Perceptions and Attitudes of Finance Students towards Economics Education

This paper investigates the perceptions and attitudes of finance students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) towards economics education and its associations with academic performance among students. A quantitative design was used and the participants included 101 students. Data was analysed using descriptive statistical analysis, factor analysis, and multiple regression analysis. Three variables were identified from the 23-item questionnaire, namely ‘Lecturer teaching style and classroom learning environment’, 'Students’ preparation and readiness’, and 'Students’ commitment’. The regression of the final examination scores on the three variables extracted from factor analysis revealed that only lecturers’ teaching style and classroom learning environment was significantly associated with students’ academic performance. Keywords: Teaching style; classroom learning environment; preparation; commitment eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2023. The Authors. Published for AMER and cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under the responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), College of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v8iSI15.509

Factors influencing students voting behaviour: pre and post IIUM students’representatives council’s election 2014

The objectives of the study are to identify and rank the factors that influence students’ voting behavior before and after the International Islamic University Students’ Representative Council election, 2014. The data are collected using survey questionnaires. First, this study is conducted by focusing on students at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) prior to the students’ representative council election 2014. The numbers of respondents are 206 students for pre-election survey and 230 students for post election survey. The methodologies used are descriptive statistics, factor analysis and non-parametric techniques using Kruskal- Wallis test. The results from factor analysis show four new factors which influence students’ voting behavior for pre IIUM SRC election 2014. Those factors are being labeled as 1) Manifesto, 2) Group Affiliation, 3) Candidates and 4) Status-Qua. However, for post IIUM SRC election 2014, three new factors have been constructed which are 1) Candidate and direct manifesto, 2) Group Affiliation and 3) Indirect manifesto

Students' perception towards the newly implemented Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Malaysia

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the students’ perception towards the newly implemented Goods and Service Tax (GST) that has been implemented in Malaysia starting from April 1, 2015. The students’ perception is measured through satisfaction analysis. Sets of questionnaire has been designed and distributed to 242 students at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and later analyzed using SPSS. The result shows that majority of the students disagree with the methods taken to implement the GST

COVID-19 and the Palm Oil Industry: Navigating recovery

This article unfolds the current state of the palm oil industry following the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the industry being allowed to operate given strict standard operating procedures, palm oil production has depicted a declining trend since 2018. One of the contributing factors is foreign worker shortages for maintenance and palm oil harvesting. Therefore, this article proposes the mechanization and mobilization of local workers, as well as the challenges and the way forward for Malaysia. Keywords: 2M-mobilization and mechanization; palm oil plantation; challenges; way forward eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2023. The Authors. Published for AMER and cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under the responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), College of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v8iSI15.507

The influence of parenting styles on parental political orientation and voting behavior of young adult

The main purposes of the study are to examine the relationship between parenting styles and parental political orientation and to find out whether voting behavior of young adults is associated with parenting practices. 39 items on parenting styles, parental political orientation & voting behavior were completed by 239 respondents. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire. Approximately, 300 sets of questionnaires were distributed among students and approximately 239 questionnaires were collected back and returned from respondents progressively. This study used descriptive, factor analysis, and cluster analysis. Furthermore, the data was also verified using Mann-Whitney and multiple regression analysis to test predictability of independent variables. The results show that there are four parenting practices among parents of IIUM students which are consistent with Baumrind’s authoritarian, authoritative, permissive and neglectful typologies. In addition, the study indicates that authoritarian parents have proactive involvement in knowledge transmission of politics to their offspring. On the other hand, surprisingly in the latter test reveals that high representation of young adults in election is positively associated with authoritative parenting. Despite the fact that authoritarian parents are identified as the active agent in political socialization, authoritative parents however, scored positive behavior to young adults’ attitudes in voting. Evaluating the issues of falling level of electoral participation among young adults, this research looks into the possible reasons that contribute to young adult’s turning out and not turning out for election. Keywords: Political Orientation, 4 Parenting Styles; Authoritarian, Authoritative and Neglectful, Permissive and Voting Behavio

Malaysia 13th General Election: how the election manifesto and candidates influenced the voters In Penang?

