Behavioural adaptation of Malay families and housing modification of terrace houses in Malaysia by Abdul Rahim, Zaiton, Hashim, Ahmad Hariza

“…The study uses case studies of 11 Malay families living in the three-bedroom two-storey terrace houses in two urban locations in Malaysia. Findings indicate that behavioural adaptation resulted in changes in some aspects of the Malay culture and housing modifications provided a more supportive living environment but have adverse effects on individual family and housing community due to the constraints of the terrace housing design. …”
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Accounting educators' perception on teaching ethics in the accounting curriculum by Win, Yin Yin, Ismail, Suhaiza, Fatima, Abdul Hamid

“…Consistent with prior Western studies, this study finds that accounting educators agree on the importance of ethics education to satisfy the profession’s needs. …”
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Meaning in life among Muslim students by Mohamad, Mardiana, Abd. Razak, Abdul latif, Olagoke, Salami Mutiu

“…With the use of a semi-structured interview that lasted for 12-25 minutes for each participant, six themes emerged from the transcribed data. Findings reveal that Muslim students perceive that having a close relationship with God and serving His purpose helps them to perceive life to be meaningful.. …”
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Malaysian Judicial Appointment Process: An Overview of the Reform by Shuaib, Farid Sufian

“…To make matter worse for this executive dominance, a commission of enquiry found that parties that should not have a say in judicial appointment managed to drown the Chief Justice’s voice in proposing names of candidates to the Prime Minister. The finding of this commission compelled the government to form a Judicial Appointment Commission in improving the independence,integrity and accountability of the judiciary. …”
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Organizational justice as a determinant of organizational commitment and intention to leave by Hassan, Arif

“…This paper presents the findings of a study, which investigated how perception of equity and justice played an important role in employees' commitment to the organization and intent to leave. …”
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Inverse parameter identification of elastic and inelastic constitutive material models by Hrairi, Meftah

“…Formulating the complete description of a material behavior includes finding the numerical values of parameters involved in its constitutive equations [I]. …”
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Spam e-mail: how Malaysian e-mail users deal with it? by Bujang, Yanti Rosmunie, Hussin, Husnayati

“…A survey was conducted to understand how Malaysian individual perceived spam and what they actually do with the spam e-mail they received in their daily life. The findings indicate that the level of awareness on spam issue in action is still low and need some extra effort by government and relevant agencies to increase their level of awareness.…”
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Panel data analysis of Malaysian listed banks on corporate gevernance and risk by Adnan, Muhamad Akhyar, Ab. Rashid, Hafiz-Majdi, Mydin Meera, Ahamed Kameel, Htay, Sheila Nu Nu

“…The study applies the agency theory. All findings except director ownership are in line with theoretical expectation. …”
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Use of technology, job characteristics and work outcomes: a case of UNITAR instructors by Juhdi, Nurita, Abu Samah, Ainon Jauhariah, Saad, Hanita Sarah

“…Discussion and recommendation were made based on the survey findings.…”
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Assessment of residential satisfaction with public housing in Hulhumale', Maldives by Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Azim, Mohamed

“…This paper assesses the residential satisfaction with public housing in Hulhumale’, Maldives, on physical features and service provision within the housing unit, public facilities and the social environment within the housing area and their contributions to residents’ overall housing satisfaction. The findings show that a majority of the residents are only slightly satisfied, though satisfaction levels were generally higher for services provided and public facilities, compared to satisfaction with physical space within the housing unit and the social environment within the housing area. …”
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Assessment of residential satisfaction with public housing in Hulhumale’, Maldives by Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Azim, Mohamed

“…This paper assesses the residential satisfaction with public housing in Hulhumale’, Maldives, on physical features and service provision within the housing unit, public facilities and the social environment within the housing area and their contributions to residents’ overall housing satisfaction. The findings show that a majority of the residents are only slightly satisfied, though satisfaction levels were generally higher for services provided and public facilities, compared to satisfaction with physical space within the housing unit and the social environment within the housing area. …”
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The problems of learning the Arabic verbal system among the Malay learners in Malaysian Universities by Ali, Asem Shehadeh Saleh

“…The conclusion and recommendations are made based on the findings of this study with the aim of helping students in the learning of the target language. …”
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The people’s Dataran: celebrating historic square as a potential temporary market space by Zakariya, Khalilah, Harun, Nor Zalina

“…From employing methods of observations, mapping and interviews, the findings from this paper reveal how locating temporary market activity at Dataran Merdeka might activate this historic square as a lively social space while tapping into the existing event culture. …”
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Integrating GIS and AHP for land suitability analysis for urban development in a secondary city of Bangladesh by Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Ali, Mohammad Mahmud

“…Thus, this paper develops a framework for integrating the strengths of GIS and the AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) to incorporate the decision maker's preferences on a range of factors in finding areas/ land suitable for urban development in a secondary city of Bnagladesh. …”
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Expatriate development for Asia-Pacific: a study of training contents and methods by Osman-Gani, Aahad M., Tan, Wee-Liang

“…This paper presents the empirical findings of a study on the relative importance of several training content areas that are crucial for managers to succeed in overseas assignments in the Asia-Pacific region. …”
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The impact of customer satisfaction on purchase intention in Malaysian takaful industry by Abu Hassan, Lailatul Faizah, Wan Jusoh, Wan Jamaliah, Hamid, Zarinah

“…It is expected that findings from this study will contribute to the existing literature to both theoretical and managerial approaches in order to better understand the pattern of customer satisfaction and purchase intention in Takaful industry settings.…”
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Space and sociability: mapping Melbourne’s City Square by Zakariya, Khalilah, Harun, Nor Zalina, Mansor, Mazlina

“…This study employs spatial analysis to examine the relationships between the square’s physical characteristics with people’s activities. The findings reveal that square designs ought to meet evolving social, physical and environmental needs to cater for future requirements and lifestyles.…”
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Barriers of adopting environmental management practices in the micro and small island chalets operation by Jamaludin, Mariam, Yusof, Zeenat Begam

“…This study is applying the quantitative and qualitative approach. The finding shows that lack of green products is the most salient barrier. …”
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Sources of TFP growth in the Malaysian Islamic banking sector by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…During the period of study, the empirical findings suggest that the Malaysian Islamic banking sector has exhibited productivity progress during the earlier years before declining during the latter years. …”
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Teachers’ interpretations on Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) in the inter-cultural English language classroom by Abdullah, Liza

“…This paper explores the interpretations of teachers on the methodology through interviews for data collection. The findings on how teachers feel about the implementation of the methodology in line with their expectations on students at the end of a semester were presented. …”
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