Performance In Malaysia Research Articles

The Road to Sustainable Investing: Corporate Governance, Sustainable Development Goals, and the Financial Market

This study investigates the impact of corporate governance (CG) and sustainable development goals (SDGs) practices on financial markets and company performance in Malaysia compared to developed countries like the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Singapore. The study uses panel data regression models to analyse the impact of CG and SDG adoption on stock return, volatility, investor sentiment, profitability, liquidity, and solvency from 2017 to 2021. The findings show that CG and SDG practices have a positive impact on financial market and company performance in both developed and developing countries. However, the strength and specific variables of the relationship differ depending on the country context. In developed countries, board responsibilities, remuneration, engagement with stakeholders, SDG4 (Quality Education), and SDG10 (Reduce Inequalities) are positively associated with stock return. In contrast, audit committee effectiveness and SDG8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), SDG11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), and SDG13 (Climate Action) are significant in Malaysia and Singapore. The study emphasizes the significance of context-specific factors in determining the effect of CG and SDG practices on financial market and company performance. It recommends Malaysia learn from developed countries’ best practices and adopt a tailored approach to implementation based on its country context.

The Influence of Islamic Governance Disclosure on Islamic Bank’s Financial Performance in Malaysia

The Influence of Islamic Governance Disclosure on Islamic Bank’s Financial Performance in Malaysia

Strategic thinking dimensions between Malaysians’ and Palestinians’ dynamic and complex environment in the banking sector

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of the external environment on the strategic thinking dimensions in Malaysia and Palestine on the banking sector. Design/methodology/approach This paper focuses on dynamism and complexity in political and economic external environments. This study uses qualitative methodology through a comparative case study method. Purposive sampling was used to collect data from in-depth semistructured interviews with 33 bank executives from Malaysia and 17 from Palestine. Findings The findings revealed that the banking sector in both Malaysia and Palestine shared five common strategic thinking dimensions, including vision, creativity, conceptual thinking, futurism and opportunity. However, a sixth dimension, intent-focused, was unique to Palestinian bank executives. This study indicates that Palestine’s financial strategic thinking environment is more dynamic and complex than Malaysia’s. Additionally, the study highlights the significant influence of both microenvironments (such as types of banks) and the macroenvironment (such as political and economic situations). These findings hold important implications for decision-makers in the banking sector of both countries. Research limitations/implications As with many studies, this study has some limitations. First, the analysis examines only the turbulent and stable environment in the two countries by using a qualitative approach which enables the analysis of thoughts and actions and exposes the beliefs, perceptions, mental maps and structures of belief in their perceptions (Cavana et al., 2001). As such, the results are limited to a particular time, date and geographical location; thus, opinions and perceptions might be altered due to changes in the external political and economic environment. The second limitation of this work is that the case study might not be appropriate for generalization (Stake, 1978). Finally, the limited number of female participants in Palestine shows a high level of inequality compared to Malaysian participants. Practical implications This study explores the implication of uncertain environments at the national level on executives’ cognition and actions, links the micro- and macro-environment of the banking industry to a theoretical perspective and develops a conceptual circular model to show the effect of macro environments on bank performance. The findings offer practical contributions to the current literature, providing insights for executives to navigate a dynamic and complex banking industry. Originality/value This study fills the literature gap by exploring how strategic thinking dimensions triggered by macro- and micro-environments impact banking sector performance in Malaysia and Palestine.

The Effects of Consumers, Competitors and E-Commerce Intensity on Business Performance in Malaysia

The growth in electronic commerce in Malaysia reached a new peak in 2020 with a market value of RM30.2 billion. This paper focuses on the factors that contribute to business performance in Malaysia based on the technology, organization and environment framework. The research included electronic commerce intensity as a mediator and a moderator. The SMART-PLS analyses show that the significant direct factors for business performance are consumer influence, competition influence, and electronic commerce intensity. However, top management’s emphasis on e-commerce and technological competence did not affect business performance. The structural model explained 67.5 per cent of the variance in e-commerce intensity and 66.3 per cent of the variance in business performance. Findings also show that e-commerce intensity significantly mediated competition influence and customer orientation to impact business performance. Furthermore, electronic commerce intensity moderated store presence to produce different levels of business performance. The results of the importance-performance map analysis show that the organization that wants to improve business performance must work to enhance its consumer orientation, counteract the influence of the competition, enhance its e-commerce intensity and enhance its consumer orientation. Finally, the research discusses the theoretical and practical implications of the findings.

