HRM practices in micro enterprises focusing on employees’ satisfaction and commitment

This study examines the extent of informality of HRM practices among micro enterprises and their affect on employees’ satisfaction and commitment. It involved 857 employees working in micro enterprises in Kuala Lumpur. The results revealed that HRM practices in micro enterprises are formal, employees are satisfied and committed. Employees’ commitment variance is 68.0 percent explained by the predictors and it is significant. The results of the study are meaningful to the SME literature since not much research has been conducted in the area of human resource management of micro enterprises as compared to the research about small or large companies

Effect of leader-member exchange, psychological empowerment, workplace spirituality towards transformational leadership and organizational citizenship behavior among nurses

Transformational leadership, leader-member exchange (LMX), workplace spirituality and psychological empowerment have been given the credit of bringing success to organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) in an organization. Thusly, this research will investigate the role of transformational leadership on OCB especially within the context of Malaysia’s nurses. Furthermore, it is expected that the efficient role of transformational leadership relies on LMX on interaction to OCB. Additionally, the presence of workplace spirituality as a moderator among subordinate may affect relationship between LMX and OCB. Lastly, the effect of psychological empowerment as a moderator between transformational leadership and OCB also will be studied. The research method will be conducted as a cross-sectional study which the data will be collected by using questionnairebased survey. Transformational leadership will be measured by adapted from Multiple Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) by Bass (1985), OCB from Organ (1988), LMX adapted from LMX-7 by Graen and Uhl-Bien (1995), workplace spirituality from Milliman et al., (2003) and psychological empowerment will be adapted from Spreitzer (1995). The total population of this research is 5084 and a minimum sample size is 1396. The hospitals will be divided into five zone clusters. The fishbowl technique and systematic sampling design will be applied. The data will be analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)

Effects of religiosity, spirituality, and personal values on employee performance: a conceptual analysis

This paper presents a conceptual analysis of the effects of religiosity, spirituality, individual values on employee performance in organizations while it highlights the moderating and mediating effects of individual values and organizational commitment. This paper developed some propositions that could be tested through empirical research in future. Based on a conceptual framework that is presented to guide future research, the implications for professional practice are discussed

Kesan spiritual sebagai moderator ke atas kepintaran emosi dan tingkah laku kewargaan organisasi

This study focuses on emotional intelligence, organizational citizenship behavior and spiritual. To be specified, this research identify the relationship between emotional intelligence and organizational citizenship behavior. Futhermore, this research also aim to identify the effect of spiritual as a moderator in relationship between emotional intelligence and organizational citizenship behavior. A total of 102 Muslim teachers from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bandar Baru Uda were responded to the questionnaires. Statistic Pearson correlation was used to identify the relationship between emotional intelligence and organizational citizenship behavior and it is significant. Meanwhile, using hierarchical regression is found that organizations need to increase the level of employee's spiritual level as it gives the impression of a positive moderator on the relationship of emotional intelligence and organizational citizenship behavior. This study implies the development of a teaching institute to be more competitive through the development of human capital that is prosperous internally and externally

Makna dan cabaran pekerjaan sambilan harian ketika tempoh pandemik: kajian kes terhadap pekerja sambilan harian di Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia turut menerima implikasi ekonomi berikutan serangan pandemik Covid-19. Ramai golongan pekerja kehilangan pekerjaan berikutan ketidakupayaan majikan untuk menampung kos operasi syarikat apabila Perintah Kawalan Pekerjaan (PKP) fasa satu dilaksanakan. Hal ini kerana pihak kerajaan hanya membenarkan beberapa sektor ekonomi terpilih sahaja beroperasi ketika tempoh PKP fasa satu berlangsung. Apabila keadaan berasur pulih, Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Bersyarat (PKPB) dan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Pemulihan (PKPP) telah dilaksanakan. Pada tempoh PKPB dan PKPP ini terdapat majikan menawarkan pekerjaan bagi memulakan semula operasi mereka termasuk bagi jawatan pekerja sambilan harian. Justeru itu, objektif kajian ini adalah untuk meneliti makna dan cabaran pekerjaan sambilan harian bagi pekerja-pekerja sambilan harian ketika tempoh pendemik covid-19. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Seramai 10 orang informan telah menjadi sampel kajian dan ditemubual secara mendalam. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa tanggungjawab untuk menyara keluarga muncul sebagai faktor utama mengapa para pekerja sambilan harian ini sanggup menerima tawaran pekerjaan sambilan harian sungguhpun tidak selari dengan kelayakan akademik dan pengalaman kerja mereka. Sementara itu, risiko jangkitan covid-19 dan ditamatkan perkhidmatan pada bila-bila masa merupakan cabaran yang paling banyak dinyatakan oleh para informan. Kesimpulannya, ketika tempoh pandemik, mendapatkan suatu pekerjaan dilihat sangat penting untuk kelangsungan hidup seseorang pekerja dan keluarga mereka

