The main focus of the study is to examine the incentive effect of granting equity-based payments for reducing turnover among the executives. In specific, the study was guided on determining the influencing effects of managerial ownership and equity-based payment may reduce executive turnover among the Malaysian Listed companies. From the analysis, the main finding shows that firms with equity-based programme with a presence of family control indicates that turnover is likely to be a lower. This implies that family ties play a significant role for removing of inefficient executives. And, where the family members are also served as the board members, the likelihood to shield from being removed is consistent with the management entrenchment hypothesis. Then, extended examination results for the mix pay components of cash and equity reveal the turnover is found to produce less incentive for executives to stay in the firm. The result implies that executives are willing to lose their equity .....

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Pelaksanaan dasar kolonial British terhadap pembentukan rancangan penempatan di kampung baru Cina telah menimbulkan implikasi dan cabaran terhadap komuniti kampung baru Cina di Daerah Ulu Selangor pada tahun 1948-1957. Pendekatan kualitatif dengan reka bentuk analisis dokumen dan manuskrip telah digunakan dengan memperoleh sumper primer, iaitu dokumen dan manuskrip yang terdapat di Arkib Negara Malaysia seperti file, Colonial Office Ulu Selangor, Annual Report, dan keratan akbar. Kajian turut disokong oleh sumber kedua yang diperoleh dari perpustakaan Institut Pengajian Tinggi Awam yang terdapat di Malaysia. Kajian lapangan juga telah dilakukan dengan menemu bual individu serta tokoh-tokoh penting di kampung baru Cina. Hasil kajian ini telah mendapati penempatan semula komuniti di kampung baru Cina di daerah Ulu Selangor telah menghadapi pelbagai masalah dalam mengharungi kehidupan mereka. Kesimpulannya, pembentukan kampung baru Cina ini telah berjaya menyelesaikan masalah koloborasi a.....

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Kajian ini berkaitan dengan Eksplorasi lakaran secara bertema serta kesan terhadap kreativiti kanak-kanak prasekolah. Hasil kajian yang telah dijalankan, mendapati bahawa guru prasekolah menjalankan aktiviti pengajaran dan pembelajaran terbatas kepada tema yang telah ditetapkan. Guru kurang memberikan kebebasan kepada kanakkanak dalam aktiviti melakar dan mereka tidak dapat membuat penerokaan yang menyeluruh. Ini akan memberikan kesan yang negatif terhadap perkembangan kreativiti kanak-kanak diperingkat prasekolah. Kajian ini telah dijalankan terhadap 25 orang kanak-kanak prasekolah di sekolah daerah Kuala Terengganu dengan menggunakan pendekatan lakaran bertemakan kenderaan. Hasil lakaran kanak-kanak dijadikan dokumen utama dalam proses analisis. Dapatan daripada kajian ini, menunjukkan bahawa kanak-kanak yang menghasilkan lakaran bertema, kurang menonjolkan kreativiti mereka. Ini adalah kerana masih kurang penguasaan terhadap asas lakaran, aktiviti atau latihan, sekaligus asas lakara.....

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A family unit needs a good leader to produce quality human resources and better experiences in relationships. A critical analysis in the discourse of the Prophet should be undertaken to discover his showmanship of a great leader in the family. The analysis of hadith discourse in the critical perspective of the language of the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) marriage life is still less given attention rather than general analysis of the prophet’s leadership. The purpose of the study is to identify leadership language practices through textual narration and thus, interpret hadith discourse through discursive study to explain the practices. Eleven hadith related by Aisya R.A was selected to show the leadership language during their marriage. Analysis is conducted using Fairclough’s threedimensional model in critical discourse analysis. The method links between linguistics characters and social practice through discourse practices. Findings discover seven forms of languages being practiced.....

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This research is to design and develop an initial psychometric evaluation of the Quality Early Childhood Care and Education (QECCE) scale. The procedure of developing the QECCE item scale was conducted by using the sequential missed method research approach. The study involved 2464 samples. Systematic reviews were carried out to identify the related constructs for the items, and discussion with expert panels for its validity has been done, followed by an examination of the psychometric quality of the items. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) generated a four factoring model with 22 items. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) has proven all the items achieve the minimum thresholds of model fit. Based on structural equation modeling (SEM) outputs, the QECCE scale successfully explained 63.25% of the total variance. On this basis, the QECCE scale is a valid and reliable survey instrument specifically for assessing the quality of Malaysian ECCE. The study confirmed that the predictors for.....

