Perceptions of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Melaka students about the importance of Islamic inheritance law (Fara’id) / Norsuhaiza Md Said and Isma Emilia Esa

Islamic Inheritance Law (Fara’id) is among the first discipline to be deprived by God from every single human. This shows how important the knowledge is. Lack of concern attitude among Muslims nowadays, may gradually lead to the loss of this knowledge until it creates conflicts and doubt in God’s justice by disputing rights between genders. This study was conducted to investigate students’ level of knowledge and understanding towards Islamic Inheritance Law and also to study students’ perception towards the importance of this knowledge in life. The research involved respondents from UiTM Melaka. The research instrument used was questionnaire that comprised 48 items, which was conducted by the researcher. Researcher used Statistical Package for Social Science version 22.0 (SPSS) software to analyse raw data to get the frequency, percentage and mean. The research findings showed that respondents’ perception relating to the importance of Islamic Inheritance Law was at high level. Meanwhile respondents’ level of knowledge and understanding towards Islamic Inheritance Law was at average level. At the end of this study, several proposals had been proposed to increase the level of knowledge and understanding of Islamic Inheritance Law among the students as well as society. Further research also had been proposed for the future

HUBUNGAN ANTARA MOTIVASI KERJA DAN IKLIM KERJA DENGAN KREATIVITAS GURU PASRAMAN SE-DKI JAKARTA

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui adanya hubungan antara motivasi kerja dengan kreativitas guru; iklim kerja dengan kreativitas guru; motivasi kerja dan iklim kerja secara bersama-sama dengan kreativitas guru Pasraman Se-DKI Jakarta. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode penelitian survey korelasional (correlational research). Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh guru Pasraman Se-DKI Jakarta yang berjumlah 84 orang. Sampel penelitian adalah sebanyak 69 orang. Insrument penelitian adalah angket yang dikembangkan untuk tiap variable penelitian dengan skala Likert.Hasil penelitian adalah 1) terdapat hubungan yang kuat, positif dan signifikan antara motivasi kerja dengan kreativitas guru (r sebesar 0,833; 2) terdapat hubungan yang kuat, positif dan signifikan (r sebesaesebesar 0,827) antara iklim kerja dengan kreativitas guru; dan 3) terdapat hubungan yang kuat, positif dan signifikan secara bersama-sama antara motivasi kerja dan iklim kerja dengan kreativitas guru (r sebesar 0,852).Kesimpulannya adalah jika kualitas motivasi kerja dan iklim kerja meningkat maka kualitas kreativitas guru Pasraman Se-DKI Jakarta juga akan meningkat. Dengan demikian motivasi kerja dan iklim kerja harus terus ditingkatkan guna meningkatkan kualitas kreativitas guru Pasraman se-DKI Jakarta.Kata Kunci : Motivasi Kerja, Iklim Kerja, Kreativitas Guru, Pasrama

An Exploratory Study of the Rhetoric in CSR Reports: A Comparison of Shari’ah Compliant Company and Non –Shari’ah Compliant Company in Malaysia

This paper advances previous research in corporate social reporting (CSR) by using a taxonomy of five distinct rhetorical strategies to examine any differences in term of type of ethical categories and to identify moral attitudes towards different societal activities between Shari’ah compliant company Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (BIMB) and Non-Shari’ah compliant company Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank). The data is analyzed using content analysis. The findings revealed that there are different rhetoric applied in both types of companies such as Agency (profit), Benefit (collective welfare), Compliance (law and contracts), Duty and Ethos (virtue). In term of moral attitudes, both types of companies disclosed relatively similar behaviour and commitment towards CSR. This research is the first of its kind to be conducted in Malaysia by using this new approach and will contribute new insights to existing CSR literatures in Malaysia

Hubungkait diantara kepimpinan, pembangunan ekonomi dan keharmonian sosial: Kajian kes di Sabah, Malaysia

