam Kalangan Penjawat Awam di Kota Kinabalu : Satu Tinjauan Awal
Get PDFKajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti tahap psikologi dan prestasi kerja penjawat awam. Selain itu, kajian ini juga bertujuan mengenal pasti tahap kecerdasan emosi dan kepuasan kerja dalam kalangan penjawat awam di Malaysia. Pemboleh ubah kajian ini adalah kecerdasan emosi, kepuasan kerja serta jantina. Seramai 200 orang responden pelbagai gred jawatan dalam perkhidmatan awam terlibat dalam kajian ini. Pemerolehan data menggunakan teknik persampelan rawak mudah. Manakala reka bentuk kajian ini adalah bentuk deskriptif jenis tinjauan. Data-data mentah diproses menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan inferensi dengan berbantukan perisian SPSS versi 23. Statistik yang digunakan adalah min, peratus, sisihan piawaian dan Ujian t. Dapatan kajian akan dibincangkan secara empirikal berdasarkan hasil ujian statistik dan setiap satunya akan dipaparkan dalam bentuk jadual dan graf. Di akhir kajian ini nanti akan dikemukakan cadangan –cadangan kajian masa depan. Cadangan adalah berdasarkan dapatan hasil kajian yang dilaksanakan yang akan memberi gambaran yang lebih jelas kepada pengkaji-pengkaji akan datang untuk menjalankan kajian dalam bidang yang sama. (Abstract by author
Penggunaan Bahasa Melayu dalam Kalangan Jurulatih Undang-undang Kepolisian di Pusat Latihan Polis Segamat
Get PDFKajian ini dijalankan bertujuan untuk meningkatkan keberkesanan dalam kaedah proses pembelajaran asas undang- undang kepolisian dalam kalangan peserta kursus Program Latihan Asas Kepolisan (PLAK) PULAPOL Segamat. Kajian ini juga dijalankan untuk mengenalpasti segala kelemahan-kelemahan yang perlu diperbaiki sepanjang proses pembelajaran serta mempertingkatkan kualiti kursus dalam bidang undang-undang. Berdasarkan keputusan ujian penilaian asas undang-undang yang di jalankan terhadap pelatih-pelatih kursus asas konstabel pada Jan 2020, saya dapati keputusan tersebut tidak mencapai tahap yang memuaskan. Melalui kajian ini saya dapat merumuskan, terdapat beberapa kelemahan yang diperolehi sepanjang proses pembelajaran. PDRM perlu merangka beberapa kaedah yang boleh memperbaiki segala kelemahan yang terdapat semasa proses pembelajaran tersebut. Proses pembelajaran asas undang-undang ini disampaikan dengan menggunakan bahasa Melayu kepada pelatih-pelatih konstabel yang berlatar belakangkan pelbagai kaum. Yang pastinya, pengguanan bahasa Melayu bukan menjadi satu punca kepada kelemahan dalam proses pembelajaran undang-undang tersebut. Pelatih-pelatih yang berlatar belakangkan bukan Melayu seperti pelatih berbangsa India, Iban, Cina, dan Bajau tidak menjadi halangan atau masalah semasa proses pembelajaran tersebut dari segi penggunaan bahasa Melayu. Pelatih-pelatih bukan Melayu kebanyakkannya dapat berkomunikasi yang baik dalam bahasa Melayu. Kaji selidik telah dilakukan terhadap pelatih-pelatih serta jurulatih-jurulatih yang mengajar dan segala data-data telah dikumpul untuk menjadi rujukan dalam proses penambahbaikan. Semoga kajian ini, sedikit sebanyak dapat memberi gambaran bahawa proses pembelajaran asas undang-undang kepolisian di PULAPOL Segamat perlu ditambah baik bagi mempertingkatkan kualiti latihan PDRM. (Abstract by author
Perkembangan dan Penerimaan Pendekatan Keagamaan dalam Pemulihan Banduan di Penjara Malaysia
Get PDFPendekatan keagamaan semakin diterima pakai dalam modul pemulihan di institusi-institusi penjara di seluruh dunia termasuk Malaysia. Program Halaqah merupakan salah satu modul pemulihan dengan menggunakan pendekatan agama di dalam Pelan Pembangunan Insan (PPI) yang diperkenalkan oleh Jabatan Penjara Malaysia (JPM). Selain itu, terdapat juga program agama sampingan yang dianjurkan oleh JPM dan juga sukarelawan yang terdiri daripada agensi kerajaan, NGO, dan IPT. Oleh itu, kajian ini dilakukan untuk mengenal pasti penerimaan dan impak pendekatan agama dalam pemulihan banduan. Reka bentuk kajian tinjauan digunakan dengan menggunakan metode soal selidik bagi mengenal pasti penerimaan dan keberkesanan modul keagamaan yang dilaksanakan dengan melibatkan 1286 orang banduan sebagai responden yang dipilih secara persampelan mudah. Hasil kajian mendapati, penerimaan banduan terhadap keseluruhan program keagamaan adalah baik. Melalui analisis T-test Pairs menunjukkan program keagamaan yang dilaksanakan memberi perubahan yang ketara terhadap nilai penghayatan agama para banduan. Oleh demikian usaha pihak JPM dalam memperkasakan program keagamaan dalam pemulihan banduan harus diteruskan dan ditambah baik dari masa ke semasa agar matlamat pemulihan banduan bukan sahaja berjaya malah perubahan tingkah laku positif banduan lebih bersifat lestari sekali gus mengurangkan kes residivis atau kes banduan berulang. (Abstract by authors
