Green Human Resource Management Practices in Manufacturing Industry: Cases of Firms in the Southern Part of Malaysia
Authors: Ameer Farhane Bin Mohd Arzaman ; Siti Sarah Binti Omar ; Siti Badariah Binti Khalid
Pages: 347-356
DOI:
doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi2.347.356
Abstract
Green Human Resource Management (Green HRM) is vital in improving the management and productivity of organization. Green HRM is a new approach which is implemented in the organizations in order to improve the environmental management. There are several studies about green HRM and they are not adequate to provide guidelines to the organization. This paper focuses on the awareness of HR Manager about Green Human Resource Management in Manufacturing Industry. There are three objectives of study. The first objective is to determine to what extent HR managers in Manufacturing Industry aware about green HRM and second, to identify perceived challenges of adopting green HRM in manufacturing industry. The third objective is to identify perceived benefits of adopting green HRM in manufacturing industry. This study was conducted in Manufacturing Companies in the Southern Part of Malaysia. The methodology employed is qualitative inquiry as it able to generate deeper understanding of underexplored social phenomenon of the context under study. The data collection technique adopted is in-depth interview with the managers of HR department in manufacturing companies in Johore. The data analysis adopted for this study is thematic analysis. The result had shown that most HR managers were not aware about what the meaning of the term of green HRM but surprisingly their companies have already implement and adopt several elements of green HRM. The study has articulated the benefits of adopting green HRM but also attentive to the challenges in adopting the green HRM in their firms. In conclusion, this study provides a deeper understanding to the managerial perspectives on the benefits and challenges of green HRM.
Museum Institutions in the Digital Age: The Insights of Malaysian Museums’ Use of Facebook
Authors: Shafinaz Ahmad Shaharir ; Hasmah Zanuddin
Pages: 357-366
DOI:
doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi2.357.366
Abstract
Media, entertainment, and other forms of popular culture play a significant role in shaping our perceptions of others. For many of us, popular culture is the primary way we learn about people who are different from us. The problem, though, is that many representations are based on cultural stereotypes, which tend to marginalize and caricature members of non-dominant groups. Through these representations, we see a limited, and distorted, view of others. Both entertainment and news media are powerful forces in creating and perpetuating negative cultural stereotypes, especially about racial and ethnic groups. In television and film, characters from non-dominant racial and ethnic groups often fall into formulaic tropes, and their storylines easily follow cliché narratives. The consistency of these representations reinforces stereotypes and makes them more readily available in our minds. Over the last decade, museums have experienced a strong cultural shift from object-oriented towards audience-oriented strategic approaches. The new approaches need to be addressed due to social change and the advent of communication technology as a result of the establishment of new forms of community. This research paper examines the relevant literature on this transformation and presents supportive evidence of the impact that social media have upon the relationship between museum institutions and their audiences. The Department of Museums Malaysia’s Facebook page provides a comprehensive evaluation of the museum’s general social media strategy. Given the widespread and dominance use of Facebook and other social media, the degree of engagement of museum institutions and social media seem to have become an inseparable factor on the scale of effectiveness of the relation with museum audiences and the levels of visitor attendance. The purpose of this research aims to provide an initial comprehensive set of insights into the use of social media by museum institutions by using one of the most prestigious museums in Malaysia as a case study.
Palestine Conflict: An Another Perspective from the Realm of Confiscation of Land and Legitimization
Authors: Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor ; Kashif Latif ; Mohd Nazari Ismail ; Mohammad Nazrid ; Muhammad Imran Qureshie
Pages: 367-375
DOI:
doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi2.367.375
Abstract
This paper seeks out the historical background of Palestine conflict over the years with its respective stages from the perspective of defining who are Israelis, Jewish and Judaism. How they came and made Israel from historical events and what lure them to occupy this land and developed it for themselves. This paper also sketches a number of geographical patterns pertaining to the ongoing process of confiscation of Palestinian-Arab land in Israel. It points out a geographical pattern and course of action of “enclaving” and “exclaving”, a form of spatial apartheid and exclusionary zoning which was espoused during the pre-state period of Jewish settlement and has continued down to the present day. By having findings on the conflict, paper suggest legitimization from the realm of psychological repertoires by following Kurt Lewin model of change for peaceful resolution of Palestine conflict on concluding notes.
