Angayar Kanni Ramaiah ·Malaysian Journal of Consumer and Family Economics ·2019
The digital economy relies on digital computing technologies and online platforms and its consumer market is based on the internet and the World Wide Web. Its rapid technological progress is very innovative and disruptive. Digital market re...
Kai Chen Goh · Nur Syahidah Said · Hui Hwang Goh · Ta Wee Seow · Sulzakimin Mohamed · Md Asrul Nasid Masrom ·Malaysian Journal of Consumer and Family Economics ·2019
Tourism industry in Malaysia has experienced continued growth due to Malaysia’s beautiful natural assets over decades. Tourism is largely depending on the clean environment, so the issues of operational hotel waste cannot be ignored. It is...
Noryati Ahmad · Wan Evva Wan Suriea · Ummu Naziha Mohd Ariffin ·Malaysian Journal of Consumer and Family Economics ·2019
In Malaysia, the insurance industry is operated by conventional insurance companies and Islamic insurance companies (or better known as Takaful.). Even though the nature of business of these two types of companies is almost similar however...
Kean-Siang Ch'ng · Suresh Narayanan ·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2019
It is widely held that risk preferences differ between the three ethnic groups in Malaysia with the Chinese having the highest preference for risk and Malays having the lowest. This has been used to explain the Chinese preference for, and s...
Rusmawati Said · Ng Kar Yee · Normaz Wana Ismail ·Institutions and Economies ·2019 ·JEL: J81; J83; J61; R15
This paper investigates the impact of foreign labour standards on domestic labour standards in ASEAN countries. The study employs a set of cross-sectional time series data that covers the period from 1995-2008 for its empirical analysis. Th...
Ummu Kolsome Farouk · Mok Siew Wing ·Malaysian Journal of Consumer and Family Economics ·2019
The purpose of this research is to understand why a co-founder chose to establish a non-governmental organization (NGO) type social enterprise, the challenges he faced in managing its social and financial sustainability, and the initiatives...
Rahmah Ismail · Syahida Zainal Abidin · Mohd Nasir Mohd Saukani ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2019
Worker’s quality is very crucial to enhance effciency level in an organisation. Workers of high quality are always associated with high effciency and productivity, which subsequently increase competitiveness of an organization. In the Malay...
Muralitharan Paramasua · Evelyn S. Devadason · Pardis Moslemzadeh Tehrani ·Institutions and Economies ·2019 ·JEL: H70; P48; P45
Environmental regulation is a key driver for the growth of environmental goods and services (EGS), while trade facilitates the diffusion of these goods and services. There has been no shortage of initiatives to develop the EGS sector in Mal...
Rusli Latimaha · Zakaria Bahari · Nor Asmat Ismail ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2019
In this paper, the authors use dynamic panel data in order to assess the linkages between the cost of living, income inequality, gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, population and unemployment rate with respect to the street crime rate...
Maya Puspa Rahmana · Nurfatihah Senusia ·Malaysian Journal of Consumer and Family Economics ·2019
This study explores the understanding, role and participation of the SMEs on digital economy, in line with the aspiration by the Malaysian government to have higher growth contribution coming from this segment. The primary data is collected...
Ahmad Suffian Mohd Zahari (Universiti Teknologi MARA · Yus Heary Mahmud · Raja Mariam Raja Baniamin ·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2019
Job satisfaction involves the emotions and their behavioural expression towards their job. It is known that a job is the activity which involves the satisfaction of emotion and expression. These emotions and behavioural expression is in rel...
Zuraini Anang · Jaharudin Padli · Noorhaslinda Kulub Abdul Rashid · Roseliza Mat Alipiah · Haslina Musa ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2019
Water becomes a crucial issue in the 21st century because of rising population and increasing development. Water is needed for agriculture, energy production, recreation, and manufacturing. This study investigates the impact of economic ind...
Mohd Yassir Jaafar · Anuar Nawawi · Ahmad Saiful Azlin Puteh Salin ·Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities ·2019
This study is intended to examine the levels of directors’ remuneration disclosure among public-listed companies in Malaysia. It further aims to examine the relationship among total directors’ remuneration, directors’ education level, size...
Siti Hajar Salwa Binti Ahmad Musadik (University Utara Malaysia (UUM)) · Ilhaamie Binti Abdul Ghani Azmi (Academy of Islamic Studies University of Malaya (UM)) ·Malaysian Journal of Consumer and Family Economics ·2019
Studies on impulse buying have been substantially conducted in developing countries by vast researchers. Nevertheless, such studies are in scarcity amidst Asian countries, particularly Malaysia. Besides, studies that have looked into the va...
Mohd Shahidan Shaari · Nor Hidayah Harun · Nor Ermawati Hussain ·Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia ·2019
Economic growth plays an important role in determining the number of female labour force. As economic growth intensifes, the number of female labour force increases simultaneously. However, the rise in the number of female labour force can...