Identification is a sense of belonging to particular social groups with similar characteristics or similarly perceived role identities. The strength of an individual’s identification is context-dependent and can influence an individual’s behavior according to certain expectations. Despite abundant research on board oversight roles, little is known about why board membersContinue Reading

Small businesses look for cooperative relationships with foreign partners to build competitive advantage in export markets. In addition, the ability of small businesses to compete is also strongly related to human capital specifically the managerial competences. This study aims to investigate the effect of managerial competences on the relationship quality,Continue Reading

This study examines the effect of Islamic intellectual capital that consists of Structural Capital, Human Capital, and Capital Employed on takaful financial performance in Southeast Asia and the Middle East during 2016-2019. The dependent variable, takaful financial performance, is measured from the firm’s ROE. The independent variables in the currentContinue Reading

This study aims to explore the process of opportunity in rural entrepreneurship in Malaysia. Specifically this study tries to identify relationship of exploiting entrepreneurial opportunity, entrepreneurial opportunity discovery and human capital of rural entrepreneurs, and to determine direct and joint effect of entrepreneurial human capital on exploiting entrepreneurial opportunity forContinue Reading

This paper examines pricing implications of investors’ behavioral biasness in the Malaysian equity market. By using monthly data from January 2000, through January 2014, we explore the impact of investor sentiment, human capital, and Fama-French risk factors in multiple factor asset pricing models. A unique seven-variable composite index is usedContinue Reading

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of related party transactions (RPTs) on firm performance and whether this effect is moderated by independent directors’ (INEDs) presence and their human capital (i.e. functional and firmspecific knowledge). Based on a sample of 300 non-financial firms listed on Bursa MalaysiaContinue Reading