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This study focused on the influence of learning organization practice toward teacher leadership among secondary school teachers in the state of Perak. The quantitative approach of descriptive correlational design has been used in this study. The sample consists of 400 teachers from 50 secondary schools in Perak. The data were analyzed using mean and multiple regression. Findings indicate that the level of organizational learning practice (mean = 3.78) is at a high level. In addition, the results show that the learning organizational variables, which is individual learning (β = 0.57, p = 0.05) is the main influence on teacher leadership and followed by global learning (β = 0.25, p = 0.05). A total of 53 percent of variation in teacher leadership is explained by learning organizational variables. In conclusion, the practices of learning organization definitely influence teacher leadership secondary school in Perak. The implications of the study show that learning organization practice .....

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This study proposed to investigate the influence of teachers’ self-directed professional learning in enhancing Teachers’ Leadership Competency (TLC) through teachers’ Action (ACT), Thinking (THI), Feeling (FEE), Accessing (ACC) in Facilitating Improvement and Establishing Standards (FIES), Modeling Leadership Attributes and Skills (MLAS), Participating in Organizational Development (POD), Fostering a Collaborative Culture (FCC), and Performing as Referral Leader (PRL) as well. The data will be collected from 301 teachers from 12 sample schools through self-administered of Teacher Learning and Competency Scale (TLCS) survey instrument. The samples will be selected through proportionate random sampling procedure. The collected data will be analyzed using SPSS software package. The pilot-test data will be analyzed utilizing Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). The Second Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) or known as Pooled Measurement Model will be employed to assess the model .....

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Konsep keusahawanan sosial semakin popular di seluruh dunia. Di Malaysia, keperluan terhadap keusahawanan sosial adalah berdasarkan kepada isu-isu berkaitan komuniti seperti pembangunan ekonomi, sosial, persekitaran dan pendidikan. Komuniti perlu terus diperkasa memandangkan komuniti merupakan kumpulan individu yang membentuk dan menjadi modal insan yang berharga untuk negara ini. Budaya komuniti yang sebahagiannya lebih cenderung menunggu serta bergantung kepada bantuan pihak kerajaan umumnya dan Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) khasnya perlu diubah. Dengan menghasilkan seramai mungkin usahawan sosial dalam komuniti dipercayai akan dapat meningkatkan status sosio-ekonomi komuniti tersebut sekaligus merangsang pembangunan negara dengan pantas. Oleh yang demikian, komuniti di negara ini perlu didedah dan dididik Konsep keusahawanan sosial semakin popular di seluruh dunia. Di Malaysia, keperluan terhadap keusahawanan sosial adalah berdasarkan kepada isu-isu berkaitan komuniti seperti p.....

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This study aims to determine the application of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS) to the organizational commitment and work performance of the Midwife of Public Health Centre in Banyumas Regency. Central Java, Indonesia. Data collection techniques using purposive sampling. The sample of this study were 243 midwives with the following criteria: minimum education D3 midwifery, minimum working period of one year and minimum age of 22 years. The data analysis technique uses SEM AMOS. Model fit is shown by good and significant goodness of fit results. The results showed that indicators of organizational commitment consisting of affective commitment, continuous commitment and normative commitment were able to explain the construct of organizational commitment. Work performance indicators consisting of work performance, contextual performance, adaptive performance and productive work performance can explain the construct of work performance. The construct .....

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The concept of social entrepreneurship is increasingly popular throughout the world. In Malaysia, among the issues often being discussed is pertinent to the employability of its graduates in the job market and the reluctance of those graduates to kick-start any of entrepreneurship ventures. This issue needs to be wisely taken as university students will be the valuable human capital force for the country. At the same time, entrepreneurship should continue to be the starting point of the student's career with social entrepreneurship as one of the preferable option. Social entrepreneurship career aspiration need to be disseminated, introduced and cultured among students. Producing as many social entrepreneurs in the community could help to enhance the social status of the society, as well as encouraging rapid economic development of the country. University students in this country need to be exposed and inculcated with social entrepreneurial concepts and opportunities for them to mobiliz.....

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