The Influence of Efficacy and Emotional Intelligence of Technical Secondary School Administrators' and Teachers' Professional Collaboration on Teachers' Job Satisfaction

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of administrators' collective efficacy and emotional intelligence competencies and teachers professional collaboration on teachers' job satisfaction. Survey instruments were distributed to the respondents comprising of administrators (N=444) and teachers (N=1,426) of the Technical Secondary Schools in Malaysia. Four measures were used; Administrators' Collective Efficacy Scale (ACES), Emotional Competency Inventory-Version 2 (ECI-V2), Teacher Professional Collaboration Questionnaire (TPCQ) and Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ). Data analysis started with evaluating data normality and psychometric integrity of the instruments using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Several statistical analyses were employed to assess the hypotheses. Analyses include t-tests, bivariate correlation analysis, and stepwise and hierarchical regression analyses. Finally, path analysis was used to support earlier findings on the direct and indirect relationships of all the variables. Since there was significant difference between the administrators and the teachers' perceptions pertaining to the seven variables studied, data were analysed separately. Teachers' data only act as a support to the findings based on administrators' data. It was found that there were significant relationships between all the constructs studied. However, only teachers' professional collaboration, administrators' collective efficacy and emotional intelligence competency for relationship management (social skills) were predictors of teachers' job satisfaction. Administrators' collective efficacy and relationship management partially mediate the relationship between teachers' professional collaboration and teachers' job satisfaction. Several recommendations and implications were drawn from the study

Kualiti Kehidupan Bekerja Dan Hubungannya Dengan Komitmen Terhadap Organisasi

Parallel to the widespread of information technology today, the workload and responsibilities of the teachers are becoming very demanding and challenging. Hence, there are reports on the declining of their quality of work and commitment towards their organization that resulted in absenteeism and early retirement. This study aims at identifying the relationship between quality of work life and commitment towards the organization among the secondary school teachers in the Kota Setar district in Kedah Darul Aman. In measuring the level of commitment towards the organization among the teachers, some improvements were made to the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) by Mowday, et. al. (1975) so as to fit the selected respondents. Items on quality of work life were designed based on the eight criteria suggested by Walton (1973). This research also studies the differences in demographic factors such as sex, age and tenure on commitment towards the organization. A pilot study was conducted to test the reliability and validity of the instrument. For the study, the administrators of the respective fifteen secondary schools in the Kota Setar district randomly selected three hundred and forty teachers. The questionnaire used consists of forty-three items, which is then divided into three parts. The statistical analyses used in the study are t-Test, Oneway ANOVA, Pearson Correlation and Multiple Regression. The results of the study indicate that there was a significant relationship between quality of work life and commitment towards the organization. The study also found that the eighth criterion of the independent variable is the most influential factor on commitment towards the organization. The result of the t-Test and One-way ANOVA portrays that the differences in the demographic factors were not significant. The correlation test shows that six out of the eight criteria of quality of work life are positively significant to commitment towards the organization

Improving year 4 pupils' ability to spell countable plural forms of nouns through the use of 'make it plural' (M.I.P) chart

The lack of understanding and confusion on the basic rules of plural nouns faced by the pupils has greatly affected their ability to write correct spelling of the plural forms of the nouns. A research was conducted on 4 selected participants from Year 4 B of SK Z who obviously showed difficulties in applying appropriate spelling rules to form correct plural forms of the nouns.Hence, this action research was conducted to develop the pupils’ ability to spell the countable plural forms of the nouns correctly. A plural form chart named ‘Make It Plural’ Chart was used as the intervention to address this issue. Four lessons using the intervention with different focused in spelling rules of the plural nouns (‘-s’, ‘-es’, ‘-ies’ ‘-ves’) were implemented throughout this research in order to assist the pupils in improving their ability to spell the countable plural forms of the nouns correctly. The data for this study was collected through observation, the result of worksheets’ scores and the result of the pre-test and post-test. The results of the findings from three different sources showed that the use of ‘Make It Plural’ (M.I.P) Chart has significantly improved the participants’ ability to spell the countable plural forms of the nouns correctly.Discussion of the findings, reflection and suggestion for further research was highlighted in the last section of this article in order to develop more quality and comprehensive teaching and learning session in the future

Managing heritage: A case study at Department of National Heritage

Heritage management is one of the principal issue in preserving cultural heritage belongs to Malaysia.It aims to provide protection to the importance and usability for future generations. One of the heritage management strategy aims to provide protection to the importance of the heritage resources.However, based on previous studies, a systematic approach in managing and protecting this valuable and non-replaceable asset is still relatively new.Therefore, the objective of this study is to identify challenges and problems faced by the Department of National Heritage in preserving cultural heritage in Malaysia. Through the literature review and a pilot study, a number of issues and problems have been identified involving financial, spare parts, technical problems, human behaviour and attitudes, management and administration and education and training.A total of 30 respondents from the staff of Department of National Heritage have been involved in completing the questionnaires.The findings conclude that the identified issues and problems affecting the implementation and effectiveness of the managing heritage resources

Kajian pendedahan dan risiko kesihatan: asbestos terampai semasa penyelenggaraan kenderaan dan jentera berat

Produk yang mengandungi asbestos masih boleh didapati di negara membangun. Contohnya, Malaysia melarang penggunaan asbestos jenis krosidolit tetapi tidak kepada krisotil. Pendedahan kepada krisotil ketika kerja penyelenggaraan brek kendedraan boleh mengakibatkan penyakit seperti asbestosis, barah paru-paru dan mesotelioma. Maka, kajian ini dilakukan untuk menentukan tahap pendedahan krisotil dan hubungannya dengan penyakit yang berkait rapat dengan asbestos