Investigating pupils’ perceptions of fieldwork approaches to history within the Malaysian integrated curriculum for secondary schools by Salleh, Mohamad Johdi, Mohamad, Baharom, Ambotang, Abdul Said

“…It is hoped that the findings of this study will enhance the teaching and learning of history through fieldwork as well as improving pupils’ overall academic performance. …”
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Impact of parallel projects management by Wani, Sharyar, Adam, Mutasim Elsadig, Abdullahi, Husein Osman, Ibrahim, Jamaludin

“…There seems to be a consensus that handling more than one project at a time is a challenge. The findings of this study show that most of project mangers suffer from the problem of change of focus from one project to another. …”
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Technological factors affecting knowledge sharing among academic staff in selected Malaysian higher educational institutions and the effect on performance by Supar, Norizah

“…Based on non-random, criterion, purposive sampling, three higher academic institutions from the Klang Valley area were selected to be included in the study. Findings from 194 respondents indicated that the technological factors of distributed model and presence of IT for knowledge sharing are positively related to knowledge sharing and that knowledge sharing is positively related to performance. …”
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Learning behaviours and motivation to learn in various cultural backgrounds by Hashim, Junaidah, Wok, Saodah

“…In total, 246 respondents from 13 countries participated in this study. The findings revealed that Hofstede cultural dimension holds true for power distance in an educational setting. …”
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Investigating key success factors in adopting knowledge management system by Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan, Othman, Roslina, Zakaria, Noor Azura

“…Results derived from the analysis show that the limitations to current KMS, inhibitors in terms of infrastructure and reluctance attitude and strategies have positively correlated with the successful of KMS implementation. These findings can be one of the insights to the organizations to embark on the strategies and guidelines prior to adopting the KMS.…”
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Therapeutic potential of the haruan (Channa striatus) : from food to medicinal uses by Mohd Shafri, Mohd. Affendi, Mat Jais, Abdul Manan

“…This review updates research findings on potential uses of Channa striatus, beyond the traditional prescription as a wound healer, pain reliever and energy booster to include its properties as a ACE-inhibitor, anti-depressant and neuroregenerative agent. …”
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The effects of sense of meaningfulness and teaching role attributes on work outcomes – using the insight of job characteristics model by Juhdi, Nurita, Abd Hamid, Ahmad Zohdi, Siddiq, Mohd Saeed

“…The results from the findings indicated that sense of meaningfulness mediated the relationships between teaching role attributes and the work outcomes. …”
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Internal human based threats and security controls in computerized banking systems: evidence from Malaysia by Zainol, Zaini, Puat Nelson, Sherliza, Malami, Abu Bakar

“…Since most major financial institutions operate in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, questionnaires were sent to some of these bank branches in Kuala Lumpur. Findings revealed that managers recognized the personal policies recruitment procedure, segregation of duties and physical access control as ways to mitigate risks of human security threats. …”
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IT alignment and firm performance in small manufacturing firms by Cragg, Paul, King, Malcolm, Hussin, Husnayati

“…This is consistent with findings in large firms and opens up possibilities for further study of IT alignment in small firms.…”
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Liquidity, initial public offering (ipo) long-term return and government ownership: Evidence from bursa malaysia ipo stocks by Ramlee, Roslily, Ali, Ruhani

“…The disperse ownership in the corporation and more well informed investors in the developed markets support their findings. On the other hand, the nature and behaviour of emerging stock markets such as Malaysia differ from the developed markets. …”
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Perception of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Klang Valley, Malaysia towards profit and loss sharing mode of financing by Ab. Manan, Siti Khadijah, Abdullah, Moha Asri

“…The study found a favourable finding in support of the scholars' view. The study proposes that PLS equity financing should be given premier attention by the respective bodies and agencies as current practices seldom offer this mode to businesses particularly smaller enterprises.…”
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Assessing policies for attracting international students: case of Malaysia by Tham,, Siew Yean, Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal, Alavi, Rokiah

“…The objective of this paper is to compare and assess the policy initiatives at the unilateral, multilateral, regional and bilateral level and their impact on the host environment which is defined in terms of the key pull factors that have attracted international students to Malaysia. The main findings show that domestic policy initiatives have enhanced the host environment for attracting international students by providing a governance system that protects the interests of international students through its regulations. …”
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Critical analysis of Shariah screening norms and practices by Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Abedeen, Zafar, Syed, Ahmed Salman

“…The researchers believe that the findings of the study will contribute to the enhancement of Shariah screening practice and will foster the sustainable growth of Islamic equity market.…”
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Identifying and ranking critical success factors of Nine Challenges in Malaysian Vision 2020 by Islam, Rafikul

“…The present paper intends to identify and rank the critical success factors of these nine challenges by applying Analytic Hierarchy Process. The findings are expected to provide valuable guidelines to the Malaysian government in course of developing effective action plans to achieve Vision 2020. …”
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Faktor-faktor penentu stress dalam kalangan guru: Sekolah Rendah Mubaligh di Kuala Lumpur by Jumahat, Tajulashikin, Mohd Noor, Fazura, Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan

“…The data is analyzed by using both descriptive and inferential statistics (Independent t-test, one-way ANOVA test and Multiple Regression). The finding indicated that the stress level among respondents was at a moderate level. …”
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The relationship between spirituality and leader’s effectiveness: a perspective from the Holy Qur’an by Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza, Sulaiman, Mohamed, Naysary, Babak, Rashed, Nayal

“…The results show that leaders' level of spirituality influences the leaders' effectiveness, where one dimension of Spirituality, that is Belief, was found to predicate business leadership effectiveness. In the light of findings of present research several recommendations are made to improve the Spirituality of leaders within the organizational culture.…”
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Language learning strategies of English for specific purposes students at a public university in Malaysia by Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail, Ismail, Yusof, Esa, Zaleha, Muhamad, Ainon Jariah

“…Their learning strategies were investigated based on the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) (Oxford, 1990). The findings of the study indicated that the students from the different degree programmes differed in the use of LLS. …”
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Voluntary disclosure in Malaysian corporate annual reports: views of stakeholders by Mohd Ghazali, Nazli Anum

“…Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structured interviews were held with twenty-seven market participants in Malaysia to elicit opinions on issues related to voluntary information disclosure. Findings – Analysis of interview responses revealed that factors influencing voluntary disclosure in annual reports include the quality of management, gaining analyst trust and promoting company shares, good news versus bad news, the existence of other channel of communication, governance structure and market forces. …”
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The Big society's new public sphere? faith after community cohesion by Ahmad, Khairil Izamin

“…Seen from the lenses of post-Marxist discourse analysis, particularly through the deployment of the logics of critical explanation, this paper finds few points of divergence in between the approaches of New Labour and the coalition government. …”
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Analysis of SNS popularity from different perspectives among users by Shaikh, Muniba, Dar, Humaira, Shah, Asadullah

“…This indicate that male professional out number than female users for the same age groups (34-45). Overall findings show that female users are 66% and rest 34% are male users for all four social networks that were analyzed in this research work. …”
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