Fenomena sumbang mahram di kalangan masyarakat Islam di Malaysia

Sumbang mahram merupakan satu gejala yang semakin serius dan mendapat perhatian masyarakat dan pihak kerajaan pada masa kini. Masyarakat juga melabelkan kejadian ini sebagai “Haruan Makan Anak”. Kejadian sumbang mahram ini sebenarnya menunjukkan tanda-tanda kepincangan institusi kekeluargaan dalam masyarakat dan negara sedang mengalami kemelut gejala sosial yang meruncing. Senario ini hebat diperbincangkan sama ada di media elektronik dan media cetak. Perlakuan sumbang mahram ini adalah disebabkan oleh beberapa faktor dan ia telah memberi kesan kepada individu, keluarga dan masyarakat. Usaha-usaha untuk membebaskan persekitaran masyarakat dari jenayah sumbang mahram memerlukan pembabitan dan sokongan semua pihak seperti badan kerajaan, pihak swasta, ahli keluarga dan masyarakat setempat. Apa yang pasti jika permasalahan ini tidak ditangani dengan sewajarnya, ia mampu meruntuh institusi kekeluargaan dan masyarakat keseluruhannya. Kertas kerja ini cuba membincangkan permasalahan sumbang mahram dan alternatif yang perlu diambil untuk membendung gejala yang tidak sihat ini

Work-family balance: The 3-way interaction effect of role demands, collectivism value and ethnicity

Work and family are experienced somewhat differently across culture. This paper examines whether the relationship between role-demands and work-family balance (WFB) experience across ethnicity is influenced by the groups’ collectivism value. A total of 324 female teachers were sampled. Using a hierarchical regression analysis, some support was found that the collectivism value do moderate the role demands-WFB relationship. Moreover, evidence was found that, to some extent, the collectivism moderating influence does vary among the different ethnic groups

Work and Family: The Perception of Balance Among Female Teachers in Northern Malaysia

Women’s participation in paid employment has become a common scenario even in non-western developing countries. For example in Malaysia, the trend is growing although the traditional gender role remains strong in Malaysian society. Even though working, women are still expected to assume major responsibilities at home. Thus, as opposed to men, women in this society face the challenge to satisfactorily balance work and family. This study was carried out to explore how Malaysian women perceive the meaning of a balanced work-family life. Sampling women teachers, the interview findings revealed that work-family balance was mainly perceived in terms of an individual’s ‘ability to fulfill role obligation’ appropriately in both the work and family domains. A few participants also viewed balance in the context of role satisfaction and role interference. Overall, the results support the assumption in the literature that perceptions of work-family experience are not universal, rather, the construct of work-family balance is culture-specific.   Keywords: Work-family interface, cross-culture, role demands

Work-family interaction: perceptions concerning balance and role demand

Women’s participation in paid employment has become a common scenario even in non-Western developing countries.Nevertheless, with the differences in the cultural and contextual factors across nations, variations in the work-family experiences are expected.This study was carried out to explore how non-Western Malaysian people perceive the meaning of a balanced work-family life, as well as to identify the types of role demands surfacing in their work and family roles – employing Malaysia women teachers as the study sample. This study identified some unique findings relating to this matter, suggesting the influence of cultural and the contextual factors in the work-family interrelationship

Impact of workplace safety on employee retention using sequential mediation: evidence from the health-care sector

Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of workplace safety (WPS) on employee retention (ER) in the health-care sector in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K), Pakistan. At the same time, a mediation relationship through job satisfaction (JS) and employee loyalty (EL) was also tested. Design/methodology/approach Structured questionnaires were used to collect the data from 300 doctors, using purposive sampling technique analysed using partial least squares (Smart-PLS 3). Findings This study’s findings supported all hypotheses, such as WPS has a significant positive relationship with ER. In addition, a mediation relationship between JS and EL was also confirmed. Furthermore, a serial mediation effect of JS and EL between WPS and ER was also confirmed in this study. Research limitations/implications This study might not fit organisations from other regions due to regional norms. In the future, this study’s model may be tested on other regions and segments of the health-care sector, such as nurses, management staff and support staff. Practical implications The present study is unique because it is based on a newly formulated framework, WPS → JS → EL → ER, under the social exchange theory, which has not been tested before. Social implications In a safe environment, doctors will feel relaxed, stay longer and provide better services; resultantly, patients will get better treatment. Originality/value This study tested the sequential mediation effect through JS and EL for the first time in ER, which was missing previously, to the best of the authors’ knowledge. This will add more insights to the safety-retention literature in health-care settings. Furthermore, this study is also the first attempt to explore the relationship between WPS and ER in the health-care sector in AJ&K