The use of Digital Technology in Mathematics Education for Engineering Students
Authors: Kayalvizhi Subramanian ; Gunasekar Thangarasu ; Thenmozhi Subramanian
Pages: 376-383
DOI:
doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi2.376.383
Abstract
Digital technology is essential in teaching and learning mathematics to understand the basic concept and the way of problem solving technique. The primary observation found that the mathematics lecturers are not fully utilizing digital technology in their classroom, while teaching engineering students. A survey was conducted to study the barriers preventing the integration and adoption of digital technology in teaching mathematics. Five major barriers were identified: insufficient lecturer training opportunities, inadequate technical support, and lack of knowledge about ways to integrate digital technology to enhance the curriculum, lack of time in the college or university schedule for involving Information and Communication Technology and unavailability of digital resources for the students to access the necessary mathematical materials. To overcome some of these barriers, this research proposes a prototype system for teaching and learning mathematics. The prototype system consists of three users; administrator, lecturer and students. It has many amenities such as lesson planner, assignments, collection of mathematical tools, resources storage, and mathematical guidelines, latest research and projects, forum and so on. The prototype system will be prepared for teaching and learning mathematics much more interesting, inventive, innovative, exploratory, and user friendly manner.
Perception of Internal Quality Auditors on Training, Experience, Independence, Professionalism, Accountability, and Competency: Case Study on University
Authors: David Adechandra Ashedica Pesudo ; Elsa Kurniati Lintuman ; Arthik Davianti
Pages: 384-392
DOI:
doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi2.384.392
Abstract
Internal quality audit is one of audit types that can improve the quality of organization’s services. Nowadays internal quality audit is not only applied by profit-oriented organizations but also nonprofit-oriented organizations such as university. This research aims to find out how the perception of the internal quality auditor of a university on training, experience, independence, professionalism, accountability, and competency in terms of quality auditing. The respondent of this research is internal quality auditors of Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana Salatiga. This research uses descriptive qualitative approach. Data of this research is collected by distributing a list of question and interviewing ten internal quality auditors who agree to be the respondent. The result shows that all these respondents have a good perception of their training, experience, independence, professionalism, accountability, and competency.
The Impact of Political Dynasty on Development in Indonesia: An Empirical Analysis
Authors: Abdur Razzaq ; Sari Lestari Zainal Ridho
Pages: 393-398
DOI:
doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi2.393.398
Abstract
It is believed that the presence or absence of political dynasties in regional leadership has significant impact to the society. There is the important role of leader to the community that his lead on. Based on the previous research it is found that it was found that governments in which prevalence of political dynasties, spend more resources, especially in terms of infrastructure investment in urban areas, health and sanitation, and had no improvement in changes in the quality of public services. That is why the increasing in the practice of political dynasties in regional leadership government in Indonesia emerged the pros and cons of these conditions. In the line with the pros and cons of those conditions, hence the purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship of political dynasty on regional leadership, human capital and economic development in Indonesia empirically, which had not previously been done in Indonesia. This research uses qualitative and quantitative research methods to analyze the presence or absence of political dynasties theoretically and empirically. Using theoretical studies and empirical events supported by secondary data from competent sources, the research method is based on the interest to be able to use appropriate research methods in studying political dynasties, because the most important in the study of politics is the existence of mutually refining relationships and is based on the correct scientific method, one of which is to interact with reality empirical, with the aim of solving various problems. The finding of this research that there were some significant relations of human capital that measured by school participation rate and population density on economic development, measured by number of poor people and working population However, there was no significant influence on the prevalence of the practice of political dynasties in the leadership of a region on both poverty reduction and the increase in the working population as an indicator of economic development.
