bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Perception of Organizational Support in the Superintendence of Management of Public Administrative Expenses of the Government of the State of Rondônia
Authors: Timbo de Araujo Balthazar Bruna Livia , Balthazar de Arruda Camara Jackson , Batista da Costa Matos Gleimiria 
Published: August 2020

This research was motivated by the need to identify what is the relationship between organizational support provided by the Superintendence of the Public Administrative Expenses Management – SUGESP to its servants, the perception of servants of this support and to the concepts of sustainability. The general objective is to assess the relationship between the organizational support offered by SUGESP and the perception of employees. Theoretical aspects were addressed, such as the theory of Organizational Support, the conceptualization of the importance of employee satisfaction for the success of organizations, the Theory of Organizational Support, concepts of Public Administration and sustainable development. The methodology employed is quantitative approach, the search strategy used was the case study and study procedures were done through document analysis. Data collection was carried out by applying a self-administered questionnaire to a sample of employees working at SUGESP, as well as with the managers of the Superintendence. At the end of the research, it was identified that the average responses from the interviewed employees point out that they are indifferent to the perception of organizational support, while the manager, in the direct affirmative questions, identifies that the support offered is indifferent. In the inverse affirmative questions, he agrees that there is effective support. It was also identified that approximately 56% of the employees do not have a clear understanding of the concepts of sustainability, a fact that influences the achievement of objectives and goals defined by managers.
Perceived Performance of Cooperating Schools: Gearing Towards Future Policies
Authors: Gonzales Rosanna D. , Collado Marjorie M. , Mila Cherrie Dianne M. 
Published: August 2020

Part of providing quality education is the quest to continually improve one’s service delivery since competition is now the essence of time. In the academic field, inputs in the life of pre-service teachers are considered to be of utmost significance. These include the cooperating teachers as well as the cooperating officials who may directly or indirectly influence the future would-be-teachers, the learners who may inspire them more and the learning environment that may significantly affect their desire to enter the world of teaching upon completion of the internship. This study determined the performance of the cooperating schools as perceived by the selected elementary and secondary education students enrolled during the second semester of the calendar year 2019 in one of the higher education institutions in the Philippines offering a teacher-education program. Employing the quantitative (descriptive) research design, the results revealed that the cooperating schools’ over-all performance was excellent. However, the performance rank of the indicated factors along the cooperating schools’ selected variables (i.e. cooperating teachers, cooperating officials, learners, and learning environment) vary. In general, among all the factors included in the four main elements in the cooperating school; the learning environment particularly on functional, medical and dental facilities gained a very good rating.
Psycho-Situational Path Model of Ambidextrous Preparation for Quality Aging in College Students
Authors: Chaitawittanun Nonthacha , Bhanthumnavin Duangduen , Bhanthumnavin Duchduen Emma , Meekun Kosol , Peungposop Narisara , Pimthong Saran 
Published: August 2020

During the period of old age, everyone wishes to have good quality of living. However, only the ones who have been well-prepared at the younger age could make this wish comes true. This study aims at investigating the psychosocial antecedents of the preparation of quality aging based on ambidextrous approach. Samples were 489 undergraduate students. Path analysis with latent model revealed a good fit. The findings revealed that psychological latent trait (future orientation and self-control, need for achievement, mental health, and core self-evaluation) and situational latent variable (perceived modeling, social support, and social norm) directly affected the preparation for quality aging (present quality of life, knowledge acquisition, and knowledge usage) via the psychological latent state R2 of 0.606 latent (attitude towards preparation, and locus of control of preparation) with the. Discussion and implications are offered.
Is Inflation Regressive or Progressive? Long Run & Short Run Evidence from Pakistan
Authors: Shahbaz Muhammad , M. Wahid Abu N. , Kalim Rukhsana 
Published: August 2020

