Malaysia SMEs Award Winners’ Environmental Scanning Practice by Hamedon, Siti Rohimi

“…Implications of the findings in theory and practice for SMEs owner managers and practitioners are also discussed. …”
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The peer tutoring programme as an effective learning enhancement strategy by Md. Noor, Nor Azian, Othman, Joharry

“…It provides information on the participants’ profiles and their progress in terms of changes in their academic achievement (CGPA) and includes some recommendations for further improvement of the programme. SLEU finds the programme successful and it offers many benefits to the tutees as well as tutors. …”
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An information retrieval system for Quranic texts: a proposed system design by Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan, Othman, Roslina

“…A total of 125 websites offering access to Quranic texts were examined. Findings revealed that the websites offer texts and translation, recitation, excerpt of exegesis, and link to other websites consisting of news, event and related topics. …”
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Zakat distribution and growth in the federal territory of Malaysia by Yusoff, Mohammed, Densumite, Sorfina

“…Specifically, an econometric study is carried out to examine the ability of zakat expenditure to affect real economic growth in the Federal Territory Malaysia by employing various econometric procedures such as the unit root tests, the cointegration tests, the vector error-correction model (VECM), and the Granger causality tests. The findings of the study suggest that zakat expenditure has a positive relationship with real GDP in the long-run. …”
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Customer knowledge management, trust, commitment and customer lifetime value in islamic insurance 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 knowledge management and customer lifetime value, especially in Islamic insurance industry settings.…”
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Organizational approach to Total Quality Management: a case study by Islam, Rafikul, Mustafa, Mohamad Reeduan

“…Seventy two of the total of 125 employees of the organization participated in the survey. Details of the findings are discussed and implications are highlighted.…”
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Operations strategies of a selected Fair Price Shop Awards 2004-2005 winners by Islam, Rafikul, Salleh, Zasali

“…It is expected that the findings will provide guidelines to similar companies to stay competitive in the marketplace. …”
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Moral character of Muslim personality: scale validation by Al-Ammar, Fawziah, Ahmed Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari

“…The eight character traits were found to be grouped under one rubric of MCMP. The findings of the study establish psychometrically sound instrument derived from Islamic theory. …”
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Effect of knowledge management practices on business performance in Bangladesh pharmaceutical industry by Haque, Mahbubul, Islam, Rafikul

“…Managerial implications of the findings are put forward.…”
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Construction of knowledge on facebook by Idris, Hayati, Abdul Ghani, Rozina

“…It employs both qualitative and quantitative measures in order to analyze the extent of construction of knowledge on the postings on the Facebook walls. Preliminary findings reveal that FB could indeed be an online tool that trigger reflective thinking, construct knowledge and consequently enhance learning.…”
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User attitude, organizational learning and dynamic capability in government-to-business success by Kassim, Erne Suzila, Hussin, Husnayati

“…Therefore, using a survey, we attempt to investigate the matter. Findings of the study suggest user attitude, organizational learning and dynamic capability have significant relationships with G2B system usage, while the usage have positive impacts towards the G2B success measured as process efficiency, information quality and satisfaction. …”
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Headmasters practice of transformational leadership, Malaysia by Salleh, Mohamad Johdi, Saidova, Parvina

“…The female headmasters seemed to exhibit more transformational behaviors as compare to male headmasters. Therefore, the findings of this study suggest that the women are more transformational leaders than the men regardless of any type of organizations, school or non school settings. …”
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Advertisement effectiveness and choice of fast food restaurant: an exploratory study of Malay Muslim consumers by Haque, Ahasanul, Sayyed Ahmad, Mohd. Ismail

“…The result of the research shows that Malay Muslim customers are more attracted by internet advertisement followed by commercial advertising; print advertisement; likeability towards advertisements; entertainments in advertisements, made less of a contribution. The findings suggested some significant of implications which will help advertisers to create better fast food restaurant advertisements. …”
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Shi'a movement in Malaysia: a general study by Abdul Majid, Mahmood Zuhdi

“…Since the issue is a very sensitive one, even among the Sunni-based country, this article seeks to analyze a trend of their movement in the contemporary context; both political and religious. Thus, the findings in this article will be used to objectively define their movement in the country. …”
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Bilateral trade balance, exchange rates, and income: evidence from Malaysia by Yusoff, Mohammed

“…The results also indicate that devaluation tends to be recessionary. The findings suggest that Malaysia could use undervalued exchange rate strategy to improve its trade balances with the United States and Singapore but not Japan.…”
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Locus of control, supportive workplace policies and work-family conflict by Noor, Noraini M.

“…The implications of these findings were discussed with respect to the literature on personality and workplace policies within the work-family linkage.…”
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The knowledge of lexical collocation among university students and its relation to their speaking proficiency by Abdul Ghani, Rozina

“…The result indicates that there was no significant correlation between the knowledge of collocation and speaking proficiency among the respondents. Based on the findings, it is revealed that exposure to the target language plays a vital role in language acquisition. …”
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Basic psychological needs satisfaction, need frustration and entrepreneurial intention by Hassan, Arif, Al-Jubari, Ibrahim

“…Structural equation modelling was used to test the hypothesized model and structural relationships. The findings demonstrated that students’ willingness to engage in starting their own businesses can be influenced by both need satisfaction and frustration. …”
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An assessment of the local residents’ perceptions on the socioeconomic impact of Iskandar Malaysia by Rabe, Noor Suzilawati, Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Bachok, Syahriah

“…Results from the study revealed that the majority of the respondents lacked the necessary awareness and avenue to participate in the Iskandar Malaysia’s decision making process. The findings of the study showed that the new regional development area is under Malaysian government’s directive and used complete top-down approach in its implementation approach.…”
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Performance development & training : with Asian perspectives by Osman-Gani, Aahad M.

“…Additional research articles on training and performance development in the Asia-Pacific context have alsovbeen included, to provide the readers with first hand knowledge on the empirical findings in this area…”
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