Antecedents of Student Loyalty in Open and Distance Learning Institutions: An Empirical Analysis
No full textThe purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between factors leading to student loyalty
in open and distance learning universities. Specifically, this research explores the relationship
between perceived service quality, perceived e-service quality, and university image as mediators of
student loyalty in Open University Malaysia (OUM). Data were collected from 16 OUM learning
centres throughout Malaysia. A purposive stratified convenience sampling technique was applied and
a sample size of 752 respondents was obtained. The data indicated that perceived service quality has a
positive and significant relationship with both university image and student loyalty. Similarly, it was
found that perceived e-service quality has a positive significant relationship with both university
image and student loyalty. University image acted as a mediator both in the relationship between
perceived service quality and student loyalty, and in the relationship between perceived e-service
quality and student loyalty. (Abstract by authors
Mental Health Issues among Mammographic Patients of Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru
Get PDFAssessment of mental health among the patients undergoing breast cancer examinations constitutes a very crucial aspect. In the present study, a total of 150 female patients were analyzed for depression, anxiety and stress based on their age, ethnicity, waiting period of the mammographic examination results and the mammographic results. On this basis, nine hypotheses were proposed for the following study. Robust analysis on each hypothesis was successfully performed using the data acquired from psychometric assessments of the female patients. The data includes the state of mental health ranging from a scale of 1 – 5 (Normal – chronic respectively), was analyzed using ONE – WAY ANOVA statistical tool. Dependent variables such as age, waiting period and mammographic results were compared against each of the factors depression, anxiety and stress. The research provided an overview of depression, anxiety and stress among the patients who were examined. Thus, hypothesis four, five and six were rejected, implying that there are significant differences between the occurrences of depression, anxiety and stress and its paramount correlation with the different age groups of patients. The middle-aged patients of the age group 41 – 50 years old suffered from mild to moderate levels of depression, anxiety and stress (mean value < 3) during the mammographic examinations, with more patients experiencing anxiety (2.30 ± 0.21) followed by stress (3.34 ± 0.24), and depression (2.68 ± 0.21). (Abstract by author
The Application of the Constitutional Convention in Malaysia
Get PDFIn Malaysia, there is no one institution that can outdo the supremacy of the Federal Constitution. Even the three
government bodies that refer to the power separation doctrine which is the legislative, judiciary and executive
bodies even the Yang di-Pertuan Agong are under this Federal Constitution. The constitution can be divided into
two, written and non-written constitution. The written constitution is the form of constitution that is gathered and
arranged in one document. The non-written counterpart encompasses all of the constitutional principles not
compiled in one document such as the law endorsed by the Parliament and the verdicts of the court such as in the
United Kingdom. Other than the constitution, there are certain practices that are thought to be part of the
principles of the constitution. This is known as the Constitutional Convention or the customary practice of the
Constitution. Constitutional convention is a non-legislative practice and it is similar to the political ethics and not
enforced in court. Although it seems trivial, it is important for this practice to be complied with, otherwise it is
difficult for the constitution to work successfully as the constitutional convention cannot be brought to court and
forced to be obeyed. Thus, the discussion of this article rests on the constitutional convention in terms of the
social contract, the appointment of the Prime Minister, the appointment of the country’s main positions and
collective responsibility. (Abstract by authors