The present paper investigates an answer to a key question “is inflation regressive or progressive?” by utilizing time series data from 1971 up to 2005 with reference to Pakistan. The main focus of the study is on the inflation-inequality puzzle but other control variables are also included in the model that affect income distribution. We have utilized the most advanced technique FMOLS (Fully-Modified Ordinary Least Square) for long run and ECM (Error Correction Model) for short run dynamics. Our findings suggest that inflation is progressive in the case of Pakistan but with low magnitude. There is also a prevalence of a U-shaped relationship between inflation and income inequality in non-linear or non-monotonic phenomenon, but it is insignificant. Per capita income deteriorates income distribution, and seems to provide gains to non-poor individuals in the economy. Remittances as share of GDP, and human capital, also appear to increase income inequality in both periods but large size of the government seems to worsen income distribution in the long run. International trade and income inequality are positively correlated that confirms the existence of Leontief paradox in Pakistan not only in short run, but also in long run. Financial development declines income inequality insignificantly. Inverted U-shaped curve (Lafer-Curve) indicates an association of trade and income inequality in non-linear fashion insignificantly. This effort provides some new insights for policy makers and development planners in Pakistan. Keywords: Inflation; inequality; fully modifed ordinary least square; Pakistan.
The Determinants of Internet Financial Disclosure: The Perspective of Malaysian Listed Companiesal
Authors: Alarussi Ali Saleh , Selamat Mohamad Hisyam , Mohd Hanefah Mustafa 
Published: August 2020

This paper investigates whether Internet Financial Disclosure (IFD) can be explained by the elements of the company’s characteristics and dominant personalities in board committees. Ten variables have been tested using data collected from 194 Malaysian listed companies’ websites, namely, internationality, leverage, foreign shareholders, information technology (IT) experts, firm’s age, number of shareholders, listing status, dominant personalities in the audit committee, chairman of audit and nomination committees, and dominant personalities in the audit and nomination committees. It is found that IT experts, firm’s age, number of shareholders and listing status are significantly affected by the level of IFD. However dominant personalities in the audit and nomination committees are negatively related to the level of IFD in Malaysia. The study provides some evidence to support the signaling theory and the cost and benefit hypothesis in relation to Internet disclosure. Keywords: Determinants, Internet Financial Disclosure, listed companies.
The Influence of Organizational Culture as Moderator between Person-Organization (P-O) Fit and Work Attitudes
Authors: Kumar S. Senthil 
Published: August 2020

Although the positive effect of Person-Organization fit (P-O fit) on work attitudes is well known, research into the environmental factors that affect P-O fit’s salience in predicting work attitudes is in its infancy. This study examined the moderating effects of organizational culture in the relationship between P-O fit and work attitudes such as job satisfaction, and organizational commitment in the national culture context. Results from a sample of 173 managerial-level employees from 7 organizations in India suggest that organizational culture either strengthens or weakens the positive relationship between P-O fit and work attitudes depending upon its alignment with national culture. In the Indian cultural context, it is found that people and control-oriented organizational cultures that are isomorphic with national culture weaken the relationship between P-O fi t and work attitudes. Whereas creation and market-oriented cultures that are non-isomorphic with Indian national culture strengthen the positive relationship between P-O fi t and work attitudes. Results of this study have implications in employee selection, socialization and organizational culture management. Keywords: Person-organization fit, organizational culture, national culture, job satisfaction, organizational commitment.
Jangka Masa Keluar Daripada Kepompong Kemiskinan dan Ketermiskinan: Kajian Kes di Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia
Authors: Che Mat Siti Hadijah , Abdul Hakim Roslan 
Published: August 2020

