Prior experience of entrepreneur can decrease the amount of uncertainty and it might give motivation or encourage them to bear uncertainty. Through education, it can help entrepreneurs to have a critical thinking and expose them to the new business potential or benefits in globalization era. So, it is important to understand prior work experience and education of entrepreneurs because it will affects the business performances. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of work experience and education towards business performance among entrepreneurs in Kelantan. Simple random sampling procedures, a total of 379 entrepreneurs were selected and participated in this survey. The data from structured questionnaire was analysed by regression analysis (stepwise) in this study. The finding shows that the work experience of entrepreneurs influenced more than entrepreneurs education towards business performances. Therefore, exposure on the real business experience in university and col.....

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Teknologi pemasukan lumen membenarkan partikel-partikel pengisi magnet dimasukkan ke dalam lumen gentian dengan tidak menjejaskan kebersihan permukaan luar daripada pelekatan sebarang pengisi. Aluminium sulfat (alum) dan polietilenamina (PEI) berperanan sebagai pembantu retensi dengan memberikan kesan positif di dalam proses pemasukan lumen. Kajian ini menumpukan kesan pemukulan terhadap pemasukan magnetit (Fe3O4) ke dalam pulpa kenaf menggunakan alat pemukul PFI Mill. Mikroskop elektron imbasan (SEM) digunakan untuk melihat pelekatan partikel pengisi di dalam lumen gentian, manakala mikroskop konfokal digunakan bagi melihat struktur morfologi pulpa pemasukan lumen. Magnetometer sampel bergetar (VSM) pula digunakan bagi pengukuran pemagnetan kertas. Proses pemukulan dapat meningkatkan kadar pemasukan pengisi ke dalam lumen gentian pada resolusi 4000 rpm. Namun begitu, pada pemukulan 8000 rpm kadar pemasukan pengisi menurun...

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Ethical crises in business have gained more attention from public and have led many to question the effectiveness of ethics education in university. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the ethical attitudes of accounting and business students, their willingness to become whistleblowers, and the impact of ethics education on students’ ethical attitude. A total of 275 usable questionnaires that consists of four ethical scenarios were analysed. The findings of the study show that a small percentage of accounting and business students are willing to involve in unethical behaviour. About 10.9% of students were categorized as unethical as they would cheat in an examination and that only 1% of the students would accept bribes to defraud the tax office. Once an element of risk of being caught was introduced, the percentage of students willing to cheat in an examination and those willing to defraud the tax office decrease to 4.8% and 0.7% respectively. The finding also shows tha.....

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Costing skills are among the critical skills that SME owner-managers should have for managing a successful enterprise. However, Malaysian SME owner-managers still lack costing skills. The current entrepreneurial training programme provided by the government and its agencies lacks a module on costing skills. Thus, this study is conducted to develop a costing skills course within the entrepreneurial training programme conducted by the government. This study employs a practical action research (AR) approach. Practical AR training includes a cyclical process of planning, acting, observing and reflecting. Each stage of practical AR provides feedback for improvement of the next stage. At the acting stage of this research, feedback was collected and this is the focus of this paper. One interesting finding in this paper is the difference in acceptance between rural and urban entrepreneurs of the costing skills course...

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The worsening obesity problem in Malaysia has urged various efforts from various parties to address them. The effective use of the nutrition labels is widely accepted and used as one of the efficient measures to address obesity. However, previous studies on the literacy of the nutrition label, especially among Malaysian consumers are still limited. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess the differences in consumers’ literacy of the nutrition label by demographic factors, such as gender, age, education level, income level and ethnicity. This study adopted survey technique and employed a quantitative approach. The sample consisted of 200 respondents, which were selected using random cluster sampling. Data collected were analyzed using Independent Sample T-Test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results showed that the literacy of the nutrition label varies significantly by gender and ethnicity, but the difference was not significant by age, education level and income level. S.....