The paper argue that offering comprehensive election manifesto and offering more qualified candidates are the two major factors that determine the outcomes of the 13th general elections. Thus, in order to provide arguments for this assumption, this paper analyzes the election manifesto as the main references. Besides, the study also analyzes the acceptance of the candidates offered by the party especially BN during the election. Third, study then refer mainly to the election results as the main outcome for the elections. The study then shows how the strong and convincing manifesto and qualified candidates as offered by the BN failed to garner the majority supports from the voters towards the party in Penang

Students’ decision making in class selection and enrolment

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a theoretical model that integrates various dimensional factors which influence decision-making process of class selection and enrolment, analysing different angles of this process and explaining those factors which determine students’ decision. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses quantitative design to determine and explore students’ decision making in class selection and enrolment. There were 396 students who participated in this study. The data were analysed using principle component analysis to determine the dominant factor for class selection and enrolment. Findings – The study has analysed different factors that can influence students’ decision for class selection and enrolment. Five important underlying factors have been identified which includes the class and lecturer factor, time-space factor, ease and comfort factor, course mate factor and commitment factor. Moreover, the Kruskal–Wallis test shows that there is a significant mean difference in choice and selection behaviour between genders and students’ personal attitudes. Research limitations/implications – This study is an early attempt to explore the wide fields of decision making in class selection and enrolment. It is hoped that follow-up studies would provide more coverage relative to the findings of this research. Practical implications – One particular dimension of micro decision making faced by students is class (course) selection in the beginning of every academic semester/term. Class selection is very critical decision for students as it would reflect students expected outcome for their future career directions. More importantly, the decision made by the students may also affect their academic performance throughout their study. Social implications – From the perspective of the university’s administrators, this issue is very critical for planning purposes. Understanding the students’ behaviour in class selection could improve the cost effectiveness as well as the scheduling of course offering to enhance students’ and instructors’ teaching and learning experience. Originality/value – While many studies try to explore the questions of what makes a student choose a specific college/university or a specific field, limited number have investigated the behaviour of students in class selection and enrolment. This paper contributes to bridging that gap

Inculcating leadership skills through Mahallah leadership training (McLEAD 2015)

The purpose of this paper is to explain the nature of the Mahallah Leadership Programme (McLead) as a means to inculcate the leadership values to the student leaders at International Islamic University, Malaysia. The analysis was done based on the progrmme which was conducted at Akademi Pembangunan Belia, Batu Gajah Perak on February 6 to 8, 2015. About 192 Mahallah representative committees from all Gombak Mahallat participated in the programme. However, only 162 participants gave their feedbacks for the programme. Several analyses were conducted based on their feedback to the programme. The results shows that there are three major reasons why the students are interested to be members of MRC; opportunity to conduct programme; ability to polish their leadership skills and lastly to develop their potential as leaders at higher levels. In another analysis the students also expressed their satisfactions with the conduct of the programme. Lastly the analysis also identified the major skills acquired by the students throughout the activities of the programme

Do they Intend to save? Saving behaviour intention among urban dwellers from low-income households

This study examines the level of saving behaviour intention among the households. Motivated by Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behaviour framework, this study also examines the main factor affecting the households’ saving behaviour intention. A total of 148 questionnaires were distributed, and the data collected was analyzed using a descriptive and inferential statistics to meet the objectives of the study. The results suggest a low level of saving behaviour intention among the low-income households. The results also indicate that financial literacy was found to be the main factor influencing saving behaviour intention among the households. Keywords: savings behaviour intention; attitude towards saving; subjective norm, perceived behavioural control; eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2023. The Authors. Published for AMER and cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under the responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), College of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia DOI

Predictive Maintenance Of Railway Transformer Oil Based On Periodic Content Analysis

The high frequency of operation of commuter trains, due to passenger demand as well as the selection of railway as the mode of daily transportation for commuting on weekdays, increases the usage of on-board power, especially for a train’s traction system. As maintenance is rarely performed on transformer oil, it deteriorates and negatively affects transformer performance, increases heat, and may damage the transformer as well. This will result in significantly costly maintenance expenses for train operators. Therefore, this paper proposes a predictive maintenance schedule for transformer oil. The recommendations are based upon an analysis of transformer oil contents and its properties over a 90-month period of operation. A linear correlation between the properties of the oil and the train’s period of operation yielded a predictive maintenance schedule, primarily reclamation and filtration, for the oil at the threshold of each property. Major oil changes are to be considered when all properties are approaching their thresholds. As oil deterioration increases over time, a specific maintenance schedule was suggested. This was tested and observed on several transformer units. The content analysis of each oil is also discussed. Based on the results, this predictive maintenance schedule can be used on other trains with the same transformer model or other trains using the same type of insulating oil