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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10 c’s of social networking, interconnections and the impact on social networking by Shah, Asadullah, Shaikh, Muniba

“…This indicate that male professional out number than female users. 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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The effectiveness of a supplementary reading programme for children in Malaysia’s remote schools by Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati, Abu Kassim, Noor Lide, Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail, Abdul Rahman, Zainurin

“…This paper reports the findings of a study conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a supplementary reading programme conducted in remote schools in the states of Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia. …”
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An asymmetric cointegration approach of foreign portfolio investment-growth nexus by Duasa, Jarita

“…The results reflect the evidence of persistence low economic growth contributed by decrease in FPI inflow, in the case of Malaysia, as the real GDP adjustment to its long-run value is quite slow. The findings signify the use of capital controls by the authority during the 1997 Asian financial crisis to shield the country from the shock of FPI inflow and obviously, precautionary measures must be well-formed against any serious threat from inflows of short-term capital in the future. …”
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An exploratory study on the special education and early intervention programme for autistic children by Sani, Badariah, Wan Chik, Muhmad Noor, Badzis, Mastura

“…Semi-structured interviews and informal conversations are used to obtain the data. Findings showed that both centres used a naturalistic curriculum model where activities carried out are mostly dealing with real life activities, while topics and skills are focused on sensory skills and children are taught to use their senses and attention span. …”
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The influence of Tawhidic paradigm on the development of a unified theory of the firm by Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi

“…The use of qualitative method through personal interviews is appropriate for exploratory nature of the study to develop a unified theory of the firm. Nevertheless, the findings cannot be generalizable. However, the study contributes a contemporary framework of the theory of the firm from Tawhidic paradigm, which adds into the sustainability principles and business continuity.…”
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Stressors and well-being in low socio-economic status Malaysian adolescents: the role of resilience resources by Noor, Noraini M., Alwi, Azlin

“…Results of structural equation modelling also showed that these resilience resources acted both as mediator and moderator in the relationship between stressors and well-being. These findings are discussed with respect to the current literature on resilience and well-being.…”
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Student's perceptions of the Jawi (Arabic Script) curriculum in Malaysia by Mamat , Arifin, Abd Rashid, Adnan, Khamis, Rohani

“…It was revealed that four methods had been used; flash cards, drill technique, playing games and learning through songs. The findings also revealed that there are several methods applied by teachers of Jawi. …”
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Studies on nutritious distinct vegetable plants species mentioned in the Holy Qur’Én and their folk medicinal importance by Islam, Md. Sirajul, Samsudin, Sofiah

“…In conclusion, the prime purpose of this research is revealing the knowledge of the folk medicinal importance of vegetables in the light of Holy Qur´Én, ´AÍadÊth and a combination with contemporary pharmaceutical findings.…”
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The ethical dilemma of software piracy: an inquiry from an Islamic perspective by Zangana, Hewa Majeed, Alshaikhli, Imad Fakhri Taha, Graha, Yuliana Isma

“…The purpose of this study is to understand the software piracy from Islamic perspective and finding the recommendations, solutions of this problem to deter software piracy as much as possible. …”
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Family-owned businesses: towards a model of succession planning in Malaysia by Abdullah, Moha Asri, Abdul Hamid, Zarinah, Hashim, Junaidah

“…This paper argues that to a certain extent, SME owners face some dilemmas while various factors such as business challenges, managerial capabilities, trustworthiness, loyalty, flexibility etc. are related to succession attributes. The findings generally indicate that the respondents agree to adopt succession planning in their businesses even though only half of them have succession planning. …”
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Features influencing Islamic websites use: a Muslim user perspective by Aliyu, Mansur, Mahmud, Murni, Md Tap, Abu Osman

“…The measurement model and empirical results provide valuable indicators for the direction of future research and also suggest guidelines for developing Islamic websites that will easily influence many Internet users to visit them in order to learn about Islamic teachings and practices. The findings are also of considerable importance as they contribute to the present body of knowledge on Islamic websites’ evaluation and for practice in designing and developing quality Islamic websites.…”
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Stressors and well-being in Low SES Malaysian adolescents: the role of resilience resources by Noor, Noraini M., Alwi, Azlin

“…Results of the structural equation modelling also showed these resilience resources to act both as mediator and moderator in the relationship between stressors and well-being. These findings are discussed with respect to the current literature on resilience and well-being. …”
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Mobile learing acceptance among students of Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand by Madarsha, Kamal Basha, Matha, Wanchat

“…The quantitative method was applied to collect primary data from 200 Ramkhamhaeng University (RU) students who use m-learning. The findings reveal that only three factors contributed significantly towards adoption of m-learning among RU students. …”
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