The Effect of Management Core Competencies on Universities & Higher Education Institutions’ Quality Assurance: Zahedan University Case Study
Authors: Maryam Banahan ; Hoda Sadat Mohseni
Pages: 399-403
DOI:
doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi2.399.403
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of management core competencies on universities and higher education institutions’ quality assurance. The population of the study was all faculty members of the Zahedan University in 2014-2015 academic year. Based on the Cochran formula, 160 out of 300 faculty members were selected using stratified random sampling method. Two researcher- made questionnaires were employed for this study. The reliability coefficient values for the questionnaire of management core competencies and the questionnaire of quality assurance were 0.79 and 0.72, respectively. The results of the study showed that management core competencies had a positive effect on universities and higher education institutions’ quality assurance.
Understanding Spiritual Intelligence and Affective Commitment Among Police Officers in Malaysia: The Mediating Role of Work Engagement
Authors: Amar Hisham Jaaffar ; Rogis Baker ; Hazril Izwar Ibrahim ; Mohd Nur Ruzainy Alwi
Pages: 404-412
DOI:
doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi2.404.412
Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the direct relationship between spiritual intelligence and work engagement as well as the relationship between work engagement and affective commitment. In addition, this study also aims to examine the role of work engagement as a mediator on the relationship between spiritual intelligence and affective commitment. As there is scarce empirical evidence with regard to the role of work engagement as a mediator, particularly between spiritual intelligence and affective commitment, this study contributes towards enriching this field of study. The study was conducted on a sample of 372 police officers in five states, namely Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Johor, Sarawak and Sabah. Hypothesis testing was analyzed using PLS-SEM analysis. Results indicated that: (1) three dimensions of spiritual intelligence consisting of critical existential thinking (CET), personal meaning making (PMP) and transcendental awareness (TA) has a positive direct and significant relationship with work engagement; (2) one dimension of spiritual intelligence consisting of conscious state expansion) (CSE) has non-significant relationship with work engagement. (3) Work engagement has a positive and significant direct relationship with affective commitment; (4) Work engagement has a significant role as mediators between the relationship of the three dimensions of spiritual intelligence (CET, PMP and TA) with affective commitment. (5) Work engagement has non-significant role as mediators between the relationships of one dimension of spiritual intelligence (CSE) with affective commitment. Results of this study have proven that work engagement was significant in the role of mediator to influence spiritual intelligence in the relationship with affective commitment. Findings of the study also indicate the importance of spiritual intelligence in influencing loyalty and commitment of the police officers.
Media Attention for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Malaysia: A Comparative Analysis of Malaysia Chinese Newspaper Coverage
Authors: Cheong Jun Rong ; Hasmah Zanuddin
Pages: 413-419
DOI:
doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi2.413.419
Abstract
Climate change is a global problem and it is more likely caused by human activities and human greed. Studies on media representations of climate change by far are less potent on Asia country compared with Western societies. Climate change is one of the crucial issues and the media has been established to play an essential key role in constructing public awareness and policy adaptation. The research aims to examine and compare Malaysia’s Chinese newspapers’ portrayal on climate change mitigation and adaption from January 2015 to December 2015. Agenda setting theory is used to guide this study. Two major Chinese newspapers in Malaysia which are Sin Chew Daily and China Press were chosen as content analysis materials as both newspapers have the highest readership and circulation compare with others Chinese newspaper. Through the analysis of Malaysia major Chinese newspaper, both newspapers have a different level of media attention on climate change mitigation and adaptation issue. The media attention includes news monthly distribution, news focus, news perception, news genre and domesticity. Both newspapers mentioned above represented a unique way of reporting climate change issue. The greater of media attention on climate change issue can provide a wider exposure with the community.
