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)

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

[The Issue of Humaliation or Insult Towards Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh): Several Commands on Manners in The Surah of Al-Hujurat] Isu Penghinaan Terhadap Nabi Muhammad Saw: Beberapa Perintah Adab Dalam Surah Al-Hujurat

Lately, cases of insults against the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him) are quite common in our country, especially on the social media. Why is this happening when Muslims are the majority population in the country? Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to highlight issues of humiliation against the Prophet (PBUH) and to explain some of the commands of Allah in the form of manners of respect for him in the Quran. This study uses content analysis method with reference to thematic interpretations or tafsir mawdhu'i as method of analysis. The Muslim scholars have stated that Rasulullah (PBUH) is the most glorious being of Allah who should be honored based on what had been commanded by Quranic texts and hadiths. Therefore, in accordance with the height of his dignity and glory, Allah has set forth in this Surah al-Hujurat several manners and ethics toward the Prophet (PBUH) for the believers to obey and practice in life. If the ethics toward Prophet Muhammad were respected and practiced by all Muslims, then the incident of contempt against him would not have happened. Mutakhir ini, kerap kali berlaku kes-kes penghinaan terhadap Nabi Muhammad ﷺ di negara kita terutamanya di media sosial. Mengapakah perkara ini berlaku dengan berleluasa sedangkan umat Islam merupakan penduduk majoriti di negara ini? Justeru tujuan kertas kerja ini ditulis adalah untuk mengetengahkan isu-isu penghinaan terhadap Rasulullah ﷺ serta menjelaskan beberapa perintah Allah ﷻ yang berbentuk adab penghormatan terhadap baginda di dalam al-Quran. Surah yang dikaji ialah Surah al-Hujurat. Tulisan ini menggunakan kaedah analisis kandungan dengan merujuk kepada tafsir tematik atau tafsir mawdhu’i sebagai kaedah analisis. Para ulama’ menyatakan bahawa Nabi Muhammad ﷺ adalah semulia-mulia makhluk Allah yang wajib dimuliakan berdasarkan nas-nas al-Quran dan hadis. Oleh yang demikian, sesuai dengan ketinggian martabat dan kemuliaan baginda ﷺ, maka Allah ﷻ telah menetapkan di dalam Surah al-Hujurat ini beberapa adab dan etika kesopanan terhadap Nabi ﷺ kepada orang mukmin untuk dipatuhi dan diamalkan dalam kehidupan. Sekiranya adab-adab kesopanan terhadap Nabi Muhammad ﷺ tersebut dijunjung tinggi dan diamalkan oleh semua umat Islam, nescaya insiden penghinaan terhadap baginda sudah pasti tidak akan berlaku lagi

Pengurusan emosi dalam surah Maryam ayat 21 hingga 26 / Siti Aisyah Yusof...[et al.]

Kertas kerja ini bertujuan mendedahkan kaedah pengurusan emosi menurut al-Quran. Umat Islam kini lebih cenderung untuk merujuk kaedah pengurusan emosi daripada sarjana Barat sehingga terlepas pandang panduan pengurusan emosi seperti yang digariskan oleh al-Quran. Walhal hakikatnya terdapat banyak garis panduan yang disediakan oleh Allah untuk hamba-hamba-Nya yang beriman bagi menguruskan emosi dengan baik. Pengkaji berusaha meneliti ayat 21 hingga 26 Surah Maryam yang menceritakan bagaimana Sayyidah Maryam yang diberikan panduan oleh Allah pada saat beliau mengalami tekanan emosi semasa hamil. Hal ini demikian kerana beliau hamil tanpa berkahwin. Kajian ini menggunakan metode kajian perpustakaan dengan merujuk al-Quran, kitab tafsir, bukubuku dan sebagainya. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa terdapat lima panduan pengurusan emosi yang berkesan yang telah dinyatakan oleh Allah dalam Surah Maryam. Pengkaji berharap kertas kerja ini dapat mendedahkan beberapa kaedah pengurusan emosi mengikut acuan Islam yang sebenar

Work-family conflict and work-related attitude: the mediating effects of stress reactions

This study aims to investigate the relationship between work-family conflict (i.e. work-to-family and family-to-work) and work-related attitudes (i.e. job satisfaction, affective commitment and turnover intentions) among academician in Malaysia. Mediation effects of stress reactions which are behavioral stress, somatic stress and cognitive stress were also tested. A survey method using questionnaire was utilized to obtain the data. A total of 267 respondents were participated, giving the return rate of 20% from the entire of population. Research data were analyzed using PASW18 and AMOS SPSS18. Result indicated that only work-to-family conflict was significantly related to stress reactions. While, behavioral stress mediates the effects of work-to-family conflict on job satisfaction, affective commitment and turnover intentions. Cognitive stress only mediates the effects of work-to-family conflict on affective commitment. This paper also discusses the implication of this study to the organization and future research

