Hiring woman as leader in an organization a risk?: a case of Malaysian takaful company / Affiaine Ahmad, Zuriah Abdul Rahman
The main purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship of commitment, management, attitude and risk of hiring women as a leader. This empirical study focuses on Malaysian Takaful Companies. The study utilized a survey approach which involved 150 respondents. The sample for this study was draw...
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| description | The main purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship of commitment, management, attitude and risk of hiring women as a leader. This empirical study focuses on Malaysian Takaful Companies. The study utilized a survey approach which involved 150 respondents. The sample for this study was drawn from urban population in Klang Valley. Findings showed that all factors have no significant relationship with the hiring of women. Future studies
could include other factors such as cultural, economic circumstances, learning, media and information system as independent variables. The study has provided a basis understanding on women credibility of Malaysian Takaful companies. The findings of this paper also have several implications, which would undoubtedly benefits the Takaful companies to bring innovation management into the organization while at the same time making them to realize the equal potential of workers in Malaysian Takaful companies. |
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| spelling | oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:193012019-03-12T03:31:02Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19301/ Hiring woman as leader in an organization a risk?: a case of Malaysian takaful company / Affiaine Ahmad, Zuriah Abdul Rahman jeeir Abdul Rahman, Zuriah Leadership in women The main purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship of commitment, management, attitude and risk of hiring women as a leader. This empirical study focuses on Malaysian Takaful Companies. The study utilized a survey approach which involved 150 respondents. The sample for this study was drawn from urban population in Klang Valley. Findings showed that all factors have no significant relationship with the hiring of women. Future studies could include other factors such as cultural, economic circumstances, learning, media and information system as independent variables. The study has provided a basis understanding on women credibility of Malaysian Takaful companies. The findings of this paper also have several implications, which would undoubtedly benefits the Takaful companies to bring innovation management into the organization while at the same time making them to realize the equal potential of workers in Malaysian Takaful companies. Faculty of Business Management, UiTM Puncak Alam 2014-05 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19301/2/AJ_AFFIAINE%20AHMAD%20JOEEAIR%2014.pdf Hiring woman as leader in an organization a risk?: a case of Malaysian takaful company / Affiaine Ahmad, Zuriah Abdul Rahman. (2014) Journal of Emerging Economies and Islamic Research (JEEIR) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Emerging_Economies_and_Islamic_Research_=28JEEIR=29/>, 2 (2). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2289 - 2559 http://www.jeeir.com |
| spellingShingle | Leadership in women Abdul Rahman, Zuriah Hiring woman as leader in an organization a risk?: a case of Malaysian takaful company / Affiaine Ahmad, Zuriah Abdul Rahman |
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case of Malaysian takaful company / Affiaine Ahmad, Zuriah Abdul Rahman |
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| title_short | Hiring woman as leader in an organization a risk?: a
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| title_sort | hiring woman as leader in an organization a risk a case of malaysian takaful company affiaine ahmad zuriah abdul rahman |
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