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The Journal of Social Sciences Research

Online ISSN: 2411-9458
Print ISSN: 2413-6670

Quarterly Published (4 Issues Per Year)

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Special Issue 6 2018

An Analysis on Student Academic Performance by Using Decision Tree Models

Authors: Jastini Mohd. Jamil ; Nurul Farahin Mohd Pauzi ; Izwan Nizal Mohd. Shahara Nee

Provision for Bad & Doubtful Financing and Contingency Reserve Management: Assessing Resilient and Stable Islamic Banks

Authors: Mohd Afandi Abu Bakar ; Noormahayu Mohd Nasir ; Farrah Dina Abd Razak ; Nor Samsinar Kamsi ; Asmalia Che Ahmad

Analysing Punishment of Corporations in Water Pollution Case

Authors: Harlida Abdul Wahab ; Nurli Yaacob ; Haslinda Mohd Anuar

External Perception of Organisational Culture and Customer Based Corporate Reputation: The Mediating Role of Transparent Communication

Authors: Nafisa Aminu Yusuf ; Che Su Mustaffa ; Bahtiar Mohamad

Time-Varying Copula Modelling Between Malaysia and Major Stock Markets

Authors: Nurul Hanis Aminuddin Jafry ; Ruzanna Ab Razak ; Noriszura Ismail

Evaluation of Long Memory on the Malaysia Exchange Rate Market

Authors: Atikullah Ibrahim ; Siti Aida Sheikh Hussin ; Zalina Zahid ; SitiShalizaMohd Khairi

Modeling the Relationship between University Brand Image and Alumni Loyalty Using a Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) Approach

Authors: Siti Aiesya Kamarulzaman; Zalina Zahid ; Haryani Haron ; Adzhar Rambli ; Nabilah Abdullah

The Effects of Academic Environment through Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial Intention: SEM-PLS Approach

Authors: WeiLee Lim

Analysis of Polynucleotide Sequences for Fuzzy Genomes: A Juxtaposition of Two Fuzzy Approaches

Authors: Teh Raihana Nazirah Roslan ; Mohd Salmi Md Noorani

Determining Student Activities via Compromised-Analytic Hierarchy Process and 0-1 Integer Programming to Maximize SETARA Points and Satisfy Chickering Theory

Authors: E. M. Nazri ; N. A. Yusof ; N. Ahmad ; M. D. K. Shariffuddin ; S. J. M. Khan

Students’ Career Decision Support System

Authors: Engku M. Nazri ; Aida Mauziah Benjamin ; Syariza Abdul Rahman

Efficiency of Heuristic Algorithms in Solving Waste Collection Vehicle Routing Problem: A Case Study

Authors: Nur Azriati Mat ; Aida Mauziah Benjamin ; Syariza Abdul-Rahman

Investigation in the Net of the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC): A Case Study

Authors: Naziru Suleiman ; Aidi Ahmi

Employment Benefits of Academics in Malaysian Universities

Authors: Rohana Abdul-Rahman ; Nurli Yaacob ; Asmah Laili Yeon

Pages: 709-717
DOI: doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi6.709.717
Abstract
Academics employed in either public or private university in Malaysia may be subject to different contract of service and scheme of employment. Due to this variance, academics receive different employment benefits. Such variation can also create differences and imbalance between universities in the context of workloads assigned to academics in both types of universities. Thus, objective of this article is to analyze employment benefits (pecuniary and non-pecuniary) of academics in Malaysian universities and their satisfaction with the employment benefits that they receive. This article employs a mixed method approach i.e. qualitative and quantitative. For quantitative approach, a survey was conducted among academic staffs in Malaysian public and private universities. Qualitative approach by way of interviews were conducted among management of selected universities. The results show that all academic staff in public and private universities in Malaysia received pecuniary and non-pecuniary benefits. For public universities these benefits are mostly standardized. However, pecuniary and non-pecuniary benefits for academics in private universities are different from public universities and between themselves. The job specification which involves teaching, supervision, research, consultation and administrative works as found in the KPIs of all academics are not similar. It is recommended that to strike a balance between benefits (pecuniary and non-pecuniary) and workloads received by academics, the workloads of academics should be designed to have a particular focus on specification of work such as research and supervision, teaching and administration tracks. Therefore, this article suggests that the relevant authorities consider a new remuneration scheme and benefits based on tracks and yearly staff performance achievement for academics in Malaysia.

Internationalization of Malaysian Service Smes: The Leveraging Role of Network Capital and the Internet-Enabled Business Environment

Authors: Yeoh Khar Kheng ; Mohamad Yusop B. Mohd Jani ; Mohd Sufli B. Yusof

Pages: 718-728
DOI: doi.org/10.32861/jssr.spi6.718.728
Abstract
Realizing the economic importance of SMEs in the context of service-related industry, Malaysian government’s commitment for service SMEs were reinforced especially in the internationalization of service SME in Malaysia; post GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) & AFAS (Asean Framework Agreement on Services Agreement). One of the liberalization preparation is to explore market access opportunities abroad through partnerships. Generally, this research is to establish the relationship of network capital determinants namely access to resources and knowledge, access to market opportunites and collaboration that can accelerate the degree of internationalization of service SMEs in Malaysia. It also seeks to establish that the network capital moderated by the Internet-enabled environment will accelerate the internationalization of service SMEs. A cross-sectional design was deployed together with survey method of data collection and systematic random sampling technique were utilized. The population of this study is 1,500 export-ready SMEs in the Malaysia`s service sector and was obtained from the SME business directory. The study postulated and tested 7 hypotheses. Based on the outcome, all the direct hypotheses, namely; H1, H2, H3 and H4 were supported. Based on the results, all the independent variables have t-value ≥ 1.645, significant at 0.05. Specifically, access to resources and knowledge (β = 0.477, p˂ 0.01), access to market opportunities (β = 0.241, p˂ 0.01), business collaboration (β = 0.148, p˂ 0.01) and internet-enabled environment (β = 0.159, p˂ 0.01) have positive influence on the degree of internationalization. Thus, H1, H2, H3 and H4 are supported. Access to resources and knowledge has the largest effect in producing the R2 for the degree of internationalization. While, the effect of other 2 predicting variables namely; access to market opportunities and business collaboration, as well as the moderating variable, internet-enabled environment is small in producing the R2 for the degree of internationalization.

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