Determining climate in a new primary school by Rohani Ahmad.

“…Their responses towards curriculum and instruction, school administration and management and relationship with parents gave an indication of the existing climate in the school. Many of the findings point to a positive school climate. The information gained through the analyses was used to make recommendations for meaningful change.…”
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Effect of lubrication on the nano-structure of soft metals by Peh, Jasper Jun Ming

“…Similar experiments will be conducted with varying imprinting forces and lubrication concentration to determine the optimum parameters in the fabrication process. Preliminary findings suggest some correlation in the use of the lubrication to the improvement of nanowires fabricated.…”
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Attracting the right people in an IT labor-scarce economy : a study of Singapore and Philippine recruitment advertisements and strategies. by Guevarra, Monalou S.

“…Amidst increasing global IT labor shortage problems, organizations in Southeast Asia and the rest of the world are finding it more difficult to fill job vacancies for information technology (IT) related functions that require a new skills-set necessary for global competitiveness and growth. …”
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Emigration attitudes : perceived needs of parents and national identity by Nagashima, Aki

“…In this study undergraduate subjects were recruited as part of their course bonus point’s accumulation programme. The findings were that the perceived high financial needs of the parents resulted in participants having a greater desire to be overseas. …”
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Is Ying Chou an act of corruption? : An exploratory study of Ying Chou and the multidimensionality of Taiwanese female’s perception and judgement of Ying Chou in Taiwan. by Liew, Shi Min.

“…Also, the study adopted five dimensions from Sousa (2008) study to evaluate their opinions regarding Ying Chou (on whether Ying Chou is an act of corruption) from their interview transcripts. Findings revealed that Ying Chou is not deemed as an act of corruption according to the female interviewees. …”
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The call to complain : antecedents to complaint behaviour (telecommunications industry). by Lim, An Qi., Ng, Shi Hui., Tan, Ming Hui.

“…The research scope was narrowed to the telecommunication industry based on the findings. As the local telecommunication market approaches saturation point, the competition between players intendify, increasing the importance of customer service and customer retention rate as the players grab market share from each other.…”
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Understanding Buddhist environmentalism in Singapore : explaining how religious ideas motivate environmental action. by Quek, Ri An.

“…The analysis also includes the influence of local socio-political conditions. Findings suggest that young Buddhists’ knowledge and awareness of environmental concern is not a guarantee of actual action. …”
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Dimensions of perfectionism and contingencies of self-worth in differential outcomes related to perfectionism. by Lee, Kit Ying.

“…Results demonstrated that PSP correlated with both internal and external domains of CSW while ECP correlated only with external domains of CSW. Our findings showed that individuals high in personal standards perfectionism were vulnerable to basing their self-worth on successes and failures in external domains of contingencies. …”
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Impact of Beijing Hukou on non-Beijinger talents working in Beijing. by Sun, Peiyi.

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Relationship between emotional intelligence and past involvement in co-curricular activity by Tamrin, Adzim Khairunnashier

“…The results suggest that, during secondary school years, participants who were in student associations is correlated to a significantly higher level of EI in later years than participants who took up sports as their CCA. Findings in this study are discussed in reference to the investment model of EI development and the Intentional Change Theory (ICT), followed by limitations faced in this study and directions for future research.…”
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Civility in public spaces : a case study of MRT trains in Singapore. by Seto, Winifred.

“…To this end, participant observations and in-depth narrative interviews were carried out to analyze the (i) the boundaries of (in)civilities, (ii) responses towards uncivil behaviour, and (iii) how incivilities are disciplined. Through its findings, this study reveals the impact of the gaze, now extended by technology, has far-reaching effects on the ways commuters discipline their body according to the space around them.…”
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Understanding rising singlehood through the changing realities of young singles in Singapore – the confounding challenges to courtship and marriage. by Lee, Si Ting.

“…The respondents expressed positive attitudes towards marriage and spoke about their marriage expectations as well as the difficulties in finding a marriage partner today.…”
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Curtain call : a final bow for the traditional arts. by Chen, Shanshan., Khew, Carolyn Jin-Ny., Koh, Valerie Swee Fang.

“…Curtain Call explores the challenges that today's traditional artists battle on a daily basis, from making a living to finding a successor to hand over the ropes to. In the face of these challenges, many have taken to modernise their art forms, to the dismay of traditional arts purists. …”
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Providing electricity supply to houses in rural areas (Project B) by Lum, Kenneth Chi Wah.

“…As in-depth study of the methodology, topology, simulation, calculation, proofing of concept, analyzing data and results finding are also presented. Specifically, the research of the inverter and solar tracking device are addressed in detail. …”
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Segmentation of liver tumor from CT images by La, Cam Chung

“…Finally, a new semi-automatic method is proposed to improve liver tumor segmentation by finding out the ribcage curves on every CT slice, using the rib bone traces. …”
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Strategic decision making in banks in Singapore by Goh, Kwang Yong, Yang, Pik Wei

“…Fifty-seven managers from 49 banks responded. Findings suggest that strategic rationality or formal analysis which is much stressed in research and teaching in the strategic management field is perhaps detrimental to performance of fully-licensed banks in Singapore. …”
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A study of the expectation gap regarding fraud detection by Ang, Lay Hian, Chua, Hui Hoon, Tan, Teresa Tsai Lin

“…We analysed and compared our findings from our survey and available literature to draw our own conclusions and to suggest some recommendations for bridging the gap.…”
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Aging and the self : perceptions of the aging process and one's body on the development of the self among Singaporean seniors by Khrisha Chatterji

“…Unlike their Western counterparts, findings suggest that Singaporean seniors tend to be accepting of the aging process and are willing to deal with the changes that come with aging.…”
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Gendered experiences among strength athletes in Singapore by Chng, Ivan Oon Wei

“…Negotiating gender within strength sports becomes a complex issue right from the start when female athletes decide to participate, as connotations of masculinity is imbued into notions of strength and subsequent muscle gains. The findings will show how athletes make sense of and redefine what it means to be strong and muscular through in-depth interviews with 16 strength athletes in Singapore. …”
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Quality management : does it really pay? by Bukoh, Seng Khoon, Tan, Choon Huat, Toh, Choon Boon

“…The final portion of the text summarizes the findings of the Chi-Square as well as the Student T tests conducted, before concluding that there exists a positive relationship between TQM and common stock performance.…”
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