Career advancement barriers in Malaysian federal public service by Azmi, A.G., Syed Ismail, S.H., Basir, S.A.

“…This paper aims to identify subjective discrimination and barriers to career advancement in Malaysian federal public service especially for Muslim women. From purposive sampling technique on eight federal ministries, the rate of response is 43 percent. …”
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Women career advancement in public service: A study in Indonesia by Abdul Ghani Azmi, I., Syed Ismail, S.H., Basir, S.A.

“…There are lots of facilities provided by the Indonesian public service to the Muslim women public servant to ease the effect of working on their families such as child care, job sharing, flexible hours, longer maternity leave and working from home. …”
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Competency-based human resource practices in Malaysian public sector organizations by Azmi, I.A.G.

“…Malaysian public service started to use competency-based human resource practices at the end of year 2002 as the response to increase the level of service quality. …”

Public sector reform in Malaysia – addressing the inequalities? by Wan Abdullah, N.R.

“…As the role of government changed from direct intervention to an indirect and supportive one the public sector was called for reforms to enable it to perform its new and emerging roles effectively. The public service responded by introducing new reform measures, the major reform being the privatization policy which falls within the New Public Management (NPM) framework. …”
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Development and distortion of Malaysian public-private partnerships - patronage, privatised profits and pitfalls by Beh, Loo See

“…Issues associated with inadequate regulatory frameworks, control, accountability and poorly managed risks, demonstrate that much more effective reforms are required to reduce further pitfalls, to protect public interests and to uphold the integrity of the public service and government. The adoption of a transparent procurement and evaluation system will be a challenging task if public and investor confidence is to be built up and strategic partnerships in the complex web of governance and administrative relationships in the governance of PPPs are to be developed effectively. …”

Emotional intelligence, job satisfaction and organisational performance in the Malaysian public administration by Supramaniam, Suganthi, Singaravelloo, Kuppusamy

“…Nevertheless, the public service in Malaysia is seen to be less competitive as it only ranks 24th in the World Competitiveness Report in 2017, has worsened from its 12th position in 2014. …”

Do be Malay(Sian): 8TV’S fantasy and the Malay other by Lee, Luqman

“…In August 2011, Malaysian television station 8TV’s three Ramadan public service announcements (PSA) garnered shocked responses from Malaysian Chinese viewers nationwide for their presumably ethno-condescending overtones. …”

Preliminary insights: Isomorphism and effectiveness of performance auditing issues follow-up by Umor, Sarimah, Zakaria, Zarina, Sulaiman, Nor Adwa, Kutty, Rasheed Mohamed

“…Since audit recommendations are not fully implemented, repetitive issues are being disclosed to the public which at the end create public service performance dissatisfaction. Lack of follow-up may cause a problem to measure the real value and impact of performance audit. …”

The role of country governance on value-added tax and inequality by Chan, Sok Gee, Ramly, Zulkufly

“…Therefore, we conclude that better institutions improve the tax collection and public service delivery, which is a crucial element in achieving the economic objective of narrowing the income gap between the wealthy and the poor. …”

Microcredit for rural poverty alleviation and social well-being: A study of Sabah, Malaysia by Wahab, Haris Abd, Bunyau, William, Rezaul Islam, M.

“…AIM microcredit schemes were successful in improving the well-being of AIM recipients, although the recipients faced a number of problems, including unemployment, lack of education, and access to public services and healthcare facilities. The findings of this study represent a useful guideline to the AIM authority, development practitioners, policymakers, and governmental organization and non-governmental organization workers.…”

Corruption and Good Governance: An Analysis of ASEAN's E-Governance Experience by Rubasundram, Geetha A., Rasiah, Rajah

“…A key motive of the Association is to transfer government and public services onto a technology platform, termed e-government. …”

Economic and Social Well-Being of Asian Labour Migrants: A Literature Review by Reza, Md Mohsin, Subramaniam, Thirunaukarasu, Islam, M. Rezaul

“…The review results showed that despite some opportunities, the migrant workers had lack of job security, poor salary, long working hours, low access to the public services, poor health, poor living and working conditions, lack of legal rights, and physical and mental threats towards their economic and social well-being. …”

Deconstructing the palm oil industry narrative in indonesia: Evidence from Riau province by Tyson, Adam, Varkkey, Helena, Choiruzzad, Shofwan Al Banna

“…From the authors’ observations in Riau province, there is a mismatch between the national narrative of palm oil as a force for good and the conspicuous underinvestment in public services and infrastructure, which undermines the legitimacy of some palm oil industry claims. …”

Embedded Librarianship in Research in Nigerian Universities: Practices and Sources of Practice Knowledge by Inuwa, Samaila, Abrizah, Abdullah

“…Six themes that emerged from the embedding practices are (a) doing research and publishing papers; (b) being editor of a national journal/reviewing manuscripts of publication; (c) managing the life cycle of data; (d) disseminating research output; (e) providing scholarly publication service and bibliometrics analysis; and (f) conducting research method course. …”