Exploring work-family balance perception in creative industry

Previous research suggests that employees in the creative industry are likely to hold several jobs, working irregular time, employment are short-term, with little career security and uncertain job prospects, and nevertheless the workforce appears to be growing.As Creative Industry has been projected to be one of the Malaysia economic sources, it is critical to understand the working-life quality on this highly increasing industry. This study explores how Malaysian creative industries’ related workers view a balanced work-family life. Series of in-depth interviews were conducted on 12 creative industry workers. Data were transcribed and analyse using thematic analysis methods.The results suggest that work-family balance was viewed from several perspectives – role participation, role conflict, and role achievement

Supervisor Support and Job Performance among Nurses in Public Hospitals

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between supervisor support and job performance among nurses. On the basis of self-reported data from 718 Staff Nurses in Malaysia’s public hospitals, this study found that there is no significant relationship between supervisor support and job performance. This finding indicates that the supervisors were not able to provide the necessary support they need and indicates that the support given to each staff may seem not to work well with many staff. Thus, health care institutions must play a better role in coordinating and providing training for nursing supervisors in order for them to give their subordinates great support

Religiosity and Organizational Commitment: A Conceptual Framework

The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework regarding religiosity and organisational commitment. A literature-based analysis was engaged by combining concepts from religiosity and organisational commitment. The syntheses of these two concepts lead to the development of the conceptual framework. The findings show that implementation of religious practices leads to organisational commitment. This paper will contribute to the conceptualisation of religiosity and organisational commitment, which help to improve the theory

The Role of Moral Competence in Enhancing Work Engagement among Nurses

The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of moral competence in enhancing work engagement among nurses. A quantitative correlational research and survey method is applied in this study. Staff Nurses of public hospitals in Malaysia were chosen as statistical population and 364 of them were selected as sample through multistage sampling. Data were analyzed by using SPSS and Smart-PLS. The assessment of the measurement model and the assessment of the estimation of the structural model were conducted to test the hypothesis. The result shows a positive and significant relationship between moral competence and work engagement. The findings of this study have posted an important message to healthcare institutions to play a greater role in coordinating and providing nurses a training relating to nurses’ moral competence as an effort as an effort to facilitate nurses to be more resilient in dealing with high job demands and job complexity of nursing tasks, which in turn it will enhances the level of work engagement among nurses

Workload and work engagement among nurses in public hospitals: moderating role of religious spirituality

The aim of this study is to investigate the moderating role of religious spirituality on the relationship between workload and work engagement among nurses in Malaysia Public Hospitals. A quantitative correlational research and questionnaire method is applied in this study. Sample sizes of 364 that consist of Staff Nurses were selected through multistage sampling. SPSS and Smart-PLS were utilized as the analytical tools of this study. The assessment of the inner model (measurement model) and the assessment of the outer model (structural model) were conducted to test the hypothesis. The result shows that it supports the relationship between workload and work engagement. But it shows that religious spirituality has no moderating effects on the relationship between workload and work engagement. Future studies might have significant result relating to moderating role of religious spirituality in mitigating the effect of workload on work engagement. By understanding the relationship among the constructs in this study, healthcare institutions could improve work engagement level of nurses in spite of the high workload. The management also could coordinates and provides nurses a training relating to religious spirituality to facilitate nurses to be more resilient in dealing with job complexity of nursing tasks and high job demands, which in turn it will enhances the nurses’ work engagement level