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The main objective of this study is to examine the relationship between dimensionality of teacher self-efficacy and organisational citizenship behaviour amongst teachers at government school, Malaysia. Teacher self-efficacy is comprised of personal teaching efficacy and general teaching efficacy. A research issue is highlighted and discussed in detail and thoroughly. A theoretical background for both construct: efficacy theory and organisational citizenship behaviour have been systematically and clearly discussed. Both constructs are also found to be significantly contributed to the school achievement positively. The conceptual framework is also developed based on past empirical arguments. Numerous contributions are pointed out and adequate justification is provided. Past studies revealed and confirmed the relationship between personal teaching efficacy and organisational citizenship behaviour as well as between general teaching efficacy and organisational citizenship behaviour. Hypoth.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti keupayaan program transformasi untuk mengubah minda masyarakat kawasan luar bandar di negeri Kelantan dan Negeri Sembilan. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kuantitatif yang diperoleh melalui kerja lapangan. Seramai 764 orang responden yang terdiri daripada penduduk dan penerima bantuan daripada program transformasi dipilih dari kawasan luar bandar. Dengan menggunakan analisis deskriptif, penemuan mendapati bahawa masyarakat luar bandar mengalami perubahan dari aspek pendapatan, kesihatan, budaya penyertaan, kemahiran dan jalinan kerjasama. Penyertaan masyarakat terhadap program transformasi ini bukan sahaja dapat menambahkan pendapatan individu, menjana peluang pekerjaan baru, mengurangkan kadar pengangguran malahan meningkatan kualiti hidup masyarakat luar bandar. Hal ini menunjukkan transformasi minda merupakan salah satu perkara yang penting bagi membangunkan individu atau masyarakat selain transformasi ekonomi, sosial dan fizikal...

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Kajian ini bertujuan mengenal pasti peranan Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) dalam menentukan perkembangan pemiagaan peruneitan di sekitar Tanjong Malim dan Hulu Bemam. Penelitian terhadap aspek demografi penduduk, latar belakang ekonomi, gaya hidup, perrnintaan, persaingan, infrastruktur, lokasi dan elemen lain yang mempunyai kaitan dengan perkembangan pemiagaan rune it di Tanjong Malim dan Hulu Bemarn dikaji. Kesemua pemboleh ubah ini dikaji kerana ia mempengaruhi eorak penawaran barangan dan perkhidmatan untuk memenuhi kehendak pengguna yang terdiri daripada masyarakat setempat, pelajar dan kakitangan UPSI. Dengan menggunakan kaedah soal selidik dan temu bual bersemuka, seramai 110 responden yang menjalankan pemiagaan runcit di Tanjong Malim dan Hulu Bernam yang mengembalikan borang soal selidik sepanjang tempoh kutipan data di lapangan dijadikan sebagai unit analisis untuk menjawab persoalan dan objektifkajian yang dibentuk. Jawapan yang diperoleh daripada borang soal seli.....

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Kajian ini telah dijalankan bertujuan mengukur kesan rawatan Kaunseling Kelompok Pendekatan Pemusatan Insan (KKPPI) dan Kaunseling Kelompok Pendekatan Psikologi Kognitif Ad-Din (KKPKAD) ke atas konsep kendiri, kemurungan dan daya tahan remaja hamil luar nikah. Kajian ini melibatkan 55 orang remaja dari tiga buah pusat perlindungan wanita iaitu Raudhatus Sakinah, KEWAJA dan Taman Seri Puteri I Cheras (JKM). Subjek kajian berumur di antara 13 hingga 21 tahun. Soal selidik yang digunakan ialah Multidimensional Self-Concept Scale (MSCS), Beck Depression inventory (BDI) dan Adolescent Resiliency Attitude Scale (ARAS). Nilai kebolehpercayaan alat kajian diukur melalui kaedah Cronbach Alpha koefisien. Kaedah item keseluruhan dan kesahan konstruk digunakan untuk mengukur tahap kesahan alat ujian. Kajian ini menggunakan reka bentuk ujian pra dan ujian pOS. Kaedah quasi eksperimen telah digunakan untuk mengutip data. Subjek telah dibahagikan kepada tiga kumpulan. Dua kumpulan rawatan dan satu ku.....

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Tip penjimatan air merupakan amalan baik yang seharusnya dilakukan oleh pengguna semasa menggunakan air dalam kehidupan seharian. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis tahap kesedaran dan pengamalan tip penjimatan air dalam kalangan pelajar tingkatan enam di SMK Sultan Abdul Aziz. Kajian ini menggunakan borang kaji selidik yang berfokus pada pengetahuan, sikap dan tingkah laku pelajar terhadap tip penjimatan air di rumah. Seramai 167 orang pelajar. Analisis kajian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif (frekuensi dan min) dan analisis inferensi (korelasi Pearson). Hasil analisis menunjukkan pengetahuan, sikap dan tingkah laku pelajar tingkatan 6 di SMK Sultan Abdul Aziz berada pada tahap sederhana. Manakala bagi analisis korelasi menunjukkan kekerapan mendengar, menonton, melihat atau membaca tip penjimatan air dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan dan mengubah tingkah laku pelajar. Dapatan ini jelas menunjukkan bahawa pengetahuan pelajar tidak ditunjukkan menerusi sikap dan tingkah laku. Kesedar.....

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