Change Management Initiati Ves And Change Success In Direct Selling Industry: The Moderating Effect Of Attitude Towards Change

Disebabkan oleh kepentingan perubahan dalam organisasi perniagaan jualan langsung di Malaysia pada hari ini, maka kajian ini dilaksanakan untuk mencapai dua objektif penting Due to the importance of change in today’s direct selling business organizations in Malaysia, this study is conducted to accomplish two main objective

Online Learning Challenges Faced by SSC-Level Learners During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case of Pakistan

Background/purpose – The pandemic threatened education through two significant shocks: the closing of educational institutions across all levels and the financial recession. This overnight shift from face-to-face to an online mode of education became the reason for various physical, mental, and financial challenges faced by both learners and educators alike. This study investigates the perception of Secondary School Certificate (SSC-level) learners in Pakistan regarding online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials/methods – A qualitative research strategy was adopted, with semi-structured interviews conducted via Zoom with 15 SSC learners from renowned schools in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. Structured inductive data analysis technique was adopted in the analysis of the collected data.Results – The study’s results highlighted problems experienced by SSC-level learners in online classes via Zoom and Google Classroom. These related to technology, personal, and educator issues such as technical problems, adaptability struggles, computer literacy, lack of motivation, poor grades, inability to focus, homesickness, disorganization, skipping classes, failure to dedicate appropriate time to studies, technology shortages, poor sleep habits, lack of routine, power failures due to extreme weather, and uncertainty about the future and fear of SSC final exams.Conclusion – This study will help policymakers from Pakistan’s Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education System to focus more on development, technology, communication, and support programs, especially for high school learners

Malaysian Sandwich Generation Issues and Challenges in Elderly Parents Care

Ageing is a growing concern all around the world. It is the biggest challenge for developing and developed countries, including Malaysia. Malaysia is a country, where ageing care centre runs under the government, NGOs and public sector, and recently few of the religious centres and entrepreneurs are working in this regard. However, still the facilities are lacking ; therefore; all across Malaysia Sandwich Generation families are still providing support to the elderly by themselves. Hence, this paper aims to highlight the concept of Sandwich Generation under the perspective of ageing issues in Malaysia. The “Sandwich Generation” is still an unknown term for Malaysian Society. It practically focuses on the new inclinations in a familial responsibility in the form of support and care for elderly parents along with children. This paper discusses the issues and challenges confronted by the sandwich generation (who are taking care of family and supporting elderly) residing in the leading states of Malaysia. This study adopts the qualitative research strategy, and the population consists of five sandwich generation families living in main states of Malaysia (Johor, Penang, Kedah, Selangor and Klang Valley area). The results highlight that issues such as financial, emotional, dim future, stress, fewer savings and time management are main issues confronting sandwich generation while they perform their role as a caregiver in Malaysia. A recommendation plan is being produced by keeping in view the problems facing by the sandwich generation

Impact of culture and knowledge acquisition to organizational success: Study on Chinese and Malay small firms

Research generally concludes that small businesses contribute to economic development.In Malaysia, small firm’s particularly Chinese small firms have played a very important role for economic growth in this country.Chinese firms have managed to survive, grow and succeed either in Malaysia or anywhere else in the world.Most prior research found that the success factor was related to their socio-cultural context.However, previous studies have found the similarities on the cultural values of the Malays and Chinese which derived from ‘Budi Complex’ and ‘Confucianism’ respectively.It was particularly on certain selected values related to self, time and epistemology.Therefore, this paper tries to identify other reasons behind the success factor of the Chinese as compared to the Malay small firms.Thus, looking at the perspective of Knowledge Base View theory, this paper proposed that cultural values are not a mere factor that affect the way Chinese small firms market their operation.The current study thus proposed that how Chinese and Malays acquire and share knowledge, have significant contribution to their success or their failures

Tourism destination image, satisfaction and loyalty: A study of the Dead Sea in Jordanian curative tourism

The aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between three key variables, namely image, satisfaction and loyalty in curative tourism industry in Jordan. The seven dimensions of the tourism destination image employed in this study are travel environment, national attraction, accessibility, infrastructure, relaxation aspect, outdoor activities and price and value. 202 tourists visiting the Dead Sea in Jordan were used as the sample. The study demonstrates that tourist satisfaction mediates the relationship between destination image and loyalty

A qualitative study of innovativeness, strategies and leadership styles of successful women entrepreneurs in Malaysia

Women entrepreneurs play an important role in the development of a country’s economy.Women today made up more than forty percent of the labor force in Malaysia.Past research on entrepreneurs demonstrated that individuals with innovative behavior, strategies and leadership distinguished them from non entrepreneurs.This research was done to explore entrepreneurial innovative behavior leadership styles and strategies of successful women entrepreneurs in Malaysia.It is a qualitative research which involved interviews with successful women entrepreneurs.Strategies on how they expand their business were also examined.

Sustainability: A case study of a Malaysian public university

This paper briefly introduces the scene of tertiary education around the world and in Malaysia particularly.An analysis was carried on a public university in Malaysia and the findings focused on a major issue: cost containment and sustainability.The paper discusses the issue and provides recommendation on how the university is able to be sustainable in the following areas: traveling and subsistence; communication and utilities; and consumable

Factors affecting young Malaysians' intention to purchase green products

Green marketing refers to holistic marketing concept in which it involves production, marketing, consumption and product disposal in a way that is less harmful to the environment.The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of knowledge, perceived value, eco-label, and social influence on the intention of future green products purchasing among young Malaysian.The sample size of this study was 250 students.The results of this study showed that social influence have a relationship with young consumers’ intention to purchase green products, however knowledge and eco-label had no influence. This research brings a better understanding on young consumers’ intention towards future green purchasing in Malaysia