Kepimpinan biasanya dikaitkan dengan aspek pembangunan ekonomi dan keharmonian sosial. Bagi memahami perkaitan signifikan diantara kepimpinan, pembangunan ekonomi dan keharmonian sosial ini maka satu kajian kes telah dijalankan di negeri Sabah, Malaysia. Bagi maksud tersebut pendekatan mixed method telah digunapakai bagi membolehkan data kualitatif diperolehi melalui rujukan sumber sekunder dan temubual dengan responden terpilih serta data kuantitatif dapat dikumpul menggunakan satu set borang soal selidik yang dibentuk oleh penyelidik. Seramai 8 orang responden dipilih bagi sesi temubual untuk mendapatkan data kualitatif dan seramai 100 orang responden terpilih untuk memberikan maklumbalas menggunakan borang soal selidik yang dimaksudkan menggunakan kaedah persampelan bertujuan (purposive sampling). Berdasarkan analisis data kualitatif dan kuantitatif yang diperolehi ini adalah didapati bahawa sememangnya wujud perkaitan signifikan diantara kepimpinan, pembangunan ekonomi dan keharmonian sosial di Sabah, Malaysia. Menyedari hakikat ini adalah diharapkan pihak berwajib dapat merangka dan seterusnya melaksanakan pelbagai usaha bagi memperkukuhkan daya kepimpinan dalam kalangan pemimpin pelbagai peringkat di Sabah, Malaysia mahupun di tempat lain untuk memastikan pembangunan ekonomi dan keharminian sosial dapat terus diperkasa serta dilestarikan

Application of modified complex Tremblay operator

In this paper, we introduce a new fractional integral operator defined by modified fractional derivative Tremblay operator of analytic functions and show that the univalence of this integral operator is preserved under certain sufficient conditions in complex domain ℂ

The Determinants of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: The Case of Malaysian Government-Linked Companies in Malaysia

The implementation of Government-Linked Company (GLC) Transformation Program 2005/06 by government is one effort to promote Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) disclosures among its government-linked companies (GLCs). CSR issues are being stressed in the Silver Book included in the GLC Transformation Manual under the GLC Transformation Program 2005/06. It is questionable as to whether the introduction of the Silver Book really reflects goods prospects for government-linked companies to disclose their CSR, and whether there are any other factors that will influence the GLCs in Malaysia to disclose their CSR. Thus, the objective of this study is to examine whether the introduction of the Silver Book affect the CSR disclosure among Malaysian GLCs as well as to examine the determinants of CSR disclosure, focusing on the profitability, board size and board independence. Multiple linear regression analysis is being used to examine the relationship between all the independent variables and dependent variable. Findings show that there is an increasing trend in CSR disclosure among Malaysian GLCs from year 2011 until 2015. Two variables i.e. board size and board independence has been found to have a significant positive relationship with the CSR disclosure. This study gives implications to various parties such as Malaysian Government, Bursa Malaysia, Security Commission and other relevant parties in to improve CSR awareness, practices, disclosures and quality in GLCs

Hubungkait diantara kepimpinan dan teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (Information and communications technology, ICT)

Kertas kerja ini mengetengahkan perbincangan berkaitan hubungkait signifikan diantara kepimpinan dan Teknologi Maklumat dan Komunikasi (Information and Communications Technology, ICT) berdasakan lensa tempatan (Malaysia). Bagi tujuan tersebut, pendekatan kualitatif digunapakai untuk memastikan maklumat kajian yang diperlukan dapat diperolehi dengan sebaik mungkin apabila segala maklumat diperolehi daripada sumber sekunder dan temubual bersama 5 orang informan kajian yang dipilih menggunakan kaedah persampelan bertujuan. Dalam pada itu, kajian ini mendapati bahawa ICT mempunyai peranan yang penting kepada pelbagai lapisan masyarakat dalam era globalisasi ini. Perkembangan ICT telah menyebabkan masyarakat semakin mudah untuk melakukan pekerjaan mencari maklumat dan sebagainya. Bertepatan dengan dapatan kajian ini maka adalah diharapkan dengan adanya maklumat berkenaan perkaitan signifikan diantara kepimpinan dan ICT maka usaha merencana pembangunan negara yang mapan dapat terus dijana