The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between personality traits, job crafting and work engagement among private university academic staff. The study used   correlational  design.  Five-factor  model  by  Costa  and  McCrae  and  revised  job  demands-resources  model  by  Schaufeli  and  Bakker  were  used  in  this  study.  In examining   the  relationships  among  the  variables,  job  crafting  was  selected  as  a mediating variable  in this study. A sample of 284 respondents was randomly selected from 1,712 academic staff from two  private universities in Perak. To collect qualitative data, an interview session was conducted with  seven participants which were selected purposefully. Instruments used in this study consisted of  mini international personality item pool, job crafting scale and Utrecht work engagement scales. A  semi-structured interview  protocol  was  developed  to  collect  qualitative .....

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Shariah complaints firms listed on Bursa Malaysia. This paper also attempts to identify whether the Shariah compliant firms are showing the same micro variables factors that determine systemic risk. The systematic issues have become the main concern to many related parties such as policy makers, investors and stakeholders as systematic risk is unable to be removed through diversification. Shariah compliant firms have their own unique systematic risk owing to their difference in business philosophy. A hypothesis between the relationship of the firms-specific micro variable factors and systemic risk are established on foregoing studies and theoretical framework respectively, and analyzed using the Fixed Effects Model tested on the data from 80 listed companies covering a period from 2009 to 2018. The results show that leverage and growth are the most significant factors of the systematic risk of Shariah compliant firms. Therefore, high leverage and growth firms are considered to be hig.....

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As university students are entering a competitive workforce, getting a desirable job has become more demanding. Many universities offer industrial training or internship placements in their degree programmes. Thus, this study provides a qualitative perspective of anticipation of working experiences among university students in Klang Valley.This study is carried out in the form of face-to-face semi-structured interviews with ten university students in Klang Valley. The contents are analyzed by its content and code in themes. The results show that the anticipations of working experiences among university students fall into a few categories which are; relevant education, purposes and importance of working experiences as well as the challenges faced in the workforce. This study closes the gap between workforce expectation and students’ impractical expectations as it gives university students a better insight about working experience especially during their studies so that they can pre-p.....

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Understanding entrepreneurship concept is indispensable in formal education system to support entrepreneurship education especially in school and higher education institutions. However, the need to understand entrepreneurship concept is essential and important as every individual has the potential to be an entrepreneurs. This study aims to assess the understanding of entrepreneurship concept among Orang Asli after playing a game; and to remark the emotional connotation after playing the game. This paper employed qualitative method in the form of observation and interview with 20 Orang Asli Semai in Perak state. The findings indicated that most participants showed basic understanding of entrepreneurship and developed positive connotation while playing the game. The study drew attention to the importance of learning through playing in non-formal learning especially among the Orang Asli community.  ..

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The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between board diversity, financial performance and disclosure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) information of the Malaysian listed companies. Different from prior literature, board diversity is viewed from the perspective of gender, age, tenure, educational level, professional membership and functional background. We used one explanation i.e. diversity as variety, out of three explanations from a typology in social psychological and organizational management fields. The sample consists of 205 companies listed on Bursa Malaysia. Using regression analysis, a significant positive relationship was noted between the functional backgrounds of directors and the companies’ financial performance. The result shows that boards should have diversity in their functional background. The other forms of board diversity such as gender, age, tenure, educational level and professional membership have been found not to influence companiesâ.....

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Soil erosion is among of the most acute issues faced in the world, from the loss of soil to natural resources and crop farmers. Malaysia is a tropical country with high yearly rainfall affecting the loss of the outermost layers of soil. The main objectives of this study was to examine the areas mandatory for the evaluation of soil corrosion in Ipoh city and surrounding areas in Perak state, Malaysia for Year 2000 and Year 2015, and to evaluate the mean yearly soil loss proportion using the USLE model. The total area covered in this study was 1267.83 km2. Results showed that the proportion of agriculture land in the study area increased significantly from 2000 to 2015 (30% to 34.35% of the total study area, respectively). Similarly, urban area also showed increase from 14.34% in 2000 to 17.93% in 2015 with values of 183.1 km2 to 216.16 km2of study area, respectively. Contrary, open area showed significant reduction in size from 118.76 km2 (8.30% of the study area) in 2000 to 48.80 km2 (.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti pengurusan guru tahfiz dalam pengajaran hafazan Al-Quran di sekolah tahfiz kerajaan dan swasta di Negeri Sembilan. Model pengurusan oleh Henry Fayol telah digunakan dalam kajian ini sebagai kerangka teoritikal yang terdiri daripada elemen perancangan, pengelolaan, pengarahan, penyelarasan, dan pengawalan. Kajian ini menggunakan reka bentuk tinjauan. Instrumen kajian terdiri daripada satu set soal selidik dan protokol temu bual. Instrumen kajian telah disahkan oleh empat orang pakar dalam bidang. Kebolehpercayaan instrumen pula telah diukur dengan menggunakan pekali Alpha Cronbach α = 0.89. Ini menunjukkan nilai kebolehpercayaan soal selidik mempunyai ketekalan yang tinggi. Instrumen soal selidik ditadbir kepada pelajar manakala protokol temu bual diberi kepada guru. Seramai 335 orang pelajar Tahfiz daripada empat buah sekolah agama (2 buah Sekolah Agama Kerajaan dan 2 buah Sekolah Agama Swasta) telah dipilih secara rawak untuk menjawab soal se.....

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Kajian tinjauan ini bertujuan untuk menilai kompetensi guru dalam pengajaran kemahiran motor halus bagi murid berkeperluan pendidikan khas masalah pembelajaran. Berdasarkan Model Kompetensi Bungkah Ais Batu, tiga aspek kompetensi guru dipilih dalam kajian ini, iaitu kesedaran, pengetahuan dan kemahiran pengajaran. Objektif kajian juga untuk melihat hubungan antara kesedaran dan pengetahuan, pengetahuan dan kemahiran pengajaran guru serta kemahiran pengajaran dan kesedaran guru tentang kemahiran motor halus dalam pengajaran berdasarkan faktor demografi iaitu pengalaman mengajar pendidikan khas. Populasi kajian adalah terdiri daripada 437 guru Pendidikan Khas Integrasi di Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur. Berdasarkan jadual saiz sampel Krejcie dan Morgan, seramai 204 orang guru pendidikan khas telah dipilih secara persampelan rawak berlapis. Instrumen soal selidik berkonsepkan atas talian aplikasi google form digunakan bagi memperoleh data. Instrumen kajian telah disahkan oleh 11 orang p.....

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Seni berzanji merupakan salah sebuah seni warisan bangsa yang kian dilupakan terutamanya dalam kalangan golongan muda. Jika dibiarkan, dibimbangi perkara ini akan memberi impak dari segi kelestariannya. Kajian yang dijalankan ini bertujuan untuk membangun kurikulum asas seni berzanji untuk institusi pengajian tinggi. Kajian ini telah melibatkan kaedah pengumpulan data melalui temubual tiga orang pakar dalam seni berzanji dan juga melalui kajian pustaka bagi mengenalpasti isi kandungan, aspek teknik dan juga estetik asas seni berzanji dalam transmisinya secara tradisional. Data kajian ini telah disusun ke dalam Reka Bentuk Kurikulum (RK) dan Rancangan Instruksional (RI) seperti yang telah digariskan oleh Bahagian Pembangunan Akademik dan Qualiti (BPAQ) Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI). Dapatan yang diperolehi melalui kajian ini adalah berkenaan sejarah dan latar belakang seni berzanji, fungsi, pengetahuan teknikal, kaedah pengajaran dan pembelajaran, petua dan kaeda.....

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