The Effect of Training and Career Development on Employees Retention –A Study on the Telecommunication Organizations in Yemen
Authors: Hamed Al-sharafi ; Mohd Ezani Mat Hassan ; Syed Shah Alam
Pages: 420-430
DOI:
doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi2.420.430
Abstract
Employees retention represents one of the main keys to organizational productivity, performance, competitive advantage and success. Therefore, organizations look for ways to improve their employees’ satisfaction and retention. Organizations worldwide have been realizing the importance of this issue. However, many organizations - specifically in Arabic context - still failing in retaining their employees, especially the most talented and qualified ones. Although many studies have been done to investigate the effect of human resources practices on employees’ satisfaction and retention, many of these studies show the impact of the monetary part of it such as compensation. The purpose of this paper is to investigate effects of non-monetary practices, training and career development on employees’ retention in organizations within the telecommunication sector in Yemen. Moreover, current study seeks to investigate the mediating role of that job satisfaction in the training, career development, and employees’ retention relationship. Using a sample of 100 non-managerial employees in the four Yemeni telecommunication organizations, results indicated that training has a positive impact on the employees’ satisfaction and retention. In fact, results show the importance of training in enhancing employees’ satisfaction as well as improving their retention rate in the telecommunication sector in Yemen. Surprisingly, results showed that career development has no relationship with employees’ satisfaction or retention. Results also found that Job satisfaction mediates the relationship between training and employees’ retention in the Yemeni telecommunication sector.
The Effectiveness of Human Resource Management Practiceson Employee Retention at National Hydrographic Centre (NHC)
Authors: Nor Asiah Mahmood ; Musa Paiman ; Mohd Khairunie Mohammed ; Mohammad Shaiful Suhaimee
Pages: 431-436
DOI:
doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi2.431.436
Abstract
Human Resource Management (HRM) practices play a crucial role in an organization. HRM practices consist of appropriate tools that need to be analysed and suited to the organization’s objectives. This paper studied employee retention at the National Hydrographic Centre (NHC) and how each selected HRM function can meet its objectives. The objective of this study was to explore and examine the training, compensation, empowerment and appraisal practices toward NHC’s employee retention. The framework was adopted from (Hong et al., 2012) on how to retain the best employee and engage them with the NHC community. Four hypotheses were developed based on this framework to study the relationship between the four constructs with employee retention. Using Google Form, 251 questionnaires were distributed to the NHC personnel from the Sections and Unit under the NHC structure, and 200 questionnaires were returned. Statistical analysis was used to analyse the data. The results showed that all the variables were significant, with β = 0.580 for training, β = 0.452 for appraisal, β = 0.363 for compensation, and β = 0.284 for empowerment. The findings serve as an added value added for HRM practitioners and a guideline for future HRM practices to implement new policies, new benefits to the staff welfare and HRM programmes.
Green Implementation Water Theme Park in Malaysia
Authors: Aimi Ashikin Hanib ; Fadilah Abu Bakar Sidek ; Shaza Rina Sahamir
Pages: 437-444
DOI:
doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi2.437.444
Abstract
There is growing concern on environmental impacts resulted from building operation system and concern for the environment in people lifestyle. Among questions that has been arose was related to sustainable theme parks destinations-are they even exist? It is evident in few studies indicate that major theme parks are starting to give their inherently unsustainable operations a fresh, green implementation. Environmental footprint matters for theme park as it operations contribute to the increasing of waste generation, water and power used. Thus, this paper aims to study on the green implementation for theme park in Malaysia. Reassuring to achieve the aim, two objectives were established: 1) to identify ways in conserving energy through technical and operational enhancement, 2) to discover the important criteria for green theme park implementation. Literature review and in-depth interviews have been conducted. Experts opinion were employed in getting rich data for the study. The result shows that there was initiative for implementing green concept in Malaysian theme park. Technical aspects that associated with green implementation for Malaysian theme park were consumption of energy, consumption of water, construction, maintenance, management of waste, materials and the design of theme park. Expanding lifespan of theme park, decreasing the use of chemical elements and rate to run the equipment can save a lot of energy contribute to the operational aspects of green theme park. Materials, energy efficiency, water efficiency were among important criteria needed to implement green theme park. Many efforts to discover green implementation have been conferred into green theme park in project management cycle.
