Work-life balance practice: A proposed study for a Japanese higher education institution

Work-life balance (WLB) has continuously been the subject of interest for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. Japan, a country suffering from a significant decline in their working population, has been criticised for the long working hours for many years, which is attributed to the traditional work culture that emphasises work as a way of life rather than working just for work sake. To combat these threatening issues, Japan must redress its excessive working hours and increase flexibility to attract and retain women workers who are traditionally known to be burdened with family obligations. Keywords: work-life balance; working hours; Japan eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI

Work-life balance practice: A proposed study for a Japanese higher education institution

Japan, a country suffering from a significant decline in their working population, has been criticised for the long working hours for many years, which is attributed to the traditional work culture that emphasises work as a way of life rather than working just for work sake, hence impeding the individual ability to balance work and life. This conceptual paper aims to cast a light on new empirical evidence concerning the work-life balance practice in Japan from a private higher education institution perspective. It will be framed upon a quantitative design via a self-administered questionnaire. Keywords: work-life balance; working hours; Japan eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA 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 responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i22.414

Exploring Donor Relationship Management for Funding among Malaysian Social Welfare NGOs

The purpose of the study is to explore donor relationship management (DRM) for funding in Malaysian Social Welfare Non-Governmental Organisations (SWNGOs). NGOs largely depend on donor funding to support their operations. However, donors’ funding can be limited. With the growing number of Malaysian NGOs, it has become more challenging in competing for donor funding. Through a semi-structured interview with six Malaysian SWNGOs, this study discovered that an exchange relationship was employed by Malaysian SWNGOs to manage their relationship with donors. Also, this study proposes a DRM model to secure funding for Malaysian NGOs. Keywords: Donor Relationship Management; Funding; Malaysian SWNGOs eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i19.315

Manifestation of work-life balance in the Malaysian banking workforce: Transformational leadership the potent enabler

 Baby Boomers are soon reaching their retirement and the workforce vacancies will inevitably occupied by the Xers and Millennials. The two younger cohorts are drastically different from their senior echelon where work-life balance is of utmost important to them. Transformational leadership is claimed as the potent enabler to the practice of work-life balance. Consequently, this study aimed to examine the extent of the relationship between the two. Questionnaires were distributed to two domestic banks. Findings reported the relationship between transformational leadership and work-life balance. No differences, however, are shown between demographic profiles of gender, marital status and age about work-life balance.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA 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 responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Work-life balace; Transformational leadership; Banking Baby Boomers are soon reaching their retirement and the workforce vacancies will inevitably occupied by the Xers and Millennials. The two younger cohorts are drastically different from their senior echelon where work-life balance is of utmost important to them. Transformational leadership is claimed as the potent enabler to the practice of work-life balance. Consequently, this study aimed to examine the extent of the relationship between the two. Questionnaires were distributed to two domestic banks. Findings reported the relationship between transformational leadership and work-life balance. No differences, however, are shown between demographic profiles of gender, marital status and age about work-life balance.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA 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 responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Work-life balace; Transformational leadership; Banking

Instructional Elements Assessments of Entrepreneurship Education in a Technical University in Malaysia

The technical and vocational education and training (TVET) program occupies the national education system to allow the students to learn practical, hands-on skills aligned with the industries' needs, ultimately preparing the students for the inexorable integration of technology brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0). The rapid pace of change and broad impacts featuring IR 4.0 demand specific critical thinking skills, creativity, and readiness for risks, the qualities that are connected to entrepreneurship. Thus, it clarifies offering entrepreneurship education (EE) alongside a TVET program. There are arguments that EE is poorly embedded into the TVET program in Malaysia. The instructional elements concerned with the content, techniques, and activities through which students engage in creating entrepreneurial knowledge and value are considered essential for EE's success in a TVET program. This study assesses the state of instructional elements (i.e. content, teaching methods, infrastructure facilities, and learning assessments) of EE offered within a TVET program in Malaysia. Data were obtained from 37 students of a private technical university in Malaysia who enrolled for their entrepreneurship course through a series of group interviews. The study enlightens a few meaningful findings to propagate the entrepreneurial culture within a TVET program: (1) the content should be tailored to the readiness of the students, (2) action-based teaching methods should be engaged, (3) prior entrepreneurship experience should be specified for the entrepreneurship lecturer; (4) presence of ideal infrastructure facilities, and (5) learning assessments must be focusing in developing attributes of entrepreneurs