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

Urban Farming Activities in Southeast Asia: A Review and Future Research Direction

The activities of urban farming in Southeast are still limited and scattered. In order to give valuable insights into the urban agriculture of Southeast Asia and to support researchers, we need to know in details the available options and gaps in this research direction that will serve future researchers. Thus, in this study, a review is conducted to map the research landscape into a coherent taxonomy. The research procedure focuses on all these subject matters related to urban farming system activities, technology application and their use in the urban farms and smallholder farming activities in Southeast Asia. These studies selected from the three major digital databases, namely, the ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Scopus. The study selection process consists of research into literature sources, followed by three iterations of screening and filtering, excluded duplicate articles, screening the titles and abstracts and reading of the full-text articles. The final included result is 88 articles, which will be adopted on in this study. Further, a review in details of the layout of the research landscape of literature is conducted into a cohesive classification with its descriptive analysis. We also identify the essential characteristics of this emerging field in the following aspects: benefits of using urban farming activities in Southeast Asia, challenges hindering utilization, and recommendations to improve the acceptance and use of urban farming applications in literature

Discovery of cold-active protease from psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctic region for bio-prospecting

The Antarctic region is a new frontier as natural sources for bio-prospecting purposes. Its extreme cold temperature may provide unique enzyme characteristics that have valuable potential for industrial and biotechnological applications. This study was designed to discover proteases that are activate and can work at very low temperatures. Soil samples from the Antarctic region were screened for protease activity on skim milk agar at 4°C. Bacteria that showed clear halo zone around the colonies were selected and identified through 16S rDNA sequencing. Out of 35 bacteria, 10 bacteria that showed rapid halo zone formation were selected and further analyzed by enzymatic assay. By using azocasein as a substrate, the reaction was measured using spectrophotometer at OD340 nm. Based on the 16S rDNA sequence, phylogenetic analysis showed that 88% of the bacteria producing protease were from Pseudomonas sp., 9% from Arthrobacter sp. and 3% from Paenibacillus sp. For enzymatic assay analysis, sample SC8 showed the highest protease activity compared to other 10 samples. This preliminary study successfully demonstrated cold active protease producers that can be further investigated for bioprospecting. In future, purification and characterization of this enzyme is required in order to optimize the enzyme activity

Stereological analysis of heart ventricles during the development of osteoarthritis in Dunkin Hartley Guinea Pigs

Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) was attributed to mobility issues which implicate an increased workload of the heart. This imposed greater stress on the ventricular wall, resulting in a maladaptive reaction known as left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Previous studies suggested that OA patients are susceptible to developing cardiovascular diseases, but its association with LVH is not yet established. Therefore, the present study aims to determine changes in nucleus diameter and ventricular cardiomyocytes’ density along with the morphology of the heart ventricles during the development of OA in Dunkin Hartley (DH) guinea pigs. Methods: The histological images of the DH knee joint were taken at 10, 20 and 30 weeks old and were assessed on the degree of articular cartilage degeneration using Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) scoring. The stereology method was used to determine the nucleus diameter (ND), cardiomyocytes’ density (CD), the ventricles wall’s thickness (VT) and volume of the ventricular chamber (VV). Results: The result showed that the severity of OA increased as DH grew old. Across the time points, ND, CD and VV chamber increase at the left and right ventricles, whereas VT increases only in the left ventricular chamber (p0.05). Conclusion: Since this preliminary study indicates the possibility that LVH is present in OA individuals it is suggested that further investigation should be conducted

Smartphone addiction and loneliness among students

Smartphones are becoming necessary in an individual’s daily life, especially when everything is within the palm. Smartphone becomes problematic when there is uncontrolled usage, which could harm various aspects. Loneliness can occur when an individual is alone and even surrounded by people. In order to further explore the correlation between smartphone addiction and loneliness, this study is conducted to identify the association between smartphone addiction and loneliness among undergraduate students in Malaysia. A total of 308 undergraduate students were involved in this study. The instruments used were Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Version (SAS-SV) and UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3). The results indicate that 60.7% of participants reported having a moderate smartphone addiction, and 42.24% had a moderately high level of loneliness. Pearson’s Correlation results show a significantly weak positive relationship between smartphone addiction and loneliness among undergraduate students. This finding can give insight into smartphone addiction and loneliness, contribute data to future studies, and recommend initiatives to improve undergraduate students’ well-being