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Ethical attitudes of accounting and business students : Malaysian evidence

Yahaya Rusliza, Zainol Zuraidah, Ahamad Rapani Norhanani, Mat Norwani Norlia, Samsudin Norsamsinar, Mat Jizat Jessnor Elmy,

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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.....

Article Published 2016 2976 hits Available

Does corporate diversification induce financing choice?

Wan Daud Wan Mohd Nazri, Yahaya Rusliza, Mat Norwani Norlia, Md Nawi Farah Amalina,

Article Published 2017 3208 hits Available

Hubungan antara peranan pemimpin pembelajaran profesional dan model pembelajaran profesional dengan amalan guru sekolah menengah harian di Malaysia

Mansor Mahaliza, Mat Norwani Norlia,

Article Published 2017 2370 hits Available

Models and professional learning: an imperative for enhancing teacher leadership

Mansor Mahaliza, Yusuf Hamidah, Mat Norwani Norlia, Abd Jalil Norasibah,

Article Published 2017 2829 hits Limited

The relationship between in-service training and teaching skills with student achievement

Norlia Mat Norwani

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This study aimed to explore the relationship between the level of in-service training (IST) needs and teachers’ teaching skills to students’ achievement in secondary schools in the state of Perak, Malaysia. Data was collected through questionnaire. Study samples comprised 324 teachers were randomly selected from 18 schools. Data was analyzed using percentages, means, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation. The study showed a high level of IST needs by the respondents with a mean of 3.96. The increase of teaching skills level is at a moderate level with a mean of 3.61. Results of the hypotheses testing showed that there was no significant relationship between demographic factors (gender, age and teaching experience) in the level of the IST needs and the teaching skills. The study found a weak significant relationship between IST needs with teaching skills and no significant relationship between teaching skills and students’ achievement. Implications of the study include suggestions.....

Article Published 2017 904 hits Limited

Principals’ leadership styles, students’ motivation and academic achievement in Malaysian secondary schools

Norlia Mat Norwani

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Principals_ management and leadership were perceived as the main factors to ensure school effectiveness and had significant impact on students, not directly but indirectly. The purpose of this study was to assess relationship between leadership styles of principals_ and students_ motivation levels with academic achievements of students in secondary schools in the Serian district of Sarawak. A questionnaire that contained 41 items was used to collect data from 302 samples. The descriptive findings of the study showed that 48.4% of the samples lived in families consisting of six and more family members and 81.8% of the families had an average monthly income of less than RM1,000 which was within the national rural poverty level. Analyses conducted showed that the principals favored transactional and transformational leaderships with means of 17.93 and 17.82 respectively. The Pearson Correlation analyses showed there were significant relationships between principals_ leadership styles and .....

Article Published 2012 90 hits Available

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