The mediating effect of happiness on the relationship between work-life balance and life satisfaction: an empirical study on employees of Malaysian financial industry / Siti Hartini Najamudin, Muhamad Khalil Omar and Azzarina Zakaria

The issue of happiness in organisation has been debated among academicians, practitioners, and policy makers nowadays. This is because it provides an index of how well things are going within the organisational context. The ability for an organisation to track front-line employee’s happiness over time is a very useful in order to achieve organisation’s successful policies and practices. Some previous studies conducted to measure the relationship contribute of work-life balance effects in quality in life, life satisfaction and wellbeing. Also, the impact of decreased income on happiness has hardly been studied except through the drop in income due to unemployment. Therefore, this paper attempts to show the relationship of work-life balance and life satisfaction with the mediating role of happiness. The main problem is to relate the situation to the Malaysian Financial Sector work-life balance with sense of happiness by World Happiness Report to get the outcomes of life satisfaction. Perhaps for these reasons, towards the end of this paper, happiness is proposed to be measured in mediating concept by linking the relationship of work-life balance and life satisfaction

Workplace Stigmatism: The voices of mothers with disabled children

This qualitative study highlights the kinds of workplace stigma confronted by mothers of disabled children. It explores the forms of stigma that may be subtle yet could be detrimental to the mothers. This study also demonstrates how mothers are affected by and respond to workplace stigma. Five Malaysian mothers representing a variety of work structures and situations were engaged in the in-depth, semi-structured interviews. Text analysis reveals clear evidence that mothers are subjected to stigmatising treatments, consequently playing a significant role in their workplace engagement, career aspirations, and confidence. Keywords: Workplace, Stigma, Mothers, Disabled Children eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA 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), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i21.368

The Determinants of Employee Attitude towards e-HRM–A Study of Engineering Company in Malaysia

Electronic Human Resource Management (e-HRM) is “…the application of information technology for both networking and supporting at least at least two individual or collective actors in their shared performing of HR activities†(Strohmeir, 2007). Using a survey method, this study reports the determinant of employee attitude towards e-HRM in an engineering company in Malaysia. There are basically two major independent variables i.e. perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. The overall results show that the employees had significantly positive attitude towards e-HRM as they perceived that the system is useful and easy to use. Data shows that they intend to use e-HRM and predict that they would use e-HRM in future. The findings of this research provide valuable insights for the management to create a positive attitude towards technological interventions especially in assisting human resource management. Hence, a company should enhance the employees’ understanding of the system through a proper and thorough training so that they will perceive the system as useful and easy to use

Leadership style head of polytechnic department and regard with to work culture

This study aims to look at the leadership style of the heads of departments in technical education and its relationship to the work culture among lecturers Polytechnic Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah in Jitra, Kedah. This research is very important to the head of polytechnic and lecture to work in the good condition with the good leadership. This study specifically for identifying leadership style of department heads and identifying cultural favourite work by guest lecturers by lecturers own. In addition, this study also aims to identify whether there is a significant relationship between leadership style and work culture based on the view lecturers in polytechnics. This study used a survey method through questionnaires investigator. Measuring tool -LEADER Behaviour Description Questionnaireǁ (LBDQ) used to measure the leadership style of the heads of departments and task-oriented dimension oriented human relations. Measuring tools work culture lecturers used to measure the kind of work culture in polytechnics favoured by both the dimensions of leadership style. Respondents were lecturer’s population a total of 290 people in four departments in polytechnic master. Data processing involves statistics a descriptive measurement frequency, mean, standard deviation and also percentage. Data processed using inferential statistics, including Pearson correlation coefficient, ANOVA and t-Test. The study found that leadership style department heads on evaluation lecturers are high on both dimensions of the oriented dimension task-oriented and dimension of human relationships. But leadership style human relations-oriented leadership style is the key department heads polytechnics. The study also found that corporate culture is a culture of bureaucratic work favoured by lecturers in polytechnics