A Bibliometric Analysis in Public Services Performance in Malaysia and China

A Bibliometric Analysis in Public Services Performance in Malaysia and China

External and Internal Determinants of Islamic Bank’s Financial Performance in Malaysia

External and Internal Determinants of Islamic Bank’s Financial Performance in Malaysia

The Effects of Health, Labor and Capital towards Labor Productivity in Manufacturing Industries

The manufacturing industry is the focus of this study, in which the proportion of its contribution to economic growth is experiencing a decreasing trend recently. Does it involve factors such as the input of capital, health, or workers that give significant impacts on labor productivity in the Malaysian manufacturing industry? This paper discovered the relationship between capital, health, and workers that consist of foreign and local labor with the labor productivity in the Malaysian manufacturing industry from 1986 to 2020. The Cobb-Douglas production function was used to derive the model specification in this study. The results showed that all variables are significant, in which capital and health have a positive relationship, whilst the factor of labor including local and foreign labor has a negative relationship with labor productivity. These findings may provide some insights into the improvement of manufacturing industries’ performance in Malaysia. It would be useful in determining which input factors significantly affected the productivity of manufacturing labor.

Lean Management Implementation in Malaysian Public Sectors: Critical Success Factors and Performance Implications

Abstract This study aims to investigate the effects of lean management implementation on public sector performance along with the critical success factors of its implementation. The cross-sectional quantitative survey collected 131 responses from public organisations in Malaysia selected through a stratified random sampling procedure. Data were analysed using the structural equation modelling (SEM) approach with SmartPLS 4 professional. Lean resources, lean culture, and lean knowledge management are critical success factors for implementing lean management in the Malaysian public sector. Subsequently, the holistic implementation of lean management will enhance their performance. This study provides a practical viewpoint for practitioners to understand and validate the potential benefits lean management can sustain if implemented with the critical success factors. As a result, practitioners and policymakers could use the insight from this study to tailor strategies for leveraging public sectors’ performance in Malaysia.

The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Effective Decision-Making

The purpose of this research was to analyze how EQ relates to managerial performance in Malaysia. One hundred fifty managers were polled on their EQ, personality type, and effectiveness on the work. Emotional IQ was found to have a favorable relationship with both rational and intuitive decision-making styles (r =.43, p .001), but a negative relationship with rational decision-making style (r = -.24, p .05). After accounting for factors such as age, gender, level of education, and length of employment, emotional intelligence was still found to be a significant predictor of work success (r=.33, p .001). The results of this study have significant consequences for Malaysian businesses and their leaders. The findings imply that administrators can benefit from enhanced decision-making and productivity by boosting their emotional intelligence. Better organizational outcomes, like improved productivity and profits, may result from this. But the present research has some restrictions, like using self-report measures and only surveying managers in Malaysia for its sample. A more diverse sample of individuals from a variety of settings, as well as more objective measures of emotional intelligence and decision-making, could improve future studies. This research contributes to the expanding literature on the importance of EQ to success in life and the workplace. The results indicate that emotional intelligence is a valuable trait for managers to have, and that businesses would do well to encourage their employees to cultivate these abilities.

Measurement Model Assessment: Resources Capabilities and Industrial Competitiveness Impact Towards Private HEI Performance in Malaysia

This study attempts to construct a measurement model for assessment purpose by using SMARTPLS 4 application in order to investigate relationship between Theory of Resources Capabilities and Theory of Industrial Competitiveness toward Private Higher Education Institution Performance in Malaysia. The questionnaire was sent to 109 respondents known as Edupreneurs using purposive sampling. The result of the measurement model shows that all 10 constructs of Resource Capabilities (Independent Variable 1), Industrial Competitiveness (Independent Variable 2), and Private Higher Education Institution Performance(Dependent Variable) meet the thresholds/minimum limits for Composite Reliability (CR) and Average Variance Extracted (AVE),with all CRs greater than 0.7 and all AVEs greater than 0.5. For discriminant validity, the values were less than 0.90, indicating that discriminant validity was also met. In summary, this study contributes to the methodology by helping to develop questions in the survey, identifying the basic assumptions in the area of PHEI performance, demonstrating the validity of the items used, and showing how it can be applied to PHEI strategies in the future.

The impact of flexibility and responsiveness on the financial performance in Malaysia’s manufacturing industry during the COVID-19 pandemic

In order to combat the disruption caused by COVID-19, it is essential for the company's operations to implement flexibility and responsiveness in their work. In this study, the researchers will investigate the effect of these two variables on the financial performance of the company. The current study evaluates the data obtained from 215 manufacturing companies in Malaysia. The data is collected and analysed using PLS-SEM in order to provide an in-depth look at the issue. The results show that flexibility and responsiveness are positively related to a company's financial condition. The primary contribution of this study is to provide the management of company with a ground-breaking idea of dealing with a pandemic situation in the current business environment. A company's capacity to survive also depends on planning changes, particularly those that affect supply chain management and production operations. When making tough decisions, managers must be less rigid and more flexible. Demand management, inventory management, supply chain management, and operation management are some of the things that call for flexibility and responsiveness. The business will experience losses if they are unable to meet the demands of the COVID-19 era and maintain business operations. Of course, this will have an impact on the company’s financial performance.