Malaysia mencatatkan pengurangan kemiskinan yang memberangsangkan semenjak merdeka hingga kini. Kadar kemiskinan telah berkurangan daripada 52.4% pada tahun 1970 kepada 3.8% pada tahun 2009. Dalam Rancangan Malaysia ke Sepuluh (2010–2015), negara mensasarkan agar pada tahun 2015, purata pendapatan bagi 40% golongan isi rumah yang mempunyai pendapatan terendah meningkat daripada RM1440 pada tahun 2009 kepada RM2300 dan kadar kemiskinan dikurangkan kepada 2.0% pada tahun 2015. Persoalannya, berapa lamakah purata masa yang diperlukan untuk membebaskan mereka yang berada dalam kepompong kemiskinan untuk keluar daripada kepompongnya itu. Makalah ini cuba untuk menganggarkan tempoh masa yang diperlukan oleh isi rumah yang berada dalam kelompok kemiskinan dan ketermiskinan untuk keluar daripada kepompong kemiskinan dan ketermiskinannya dengan menggunakan beberapa anggaran pertumbuhan pendapatan. Kajian kes ini, ditumpukan kepada isi rumah petani di negeri Kedah Darul Aman. Satu kaji selidik secara bersemuka ke atas 384 responden dilakukan antara bulan April hingga Disember 2008. Analisis kajian menggunakan pendekatan seperti yang diperkenalkan oleh Morduch (1998). Dapatan menunjukkan pada kadar pertumbuhan pendapatan lima peratus, purata jangka masa yang diperlukan adalah lebih kurang 10 tahun untuk membebaskan mereka yang miskin (PGK: RM700.00) daripada kepompong kemiskinannya. Manakala isi rumah petani yang dalam keadaan ketermiskinan (PGK: RM430.00 pula mengambil masa selama lapan tahun untuk membebaskannya daripada kepompong ketermiskinannya. Kesimpulannya, sasaran untuk mencapai ketermiskinan sifar atau miskin tegar sifar adalah pada tahun 2021 dengan mengandaikan pertumbuhan pendapatan berlaku pada kadar tiga peratus setahun. Namun tempoh masa itu boleh dipendekkan apabila kadar pertumbuhan dicapai lebih tinggi. Sebagai contoh, miskin tegar sifar tercapai pada tahun 2016 apabila kadar pertumbuhan pendapatan berlaku pada kadar lima peratus setahun. Kata kunci: Kemiskinan, ketermiskinan, tempoh masa keluar kemiskinan, Malaysia.
Pengaruh Sikap dan Norma Subjektif Terrhadap Niat Gelagat Kepatuhan Cukai Jualan Tempatan
Authors: Bidin Zainol , Hussin Zolkafli , Mohd Salleh Shalihen 
Published: August 2020

Literatur cukai lalu menyentuh tentang banyak pemboleh ubah yang boleh mempengaruhi gelagat kepatuhan cukai terutama yang berkaitan dengan cukai langsung. Namun begitu, pemboleh ubah niat gelagat tidak banyak digunakan sebagai tumpuan utama sedangkan ia dikenal pasti sebagai pemboleh ubah anteseden bagi gelagat kepatuhan. Justeru, kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengenal pasti pemboleh ubah yang mempengaruhi niat gelagat kepatuhan cukai jualan tempatan, iaitu salah satu komponen cukai tidak langsung. Teori Tindakan Beralasan (Theory of Reasoned Action) yang dibangunkan oleh Fishbein dan Ajzen (1975) digunakan sebagai asas kajian. Sejumlah 338 pelesen cukai jualan tempatan di Semenanjung Malaysia telah terlibat sebagai responden kajian. Kaedah regresi berganda digunakan bagi melihat hubung kait antara sikap dan norma subjektif terhadap niat gelagat kepatuhan. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa pemboleh ubah sikap dan norma subjektif masing-masing mempengaruhi secara positif dan signifi kan terhadap niat gelagat. Sikap dan norma subjektif dapat menerangkan 64% varian dalam niat gelagat kepatuhan cukai jualan tempatan. Implikasi dan cadangan terhadap pembuat dasar turut dibincangkan. Kata kunci: Sikap, norma subjektif, niat gelagat, cukai jualan tempatan.
National Key Economic Area Multiplier Impact On Malaysian Economy: An Input-Output Analysis
Authors: Ahmad Fuad Siti Nadiah , Puasa Ahmad Fauzi 
Published: August 2020

The ultimate aim of this research is to provide an analysis of the impact multipliers on the Malaysian economy for 12 NKEA sectors. Economic activity is a complicated web of interdependent behaviour. A change in any part of the economy leads to changes elsewhere. Consequently, the estimation of the ultimate total impact of a change in the NKEA requires the measurement of the changes that occur elsewhere in the economy. The technique available to obtain these measurements is called input-output (I-O) analysis. I-O analysis is concerned with studying the interdependence of the producing and the consuming units in the modern economy. Our computation of complete I-O multipliers includes total output, income, employment, value-added, imported commodity, domestic taxes and imported taxes multipliers for the NKEA. Among the NKEA sectors, the palm oil, tourism, education, healthcare and other sectors have great potential for further development and are expected to give a high impact on the Malaysian economy. If the government wishes to boost the Malaysian economy for growth, these are the appropriate sectors for development. Keywords: NKEA, input-output analysis, multiplier impact.
Social Capital and Educational Attainment Among Rural Community in Malaysia
Authors: Abdul Hakim Roslan , Ismail Russayani , Abdul Razak Nor Azam 
Published: August 2020