Perceived stress among university students during COVID-19 outbreak

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the mental health of people around the world, including Malaysia. Students' mental health in higher education has been an increasing concern as they face many challenges with the changes in their educational experience. The study examines the perceived stress level among university students during the outbreak. This is the first study to use a convenience sampling technique to analyze data from 305 Malaysian university students. IBM SPSS 23.0 was used to analyze descriptive data and provide an analysis of the results. The majority of those who participated in this study were undergraduate students at age 21 years old. The pandemic affected 181 of their family's earnings, while the remaining 124 were unaffected. Out of 305 respondents, 131 (42.9%) of them have stress in an extremely severe state. It followed by 68 respondents in a state of severe stress. Simultaneously, 47 (15.4%) of them are at the normal state of stress and 32 (10.5%) respondents in mild stress. The result shows that only 27 (8.9%) of the respondents have moderate stress. It is believed that the main factors associated with students' perceived stress level are home-based online learning and financial constraints

Work-life Integration and Mental Health Issues among Higher Education Staff

The multiple roles and responsibilities assigned to staff members in public tertiary education have led to an imbalance of work and life interface, which eventually affected their mental health. Therefore, this study aims to examine the influence of work-life integration on mental health among staff who are working at a higher education institution in Johore, Malaysia. This study utilized a quantitative approach, in which a set of questionnaires was distributed through an online survey. A total of 137 respondents participated in this study. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics via SPSS Version 26 and SmartPLS 3.0. The findings indicated that the level of work-to-life integration and life-to-work integration is ranked between moderate to high, and moderate to low, respectively. The level of mental health is indicated at a moderate level. This study also found that work-life integration has a significantly positive influence on mental health

Application of Response Surface Methodology in Extraction of Bioactive Component From Palm Leaves (Elaeis Guineensis)

The hydroxyl groups of the polyphenols are capable to act as reducing agent for reduction reaction. The effect of drying temperature, extraction temperature and extraction duration were evaluated using central composite design which consists of 20 experimental runs. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to estimate the optimum parameters in extracting polyphenols from the palm leaves. The correspondence analysis of the results yielded a quadratic model which can be used to find optimum conditions of extraction process. The optimum extraction condition of drying temperature, extraction temperature and extraction duration are 70°C, at 70°C of 10 minutes, respectively. Total polyphenols were determined by application of the Folin-Ciocalteu micro method and the extract was found contain of 8 mg GAE/g dry palm leaves at optimum conditions. Doi: 10.12777/ijse.5.2.95-100 [How to cite this article: Arham, N.A., Mohamad, N.A.N., Jai, J., Krishnan, J., Noorsuhana Mohd Yusof, N.M. (2013). Application of Response Surface Methodology in Extraction of Bioactive Component from Palm Leaves (Elaeis guineensis). International Journal of Science and Engineering, 5(2),95-100. Doi: 10.12777/ijse.5.2.95-10

Special Education Classrooms: Can Technology Use Inspired?

Purpose: This study aim to explore the inspiration of technology in conducting learning process for special education studens in classroom.   Framework: It is common knowledge that education today requires teachers to be more creative in delivering learning and teaching in the classroom.   Methodology: This study use qualitative approach in gathering the data. 12 teachers were interview in this studies.   Findings: The result shows the rapidity of technology is now to some extent helping teachers find fresher ideas to conduct teaching in the classroom. The existence of various types of technology including gadgets, software, video applications and others are seen to be able to attract the interest of students in turn can achieve teaching objectives. However, some studies show that some teachers are less effective in the use of technology when teaching in the classroom.   Implications: In addition to speeding up the process of obtaining information, the use of technology also actually helps understanding and attracts students to learning. It is hoped that the findings of this study can help future researchers to conduct further research.   Value: This to some extent shows a loss to student learning. The use of technology should be utilized and used properly because space and opportunities for access to technology are now readily available

Implementation of Sustainable Development Towards Environmental Ecosystem in Melaka River Basin

Different form of development planning and management approaches have been applied and implemented by many countries in river basins for the past decades. Nevertheless, the outcomes are disappointing. This study aims to explore the local people awareness towards environmental ecosystem by adopting sustainable development. A quantitative method through the questionnaire was reported in two parts. Part A was the environmental ecosystem study while Part B was the sustainable development study. Random sampling technique with 100 respondents was targeted within Melaka River basin. Descriptive analysis showed majority of the respondents were positively agreed that industrial, residential, commercial and agricultural activities would contribute water contamination to the Melaka River basin. Meanwhile, sustainable development of law and regulation, policy, environmental ethics, as well as environmentally friendly were likely to have skewed graph shift towards right hand side, whereby respondents believed that these sustainable development had a possibility to control and manage the river pollution in Melaka River basin. Correlation analysis showed sustainable development positively impacts on the environmental ecosystem in Melaka River basin. In conclusion, implementing and adapting the sustainable development approach would indirectly preserve and conserve the environmental ecosystem before anthropogenic activities take place to destruct the water quality in Melaka River basin