A study on advertising practices of Islamic banks in Malaysia: an empirical assessment under Islamic observation by Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul, Sayyed Ahmad, Mohd. Ismail, Rahman, Sabbir

“…It is hoped that the findings of this study will assist the Islamic banks in what they can produce their services and how they want to promote their services as well?…”
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Cultural influences on self-directed learning readiness among selected university students by Hashim, Junaidah, Wok, Saodah

“…For individualism cultural dimension, the findings revealed that that the respondents are collective in nature and they tend to exhibit low SDLR. …”
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Mangrove ecotourism - striking a balance between ecology and economics by Mohd. Yaman, Maheran, Ab Rahman, Nik Ismail Azlan

“…A survey were conducted based on the individual travel cost method (ITCM) and their perception towards the mangrove environment. The findings suggest that a symbiosis relationship between the local community, visitors and mangrove ecotourism will help the stakeholders to plan and implement a better tourist management plan for the future.…”
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Corporate governance mechanisms and earnings management in Malaysian government linked companies. The impact of GLCs transformation policy by Mohamad, Muslim Har Sani, Abdul Rashid, Hafiz Majdi, Ali Mohammed Shawtari, Fekri

“…In particular, the study uses data for two periods of time (pre and post transformation), and examine whether the period of post transformation policy has experienced any improvement of board monitoring role in curbing earnings management activities. The main findings show that there is an increase of earnings management activities in post transformation period. …”
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Long memory properties and asymmetric effects of emerging equity market: evidence from Malaysia by Abdul Manap, Turkhan Ali, Kassim, Salina

“…Design/methodology/approach – The study adopts the Fractionally Integrated GARCH (FIGARCH) model and Fractionally Integrated Asymmetric Power ARCH (FIAPARCH), focusing on the Malaysian data covering the period from April 15, 2004 to April 30, 2007. Findings – The study finds evidence of long memory property as well as asymmetric effects in the volatility of the KLSE. …”
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Managing knowledge workers' commitment in small construction professional firms by Mohyin, Nur Affah, Dainty, A. R. J., Carrillo, P. M.

“…Finally, we conclude with limitations and implications of the findings that provide directions for future research. …”
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Factors influencing the purchase intention of organic personal care products by Mohammad, Noorita

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Systematic management and recycling training as the educational tool of food waste composting by Hassan, Rokiah

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Teachers’ conception of assessment knowledge and their preferred assessment system by Ma’ruf , Amar

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The role of work volition and organizational commitment in the relationship between total rewards and employee retention by Aamir, Alamzeb

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Activity-based life cycle cost process model for facilities maintenance of public universities by Thanaraju, Puvaneswary

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Individual resources, opportunity discovery, government intervention and exploit opportunity among Malaysia rural entrepreneurs. by Ahmad, Abd. Razak

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Identifying antecedents of marketing orientation of microfinance institutions in Ghana : the case study of microfinance companies by Dzogbenuku, Robert Kwame

“…Using a qualitative approach, data were obtained through interviews from 18 microfinance sector experts comprising managers, academics, and advocates selected based on their strategic positions and roles within Ghana‟s MFI sector. The findings of the study identified a number of marketing antecedents that contribute to marketing orientation namely, deliberate customer engagement using local dialects and constantly sharing critical market findings among work colleagues with responsive action from top management to delight clients to remain competitive. …”
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Machine learning applications for sustainable manufacturing: a bibliometric-based review for future research by Jamwal, Anbesh, Agrawal, Rajeev, Sharma, Monica, Kumar, Anil, Kumar, Vikas, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo

“…Based on the findings, a ML-SM framework is proposed. The framework will be helpful to researchers, policymakers and practitioners to provide guidelines on the successful management of SM practices. …”
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"I don't mind people hugging me when I'm happy": autistic individuals' experience of emotions on their sensory world: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Georgiou, Alexia

“…The key finding was that negative and extreme positive emotions increase sensory sensitivity in autistic individuals, whereas mild positive emotions decrease sensory sensitivity. …”
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The relationship between client work and personal and professional development in Counselling Psychology training by Gallagher, Rebecca

“…Secondly, participants did not engage in active personal development work, and this was not explicitly discussed or structured in training. These findings imply that trainees may not develop optimally: as personal and professional development are highly individualised and complex processes, research and training that focuses on specific training activities may fail to interrogate the complexity of why and how personal and professional development are facilitated. …”
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Sikh men in therapy by Bhangu, Jasmeen Kaur

“…Four out of the eight participants had experienced some form of psychological therapy, whilst the other four had considered approaching psychological services but never received any therapy. Findings: The findings demonstrated high-level components in describing the highly complex processes a Sikh man identifies with when deciding whether to seek therapeutic help. …”
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Stepping stones between two conflicting worlds: the experience of interpersonal communication amongst self-identified problematic internet users by Harland, Ellie

“…The findings are examined in light of phenomenological ideas and their value in the understanding of PIU and interpersonal communication in the digital age, within the realm of Counselling Psychology and other related fields.…”
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An interpretative phenomenological analysis of counselling psychology trainees experiences of practice-based research training by Henton, Isabel

“…Links to and disconnections from wider contexts, and the possible implications of these findings are discussed. In particular, I explore whether a future framework involving practice-based research as the doctoral thesis might be appropriate to consider in the context of counselling psychology training. …”
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Participants' lived experiences of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) - an exploratory study by Svendsen, Irene

“…All of these aspects of the EAP work contribute towards the participants' overall therapeutic change. The findings support current practitioners' anecdotal writings about the potential therapeutic effects of EAP. …”
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