Employee engagement has become a key concern for organizations as it provides value for sustainable competitive advantage. Fully engaged workforce is not only important in helping organizations flourish in good times but also relevant in helping organizations persevere during tough times. However, the main challenge for employers is to motivateContinue Reading
Despite various contextual factors being reported to have influenced organizational commitment among employees, more empirical evidences are required. This is important as to reaffirm such assertion in the growing body of literature on organizational commitment. In line with that, this study attempts to examine the influence of corporate culture onContinue Reading
The primary objective of this study is to determine the influence of human resource management (HRM) practices on employee engagement. HRM practices comprise of training and development, financial and non-financial recognition, fringe benefits, and supervisor-subordinate relationship. A total of 306 operational level employees in manufacturing firms in the Northern RegionContinue Reading
This study aims to determine if the factors affecting brand loyalty in the footwear industry are moderated by generational cohorts (Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials). It also examines if product quality, product style, produce price, brand image, service quality, and store environment are antecedents to brand loyalty in theContinue Reading
Islamic foreign exchange forward plays a significant role to mitigate various foreign currency exchange risks. The main challenge that impedes the development and operation of the Islamic foreign exchange forward as a hedging instrument is the behaviour of relying on existing conventional framework with core conception of relying on interestContinue Reading
Globalisation encourages international companies to show interest in the growth of job mobility and relocations among employees. To meet global workforce demands, these companies are highly reliant on expatriates to manage their business operation abroad. This study examined the role of primary stakeholders’ support such as organisations, host country nationalsContinue Reading
This paper examines the relationships of life insurance ownership with personal value, risk attitude and trust among the individuals in the northern regions of Malaysia to enable the undertaking of appropriate actions in promoting life insurance ownership by individuals (residing in the northern regions of Malaysia) who have not ownedContinue Reading
The present paper provides new empirical evidence regarding revenue efficiency in the Malaysian Islamic banking sector during the period from 2006 to 2010. The sample is comprised of 17 domestic and foreign Islamic banks. The Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method is employed to compute the revenue efficiency levels. The resultsContinue Reading
Despite being economically and socially important to Malaysia, little has been done to study the innovations in the administration of service organizations to maintain the survival of such organizations in the globalization era. The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of strategic management accounting (SMA), as anContinue Reading
Islamic banks are banks that are set up to operate within the Islamic business framework that is more equitable and based on socio-economic welfare of the society and the people. In Islamic law on commercial transactions and other related contractual activities (the framework), transparency and adequate disclosure are the fundamentalContinue Reading