Critical Coordination Factors Affecting Design and Build Projects

The design and build projects (DB) have increased in numbers in the last few decades. DB method is becoming more popular than the traditional method in Malaysia, especially in national projects.However, design-build projects may suffer from a significant number of problems, such as conflicts between the project parties (designers, contractors, and owners), resulting in poor performance and poor quality. One common cause of project failure of conventional projects is poor coordination and communication process. It has been found that no such study has been found to identify the coordination factors that might affect the project’s success. To fill this gap, this research aims to establish a framework of coordination factors affecting DB projects’ performance in Malaysia. This study uses a mixed methodology approach to identify critical coordination factors by a comprehensive review of the literature. The identified factors were categorized, ranked, and prioritized according to their influence on project performance using a quantitative approach. It is found that scheduling and planning, human resource coordination, documentation & records coordination, contract implementation coordination, value engineering and quality assurance, technical coordination, design coordination, management coordination, and external coordination are the significant factors of coordination that may affect the performance of construction projects. This study provides empirical evidence by correlating the identified coordination factors with DB project performance. Identification of coordination factors will help in enhancing and improving the performance of design and build projects.

Evaluating the Impact of Vernacular Façade Design on Indoor Thermal Performance in Malaysia’s Modern Masjids

Accessing buildings for evaluation on architectural concerns are raised as some designers create the call to revive indigenous architecture when a trend of adopting foreign or international architectural style is widely spreading. The quests for cultural identity in Malaysia towards sustainable contemporary buildings require research of past achievements. Vernacular masjid is known to adhere to principles of passive design as the key to thermal comfort. Researchers posed questions on the extent of flexibility in vernacular architectural concepts, concerning design adaptation on modern masjids for optimal thermal performance. This experimental research aimed to evaluate the outcome of modern masjid façades designed with the vernacular concept in Malaysia. In the literature, research brings together variables such as building height, façade shading, serambi openings, as well as materials and construction details. A quantitative analysis led this investigation through observation and field survey on stratified random samples of modern vernacular masjids in Malaysia. Air temperature and relative humidity were recorded using a MIC-98583 sensor with ±0.6 °C accuracy in temperature and ± 3 % accuracy in relative humidity. Wind speed was measured using an AVM-305 sensor with ± 0.2 m/s accuracy. The empirical finding highlights serambi opening-to-wall design as the most significant element of vernacular architecture found in building façade that influences indoor thermal performance in modern vernacular masjids. The result could become an extremely useful guideline for designers to create the sustainable design in the future.

Design Thinking in Digital Preservation of Mak Yong’s Facial Expression Performance

Throughout many years, Mak Yong's performance has been performed live. Mak Yong is the only performance in Malaysia that has been recognised by UNESCO and awarded the title "Masterpiece of Humanity's Oral and Intangible Heritage" in 2005. Undoubtedly, this type of performance has faced numerous challenges, particularly as a result of modernisation. As part of the digitisation phases, the Design Thinking process was proposed as a model for preserving Mak Yong's performance using digital technology. Design Thinking has been chosen for its non-linear and user-centered approach. Five stages comprise the Design Thinking model: Empathise, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test. The digitisation process in this study is still at nascent stages, thus it only focused on the facial expressions of Pak Yong character in Dewa Muda repertoire. The digitisation of Mak Yong ‘s 3D character prototype using the Design Thinking offers a practical solution, which can also be applied into other areas such as animation and digital games.

Oral Questioning Strategies of Mathematics Teachers in Teaching and Learning Mathematics: A Systematic Literature Review

Oral questioning is a very important teaching tool and is often used in the communication process between teachers and students during mathematics teaching. Previous studies have found that one of the factors contributing to the decline in student performance in Malaysia in the TIMSS global assessment is the lack of oral questioning activities that can stimulate students' thinking in the mathematics teaching process. Therefore, this study was conducted to explore teachers' implementation of oral questioning in teaching mathematics at school. Research methodology based on the PRISMA statement (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) is used for survey methods that use databases, namely Scopus, Web of Science (WoS), Science Direct and Springer Link. [This qualitative study involves content analysis of research articles that examine teachers' implementation of oral questioning in teaching mathematics at school. As a result, 21 articles explain oral questioning strategies, the types of oral questions used by teachers, and factors that support and hinder the implementation of oral questioning in schools. For further research, the researcher suggests a more detailed study to build a model or oral questioning module that can guide all school mathematics teachers.

