Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti kesan Kumpulan Kepimpinan Mobil (KKM) kepada komunikasi, prestasi kerja harian dan motivasi dalam kalangan guru berbanding dengan Kumpulan Kawalan di Pulau Pinang. Hubungan antara komunikasi dengan prestasi kerja harian dan hubungan antara komunikasi dengan motivasi turut dikenal pasti dalam kalangan guru melalui Kumpulan Kepimpinan Mobil. Pendekatan kuasi eksperimen diaplikasikan dalam kajian ini. Sejumlah 156 responden telah diambil sebagai sampel kajian. Teknik pensampelan digunakan dalam kajian ini ialah pensampelan rawak mudah dengan menggunakan jadual nombor rawak. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan Kepimpinan Mobil mempunyai kesan signifikan terhadap komunikasi, prestasi kerja harian dan motivasi dalam kalangan guru. Dapatan kajian juga menunjukkan terdapat hubungan positif antara komunikasi dengan prestasi kerja harian dalam kalangan guru melalui KKM berbanding dengan Kumpulan Kawalan. Analisis juga menunjukkan hubungan positif antara komun.....

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OBJECTIVE: Self-Care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) v6.2 Chinese is an instrument used to assess the ability of self-care behaviour among heart failure patients. It has been validated in Taiwan; however it is yet to be validated in Malaysia. As a multi-ethnic country, Chinese language has been one of the major languages in Malaysia. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the reliability of Self-Care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) v6.2 Chinese among Malaysian population. DESIGN: A successive independent sample design was used throughout a 4-months data collection period. SETTING: Eighty heart failure patients from University of Malaya Medical Centre and National Heart Institute were recruited through purposive sampling. The two hospitals were chosen because they have specialized heart clinics that eased the data collection. The out-patients were screened by the cardiologists for their eligibility to participate in this study. MEASURES: The samples were administered with SCHFI v6.....

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Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk membina model kepimpinan lautan biru, dan menentukan hubungan antara kepimpinan lautan biru, serta keterlibatan pekerja dengan prestasi pasukan dalam kalangan guru di kolej vokasional. Pengaruh mediator keterlibatan pekerja dalam hubungan antara kepimpinan lautan biru dan prestasi pasukan dalam kalangan guru telah diuji. Reka bentuk kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan kaedah tinjauan. Sejumlah 402 orang guru yang terdiri daripada 22 kolej vokasional yang terletak di Zon Utara mengambil bahagian dalam kajian ini. Mereka dipilih sebagai sampel kajian berdasarkan pensampelan rawak berstrata berkadar. Permodelan Persamaan Berstruktur digunakan untuk menganalisis data. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa kepimpinan lautan biru dapat diukur melalui tiga dimensi iaitu fokus, wawasan dan pengaruh ideal. Keterlibatan pekerja dapat diukur melalui tiga dimensi iaitu dedikasi, penyerapan dan semangat. Prestasi pasukan dapat diukur dengan men.....

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By examining the intertwined relationship between Chen Jian’s (1497-1567) Huang Ming tongji ????(Comprehensive Annals of Imperial Ming) and the anonymous historical novel Yinglie zhuan ???(The Record of Heroes and Martyrs), this paper demonstrates that these two works together play a significant role in disseminating knowledge about the founding of the Ming dynasty from mid-sixteenth century onward. It first inspects how these two works and their later editions borrow from each other. Then, by paying special attention to the book forms of The Record of Heroes and Martyrs, including the illustrations, table formats, and special marks that serve as reading aids for the reader, this paper analyzes how these special designs might have helped the reader grasp historical information and envision the past of the dynasty in a way hard to achieve before the proliferation of books. While previous studies tend to downplay these historical novels for their Confucian didacticism and lack of artis.....

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