The main purpose of this study is to develop an empirically substantiated Teacher Leadership Competency Model (TLCM). The study also aspired to identify the relationship between Teachers’ Leadership Competencies (TLC) and Principals’ Developmental Leadership Behavior (PDLB), PDLB and Teachers’ Commitment to Change (TCC). Further, the study also intended to ascertain the relationships among TLC, PDLB and TCC. Structural Equation Modeling was applied to test the model. A total of 928 teachers from 58 High Performing Secondary Schools in Malaysia completed the survey. The analysis yielded a four-factor TLC Model, namely Fostering a Collaborative Culture; Facilitating Improvement and Establishing Standards for Student Behavior, Modelling Leadership Attributes and Skills; and Performing as Referral Leader. The finding shows that TLC Model will benefit school principals in developing effective teacher leadership among teachers in schools. Meanwhile, the TLC Scale with 16 items offers a.....

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Sejak tahun 1897, orang Cina-peranakan di Indonesia sudah menghasilkan 3,000 buah karya dalarn bahasa Melayu, yang lebih sesuai dipanggil Bahasa Melajoe tionghoa. Mereka telah diasirnilasi, dinaturalisasi atau melalui pembauran dengan bangsa pribumi di Indonesia seperti kelompok Java, Makassar dan lain-lain yang menyebabkan rnereka dipanggil peranakan. Walaupun begitu kesetiaan mereka masih disangsi sehingga hari ini. Melalui kajian novel yang ditulis oleh Thio Tjin Boen, salah seorang daripada penulis Cina-peranakan yang rnenulis di antara 1885-1940, akan meninjau persoalan identiti Cina-Peranakan yang berkaitan dengan persepsi mereka terhadap tradisi dan budaya kelornpok Java. Persepsi negative dan positif yang dipaparkan dalam diskusi, Thio Tjin Boen tentang identity hybrid mereka, dapat dikesan dalam sorotan terhadap perkahwinan campur antara orang Cina-peranakan dan orang pribumi di Indonesia. Segala peruntungan, perenungan dan kerumitan yang dialami oleh karektor-karektor atau di.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti pemikiran penulis karya Mahua melalui penelitian persoalan dan realiti hidup masyarakat Cina di Malaysia yang dicerminkan dalam karya cerpen Mahua. Sebanyak 75 buah cerpen karya iaitu karya oleh Tuo Ling sebanyak 34 buah dan Yun Lifeng sebanyak 31 buah telah dianalisis. Analisis teks berpandukan Teori Cerminan Lukacs dilaksanakan untuk menganalisis, mengupas plot perwatakan cerpen dari aspek budaya, pendidikan, ekonomi dan politik. Dapatan kajian dilaporkan secara deskriptif. Didapati aspek yang paling kerap diperbincangkan melalui cerpen kedua-dua penulis adalah aspek budaya manakala politik kurang dipaparkan. Dalam aspek budaya, penekanan diberikan kepada pendidikan, dunia kewanitaan dan pengaruh nilai Konfusianisme dalam masyarakat Cina. Gejala sosial yang dipaparkan adalah perjudian, pelacuran dan amalan rasuah. Selain itu, persoalan Bahasa Melayu, masalah guru sandaran dan pendidikan Sekolah Persendirian Cina diperbincangkan dalam aspek pe.....

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Gender diversity issue is also constantly being a debated issue in corporate governance. This research aims to investigate the effects of women directorship towards the impact of board structure in Malaysian GLCs. Our sample consists of a total of 18 public listed Malaysian Government-Linked Companies from 2003 to 2012. The study examine the impact of women directors as interacting variables to board meeting, board size and independent board on the GLCs performance. The results reveal positive relationship exists between board size and board independence towards GLCs performance while negative relationship exists between board meetings towards firm performance. The panel regression analysis of subsamples found that the women director is significantly affecting the impact of board meeting, board size and independence board towards GLCs performance...

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