The determinants of educational attainment among children have become one of the main research agenda among scholars, educationists and economists alike. In most studies, the focus is on the relationship between educational attainment and factors such as the quality of teachers, schools, educational technologies, curriculum design, the fi nancial and human capital aspect of the families and the ability of children themselves. Recently, the focus has been expanded to explore the relationship between social capital and educational attainment. As an addition to the existing literature, this paper attempts to investigate the impact of social capital on educational attainment using a regression analysis based on a sample of 2500 households, gathered from a rural community in Terengganu, Malaysia. Six domains of social capital are used to arrive at the index of social capital. The argument advanced in this paper is that social capital, which could be viewed as the outcome of networking, cooperation and trust at the household level, is expected to have a positive impact on a child’s educational attainment. Towards this end, we regress children’s education attainment on social capital along with other relevant independent variables, i.e. family, children, school and neighbourhood characteristics. Interestingly, the result of our study reveals that the level of social capital that a family has, is found to be signifi cant and has the expected positive sign. This finding implies that social capital at the household level appear to be a critical factor in determining a child’s educational attainment. Thus, our finding lends support to the idea that social capital is a good predictor of children’s is educational attainment. Keywords: Social capital, educational attainment, rural community.
Productivity Improvement in the Utilization of Domestic and Imported Inputs in Resource and Non-Resource-Based Industries: 1983–2005
Authors: Sulaiman Noorasiah , Abdul Rashid Zakariah , Abdul Hamid Khalid 
Published: August 2020

The focus of the study is to examine the improvement in productivity on the utilization of intermediate input in resources and non resources-based industries of the Malaysian manufacturing sector. Since improvement in productivity can determine how well an input performed, our main interest rests on whether there exists any discrepancy between the performance of domestic and imported intermediate input. To undertake such an analysis, we employed various publications of the Malaysian Input-Output Tables. The input-output coefficients of domestic and imported inputs were then simulated by using the commodity technology model. It was anticipated that three main findings could be obtained from this study. Firstly, non resourcesbased industries have shown that both inputs have a higher improvement in productivity compared to resources-based industries. Secondly, this study revealed that resource-based industries have improved productivity relatively in the imported input used compared to domestic input. Thirdly, the number of industries that were efficient in utilizing imported input was higher, both, in resource and non resource-based industries. Results from this study show that imported intermediate input are still important in the production of manufactured products, even though many incentives have been given in order to increase the effi ciency of the domestic input used. Keywords: Productivity improvements, input utilization, resource and non resource-based industries.
Hubungan antara Kerja Berpasukan dengan Kepuasan Kerja Ketua Panitia Sekolah Menengah
Authors: Veloo Arsaythamby , Bin Kiew Hwee 
Published: August 2020

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti perbezaan kepuasan kerja ketua panitia dalam kerja berpasukan berdasarkan jantina, umur dan pengalaman kerja. Di samping itu kajian ini juga bertujuan mengenal pasti penyumbang utama dan hubungan antara lima faktor kerja berpasukan iaitu tindakan pemimpin, struktur perwatakan pasukan, struktur perwatakan individu dan hubungan interpersonal dengan kepuasan kerja ketua panitia. Subjek kajian ini terdiri daripada kesemua 141 ketua panitia daripada sembilan buah sekolah menengah kebangsaan harian di daerah Kuala Krai, Kelantan. Alat ukur kerja berpasukan telah diubah suai daripada kajian Karakus dan Töremen (2008) manakala alat ukur kepuasan kerja telah diubah suai daripada Model Teori Dua Faktor Herzberg (1966) dalam Tay (2007). Kerja berpasukan diukur daripada empat dimensi iaitu tindakan pemimpin (8 item), struktur perwatakan pasukan (7 item), struktur perwatakan individu (8 item) dan hubungan interpersonal (8 item) manakala kepuasan kerja diukur menggunakan 20 item. Dapatan kajian ini dianalisis dengan menggunakan program Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) versi 16.0. Kajian ini menggunakan ujian-t, ANOVA satu hala, Kolerasi Pearson dan regrasi berganda untuk menguji hipotesis kajian. Dapatan kajian ini menunjukkan bahawa wujud perbezaan yang signifikan antara jantina dan umur dengan kepuasan kerja tetapi tiada perbezaan yang signifikan dengan pengalaman kerja. Keputusan kajian ini menunjukkan terdapat hubungan antara tindakan pemimpin, struktur perwatakan pasukan, struktur perwatakan individu dan hubungan interpersonal. Kajian ini juga menunjukkan tindakan pemimpin, struktur perwatakan pasukan dan hubungan interpersonal menjadi peramal kepada kepuasan kerja. Hasil kajian mencadangkan pihak sekolah, Jabatan Pendidikan Daerah serta Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri yang terlibat dengan program latihan dan pembangunan harus menitikberatkan aspek peningkatan pengetahuan dan kemahiran kerja berpasukan khususnya kepada ketua-ketua panitia dalam aspek kemanusiaan, perancangan dan penyelarasan tugas. Kata kunci: Kepuasan kerja, kerja berpasukan, jantina, umur, pengalaman kerja.
Pelaburan Langsung Asing dan Perkembangan Pelancongan: Kointegrasi dan Ujian Penyebab Granger di Sepuluh Destinasi Utama Pelancongan
Authors: Mohd Salleh Norlida Hanim , Othman Redzuan , Sarmidi Tamat 
Published: August 2020

