Business strategy, leadership styles and performance of Takaful firms
Insurance represents an important business segment in the Malaysian economy.In particular, the takaful firms are viewed to play a key role in Malaysian insurance industry.Despite the importance of takaful firms, the literature reveals research on takaful firms remained limited as well as neglected.M...
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| author | Hashim, Mohd Khairuddin Zakaria, Mustafa Hashim, Abdul Jalil |
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| description | Insurance represents an important business segment in the Malaysian economy.In particular, the takaful firms are viewed to play a key role in Malaysian insurance industry.Despite the importance of takaful firms, the literature reveals research on takaful firms remained limited as well as neglected.More specifically, a review of the business literature in Malaysia reveals that very few studies have attempted to determine the relationships between business strategy, leadership styles and performance of takaful firms.This study attempts to address this research issue.The data for the study was collected from 196 Takaful Agency Leaders by using mail questionnaires.Results of the study indicate significant positive relationships between business strategy, leadership styles and performance of the takaful firms. |
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| spelling | uum-163012016-04-18T04:09:06Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/16301/ Business strategy, leadership styles and performance of Takaful firms Hashim, Mohd Khairuddin Zakaria, Mustafa Hashim, Abdul Jalil HD28 Management. Industrial Management Insurance represents an important business segment in the Malaysian economy.In particular, the takaful firms are viewed to play a key role in Malaysian insurance industry.Despite the importance of takaful firms, the literature reveals research on takaful firms remained limited as well as neglected.More specifically, a review of the business literature in Malaysia reveals that very few studies have attempted to determine the relationships between business strategy, leadership styles and performance of takaful firms.This study attempts to address this research issue.The data for the study was collected from 196 Takaful Agency Leaders by using mail questionnaires.Results of the study indicate significant positive relationships between business strategy, leadership styles and performance of the takaful firms. 2013-12-11 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/16301/1/5.pdf Hashim, Mohd Khairuddin and Zakaria, Mustafa and Hashim, Abdul Jalil (2013) Business strategy, leadership styles and performance of Takaful firms. In: Conference on Business Management Research 2013, December 11, 2013, EDC, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok. |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Hashim, Mohd Khairuddin Zakaria, Mustafa Hashim, Abdul Jalil Business strategy, leadership styles and performance of Takaful firms |
| title | Business strategy, leadership styles and performance of Takaful firms |
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| title_short | Business strategy, leadership styles and performance of Takaful firms |
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| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/16301/1/5.pdf |
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