Mahathir Mohamad as a World-Class Leader: A View from The Great Man Theory of Leadership

Mahathir Mohamad's leadership as the Prime Minister of Malaysia is an example of excellent leadership. His stint is peculiar as he is the longest-serving leader in the world and the oldest Prime Minister to ever lead a country. The impact of his leadership establishes his reputation as an outstanding leader as supported by the Great Man Theory of Leadership. As an effort to comprehend his leadership excellence, this study examined Mahathir's leadership through the lens of the Great Man Theory of Leadership, which elevates leadership based on extraordinary achievements and considers the leader to be born a leader. The research was conducted by using a narrative review approach. Data were gathered qualitatively using thematic analysis, from secondary sources including academic journals, dissertations, books, and published articles pertaining to the topic of Mahathir's leadership. The results found that his leadership approach is indeed aligned with the underlying elements of the Great Man Theory of Leadership, namely charismatic, intelligent, politically skilled, and wise. Past studies reported that Mahathir possesses the quality of being visionary, trustworthy, authentic, resourceful, pragmatic, people-oriented, good communication skills, highly ethical, and core value-based, thus strengthening his premise as an outstanding leader. His excellence in leading the country has been proven beneficial to both Malaysia and its people while the attention that he received from the international community further reinforced his relevance and influence at both the local and international levels. It is indeed a pride for Malaysia as a Southeast Asia country to have a world-class leader

Psychosocial Workplace Hazards and Workers' Health in Factory Sector

Nowadays, issues on psychosocial workplace hazards have become a hot topic. However, only a small amount of research has been conducted in Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between psychosocial workplace hazards and workers' health which is measured using Body Mass Index (BMI) as well as mental health. Two research hypotheses related to psychosocial workplace hazards, i.e. Body Mass Index (BMI) and mental health were examined. In this study, 105 workers were selected randomly from factories located in Klang, Selangor, and questionnaires were distributed to them. The result revealed that there is a significant relationship between psychosocial workplace hazards and BMI, while there is no significant relationship between psychosocial workplace hazards and mental health. This study serves as a guideline for organisations concerning the relationship between psychosocial workplace hazards with workers' health

Assessment of heavy metals and nutrients availability in oil palm plantation effected by bauxite mining using geostatistical and multivariate analyses

The study aimed at evaluation of soil heavy metals in oil palm plantation and selected nutrients availability effected by mining. It was investigated using multivariate and geostatistical analyses followed by assessment using environmental indices. Samples were collected from both mining and oil palm cultivated area, prepared, and analyzed using ICPMS. Semi-variogram and kriging were done by using GS+ and ArcGIS 10.8, respectively. Content of Cu, Cr and Zn were higher compared to the Dutch target values and the 95% ‘Investigation Levels’ determined for Malaysia soil, while Pb showed a lower value. Analysis of Principal Component suggested that the heavy metals were from one source of contamination, particularly the mining activities and long-term agricultural practices. Geostatistics analyses revealed that Zn, Cu, Pb and Fe confront to a strong spatial dependence structure and in line with multivariate and statistical analysis, except for Cr, which had a moderate spatial dependence. Geoaccumulation Index demonstrated contamination occurred in the order of Cr>Cu>Fe>Zn>Ni>Pb. The heavy metals contamination has impacted the micronutrients contents as lower K, Ca and Mg were observed. These findings highlight that combining multivariate and geostatistical analysis can be valuable tools for assessing environmental contamination

Psychosocial workplace hazards and workers’ health in factory sector

Nowadays, issues on psychosocial workplace hazards have become a hot topic. However, only a small amount of research has been conducted in Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between psychosocial workplace hazards and workers’ health which is measured using Body Mass Index (BMI) as well as mental health. Two research hypotheses related to psychosocial workplace hazards, i.e. Body Mass Index (BMI) and mental health were examined. In this study, 105 workers were selected randomly from factories located in Klang, Selangor, and questionnaires were distributed to them. The result revealed that there is a significant relationship between psychosocial workplace hazards and BMI, while there is no significant relationship between psychosocial workplace hazards and mental health. This study serves as a guid