Impact of Communicative Language Teaching Method on Students' Speaking and Listening Skills: A Review Article

English language teachers and educators everywhere try to find better language approaches, methods, theories, techniques, and strategies. One way to do that is by implementing the approaches or practices in their classrooms to see which one works, serves more for their students, or has more impact. These communicative language education techniques have been used for many years in many nations. The main goal of the learners is to reach communicative competence; thus, they continuously search for a method or approach that can significantly impact their communicative competence. Hence, teachers and learners try to use different language approaches and techniques to improve the student's language skills, especially their speaking skills. The main aim of this review article is to investigate the impact of communicative language teaching (CLT) by reviewing five reports and some literature reviews. Kasumi's first article, ' Communicative Language Teaching and Its Impact on Students' Performance," was conducted in 2015. The second article is entitled "The effect of using Communicative Language Teaching on Speaking Ability," which Ratih and Hanafi undertook in 2016. The third article is entitled "The Effect of Using Communicative Language Teaching on Developing English Speaking and Listening Skills of Iranian Secondary School Students," which Aalaei conducted in 2017. The fourth article, "The Effect of Communicative Activities on Libyan Secondary School Students' Speaking Performance in Malaysia," was conducted by Owen & Razali in 2018. The fifth article, "The Impact of the Implementation of CLT On Students' Speaking Skills, " was led by Mangaleswaran and Aziz in 2019. The findings of these articles indicated that CLT impacts students' communicative competence, especially speaking and other skills such as listening, reading, and writing. The results show that the sub-skills such as vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, comprehension, and fluency improve.

Family director board governance index: An analysis of family directors and firm performance in Malaysia

This study constructs a family director board governance index (FBGI) and examines its impact on the firm performance. This motivation is prompted by the literature and theoretical gaps. Despite the pervasiveness of family firms around the world and their significant contribution to the economy, past studies have not developed a board governance index to address the Type II agency conflict in family firms. A panel data of 1105 firm-year observations based on 221 family firms from 2016 to 2020 is used in this study. Two-way fixed-effects estimation with cluster-robust standard errors is employed to examine the association between the proposed FBGI and firm performance. System generalized method of moments is adopted to validate the results. The statistical results report a significant negative association between FBGI and firm performance. The findings suggest that Malaysian family firms have the tendency to tailor the board composition, and such composition is detrimental to the firm performance. The proposed index may be useful for the policy-makers and regulators to assess the board composition and governance role of family directors in Malaysian family firms. Furthermore, the index may be of interest to the potential investors of family firms when evaluating the board governance and making investment decisions.

A study on the effect of macroeconomic factors on stock market performance in Malaysia

This study examines the effect of macroeconomic variables on stock market performance in Malaysia from January 2015 to December 2021. The macroeconomic variables included in this study are inflation rate, real effective exchange rate, m2 money supply and short-term interest rate. Johansen Cointegration Test has been utilized if the variables have long-term impact on Malaysian stock market performance; whereas regression analysis will quantify the impact. The results show that the real effective exchange rate has a moderate positive effect on KLCI index. Secondly, the inflation rate and overnight-policy rate have long-term positive effect on the KLCI index. M2 money supply has a long-term negative effect on the KLCI index. This study extends previous studies by examining the effect of macroeconomic variables on stock market performance in emerging market.

Linking Factors Leading to Retail Hypermarket Warehouse Operations Performance in Malaysia

Linking Factors Leading to Retail Hypermarket Warehouse Operations Performance in Malaysia

Leadership Impact on Empowerment and Organisation Performance in Malaysia: Conceptual Paper

The success and effectiveness of leadership are crucial as its impact are verily connected is the elements of empowerment and performance of an organisation in Malaysia. This study aims to propose a conceptual framework on what are the desired effects for organisations to look out for adopting the concept of leadership empowerment to their organisation. In essence, this conceptual framework is ideally intended to provide some base guidance for organisations that is in the process of adopting the leadership empowerment concept for their company. In the process of adopting this conceptual framework, the organisation would be able to have the optimism of improving their organisations performance and the elements of outcomes to be expected throughout the adoption process. Fundamentally, leadership that promotes the element of empowerment to others fosters psychological empowerment.  The study revealed that employees that feel psychologically empowered believe they can influence their workplace and that their efforts are appreciated. The study also provides criticisms of leadership style by management in an organisation that is impacting employee empowerment and organisation performance.