Gleaning into Students’ Perspectives in Learning Science and Mathematics Using the English Language
Authors: Ashairi Suliman ; Mohamed Yusoff Mohd Nor ; Melor Md Yunus
Pages: 445-456
DOI:
doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi2.445.456
Abstract
Even before the call of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), the Ministry of Education Malaysia has realised the needs for Science and Mathematics to be taught in English. Indubitably, learning Science and Mathematics via the English language may pose some trials and obstacles to the students. Thus, this study aims to identify the students’ language capabilities and attitudes towards learning Science and Mathematics in English and the difference in the constructs between the students. In addition, it also discovers challenges in learning the subjects using the English language. 195 form two and form three students participated in this study. This study employed five-point Likert scale questionnaire and interview as the research instruments. Based on the findings, the respondents were found to be positive in their language capabilities and attitudes to learn both subjects in English. The t-test results also revealed the findings further. In greater details, the interview sessions unravelled hindrances faced by the participants. To sum up, the aim to valorise the standard of English among the students via the learning of Science and Mathematics is highly propitious. Hence, more support and assistance should be given to the students to ease their learning process.
The Socio Demographic Status of Small Scale Fishers of Inland open Water Area: A Case Study from Chalan Beel Area of Bangladesh
Authors: Md Nazmus Sadekin ; Jamal Ali ; Rabiul Islam
Pages: 457-465
DOI:
doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi2.457.465
Abstract
Fisheries are significantly contributing to the different aspects of a community such as livelihoods, supplying of food and ensuring security of food at both local and global levels. It also provides a vital source of protein as well as cash income for many families in the developing world. Though, fisheries sector is supporting about 11% of the total population’s livelihood of Bangladesh but fisherman is one of the most vulnerable communities in Bangladesh. Moreover, like other developing countries in Bangladesh, small-scale fisheries (SSFs) are making significant support regarding food nutrition and ensuring food security, alleviating poverty and sustainable livelihoods of the people. However, the livelihood of SSFs are undervalued both in the global and national scale by the scholars. Considering the above fact, it is very necessary to overview the current livelihood status of small scale fishing communities of inland open water area of Bangladesh. This study discussed the socio demographic status of SSFs in the Chalan Beel area of Bangladesh. Using a primary data survey this study discussed the SSF household head’s sex, age, marital status, education, household size, household dependency ratio, livelihood, general health, food and water management and social networking, for three upazilas (subdistricts) which are part of Chalan Beel of Bangladesh.
The Effectiveness of Islamic Law Enforcement to Empower and Protect Women in Aceh Province, Indonesia
Authors: Syamsuar ; Ummi Habibatul Islamiyah ; Zamri bin Chik ; Rahmat Saputra ; Erizar
Pages: 466-471
DOI:
doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi2.466.471
Abstract
The province of Aceh is the only province in Indonesia that has the authority to fully implement the Islamic law. The authority of Islamic law enforcement is then implemented through the establishment of a number of provincial regulations known as qanun. However, the enforcement of Islamic law is criticized by some non-governmental organization because it can increase discrimination against women. Therefore, this study aims to see the effectiveness of Islamic law enforcement to empower and protect women. This research is a quantitative research that tests the effectiveness of Islamic law enforcement. The purpose of this research is to know the effectiveness of Islamic law enforcement to empower and protect women in Aceh province, Indonesia. The population of this research is women who use social media located in the province of Aceh, Indonesia. Respondents of this research taken from a particular population. Questionnaires are used as data collection methods. Data analysis method used is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using IBM SPSS Amos software. The result of this research shows that Islamic law enforcement has a significant impact to empower and protect women in Aceh Province, according to the principle adopted by the Aceh government that women as noble beings need to be empowered and are entitled to protection in accordance with Islamic law.
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