Kebanyakan Negara Sedang Membangun menghadapi masalah kekurangan dana dalam membangunkan negara mereka khususnya dalam sektor yang memerlukan perbelanjaan yang besar seperti pembangunan industri pelancongan (ARR). Salah satu sumber dana yang penting adalah daripada Pelaburan Langsung Asing (PLA). Oleh itu kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti kewujudan hubungan antara PLA dan ARR di destinasi pelancongan utama dunia, iaitu negara Perancis, Sepanyol, Amerika Syarikat, China, Itali, United Kingdom, Jerman, Turki, Mexico dan Malaysia bagi tempoh masa tiga puluh tahun iaitu daripada tahun 1978 hingga 2008. Untuk mencapai tujuan kajian ini, kaedah kointegrasi dan Ujian Penyebab Granger dalam kerangka pendekatan ARDL digunakan. Pemilihan kaedah ini disebabkan oleh keistimewaan kaedah itu sendiri di mana ia membenarkan data siri masa yang pendek digunakan di samping boleh diaplikasikan pada siri masa yang berbeza kepegunannya, iaitu I(0) dan I(I). Hasil kajian mendapati wujud hubungan jangka panjang atau kointegrasi antara PLA dan ARR di kesemua negara dikaji. Dalam jangka pendek ujian sebab-penyebab mendapati ARR adalah signifi kan mempengaruhi PLA bagi negara Perancis, Mexico, United Kingdom dan Malaysia. Sementara di Perancis, Mexico dan United Kingdom sahaja didapati PLA adalah signifi kan mempengaruhi ARR dalam jangka pendek. Bagi negara lain iaitu Jerman, Itali, Sepanyol, Turki, Amerika Syarikat dan China didapati kedua-dua pemboleh ubah PLA dan ARR tidak mempunyai sebarang hubungan dalam jangka pendek. Hasil kerja ini dapat dijadikan panduan kepada pembuat dasar dalam merangsang pembangunan pelancongan. Kata kunci: Pelaburan langsung asing, perkembangan pelancongan, kointegrasi, ujian penyebab Granger.
Analysis of Zakat Management in Brunei Darussalam
Authors: Bashir Mohamed Sharif , Haji Ali Nurul Nabilah 
Published: August 2020

The main objective of this paper is to analyze the management of zakat funds in Brunei Darussalam. More specifi cally, it aims at investigating how zakat funds recipients perceive the quality of the current zakat management with special attention to the aspect of zakat funds disbursement. It also aims to examine how effi cient Brunei’s zakat administration is, particularly the distribution aspect. This paper is explanatory and descriptive in nature and uses both secondary and primary data to examine the trends of zakat collection and distribution. The fi ndings in this paper show that zakat management in Brunei Darussalam is progressing to achieve the main objectives of zakat system. The paper also provides some useful policy implications to improve the management of zakat funds and how policy-makers can respond to the challenges positively as well as to develop and support zakat institutions in Brunei Darussalam to be more efficient and reliable in the collection and distribution of zakat funds. Keyword: Zakat management, Islamic finance, zakat recipients, Brunei Darussalam.