Papers by Azahari Jamaludin
Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies
One of the main issues that created traffic congestion is the illegal parking activities leading ... more One of the main issues that created traffic congestion is the illegal parking activities leading to traffic violation and dissatisfaction on how local authorities are managing the on-street parking in Kuala Lumpur. Current study focused on the relationship between motorist behaviour, safety and security, parking place and facilities, parking fee and intention to park legally. This study also examines the effect of enforcement factors being the mediator for motorist behaviour, safety and security and the intention to park legally. The results of the study were derived from 419 licensed motorists through convenience sampling and the response was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and the Smart Partial Least Square software. This study found that there is a significant relationship between motorist behaviour and intention to park legally. In addition, enforcement factors that mediated between motorist behaviour, safety and security and the intention to pa...
International Journal of Managerial Studies and Research
The purpose of current study is to establish whether there is a valid relationship between the fa... more The purpose of current study is to establish whether there is a valid relationship between the factors identified in the independent variables (i.e. parking charge factors, car driver factors, and safety factors) with the dependent variable (intention to park lawfully) and to measure the intensity of each independent variable relationship with the dependent variable. This study uses the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), Drive Theory of Social Facilitation (DTSF) and Positive Law Theory (PLT) to establish the relationship between parking charge factors, car driver factors, and safety factors with the intention to park lawfully.
Global Business and Management Research: An International Journal, 2016
The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between different leadership style... more The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between different leadership styles, specifically Islamic, authentic and transformational leadership and affective commitment in National Anti-Drugs Agency (NADA). [ABSTRACT BY AUTHORS]
Unique Characteristics of Risks in Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs)
Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, Sep 1, 2021
Journal of Human Capital Development, 2009
Understanding effectiveness entrepreneurial leadership styles were important for theoretical and ... more Understanding effectiveness entrepreneurial leadership styles were important for theoretical and practical reasons because Bumiputera technopreneurial leaders were the individual that need to lead small and medium industries (SMIs) in today’s innovative and dynamic market in Melaka. The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of entrepreneurial leadership styles in impoving SMIs manufacturing bumiputera technopreneurs performance in Melaka. The research had identified the certain personality traits, behaviors, competencies technopreneurial leaders. There were positive and significant relationship between entrepreneurial leadership styles namely transformational leadership style, transactional leadership style and charismatic style with entrepreneurial leaders’ personality traits, entrepreneurial leaders’ behaviours, entrepreneurial leaders’ competencies, entrepreneurial leaders’ monitoring companies’ operation and entrepreneurial leaders’ monitoring companies’ perfo...
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Asian Journal of Finance & Accounting, 2013
The rule of thumb for any business decision is, the higher the risk, the higher the return is and... more The rule of thumb for any business decision is, the higher the risk, the higher the return is and vice versa. Business risk is defined as risk arises out of uncertainty of future events. If these events are undesirable or unfavorable for business, damages and losses may happen. Risk arises because it is impossible to forecast risk in advance whether and to what extent a loss will occur. The importance elements in risk-taking are the hope of success and the fear of failure. That is why it is said that risk is a no-win game. For financial institutions, whether it is conventional bank or Islamic bank, making a right decision to finance is often a difficult task to do and crucial as well. A through and strict risk appraisal of the business must be performed and if they are uncomfortable in taking a certain business risk, normally they will then insist on certain terms and conditions with protection in the form of security and guarantees to overcome the risk identified. The objectives of this research is to understand the various types of business risks attached to different businesses as well as to acknowledge that business risk can be mitigated as well through various methods.
International journal of health sciences
An employee is a company's lifeblood. The firm's success or failure is determined on empl... more An employee is a company's lifeblood. The firm's success or failure is determined on employee performance. To improve employee performance and loyalty, senior management recognizes the need of investing in employee happiness and growth. This conceptual research examined the factor influence turnover in the Cosmo Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A theoretical framework and model linked to employee turnover intention are also discussed, as well as variables influencing staff turnover in Cosmo Hotel. A questionnaire containing 24 items was given to 97 hotel employees of various levels. The technique utilized in this research was to randomly choose workers from the company and ask them for their personal opinion. The paper ends with recommendations for future research by using various degree of analysis on investigating the impact of turnover intention. This research also found a link between employee turnover intention and behaviour, which may be used in both theory and practice.
Nowadays, the usage of Internet has grown rapidly over the past years and it has become a common ... more Nowadays, the usage of Internet has grown rapidly over the past years and it has become a common medium for delivering and trading of goods, services and information at global marketplace. Even though this method of business transaction or exchange has started to win the hearts of Malaysian buyers, the element influencing the willingness to purchase online is still unknown. Therefore, the objective of the current study is to examine the element that influence buyer’s intention to purchase online (dependent variable). The independent component is trust to visit the website. A total number of 78 (100 percent) returned questionnaires were accepted, coded and were subject to further analysis. The finding support the hypothesis stated in the current study. The results indicates that website trust contributed 16.1 percent (R2 = 0.161) to the variance in intention to purchase online.
This study investigates revitalization as a concept in the literature on organizational change. M... more This study investigates revitalization as a concept in the literature on organizational change. Most traditional concepts of change focus on a temporary transition from current conditions to new conditions and paused. In reality, change will never be over thus, revitalization regards change as a continuous process of renewing the capacity of an organization to adapt to its internal and external pressure. An existing scale was used to operationalize the four components of the proposed change management model. Data was collected through mail surveys of respondents in a public and a private financial institution in Malaysia. Regression analysis was then utilized to assess the relationship between the model components and revitalization. The results of the study disclosed that for both organizations, the model components positively correlated with revitalization and were statistically significant; thus, the outcomes of the study agree that revitalization is a viable concept for future r...
The Relationship Between Motivating Change, Vision of the Change and Revitalization in the Management of Change: A Case Study in a Malaysian Public Financial Institution
Revitalization is a crucial factor of a successful change process. This study was designed to inv... more Revitalization is a crucial factor of a successful change process. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between motivating change and vision of the change with revitalization. It employed quantitative research methodology in examining the said relationship against real-life scenarios of major change in a Malaysian public financial institution – Bank A. Through mail survey questionnaire, a total of 74 managers at all level completed the said questionnaires and made of the case study of this research. The findings of the study confirmed the positive relationship (association) of motivating change and vision of the change with revitalization. Other than contributing to the body of knowledge over a subject which is empirically scarce, the study further renewed the importance of micro level analysis of a Malaysian public financial institution i.e. managers rather than only the macro level. The study prides its originality and ends with comprehensive practical recommend...
Through the years, Internet usage has grown rapidly and it has become a common medium for deliver... more Through the years, Internet usage has grown rapidly and it has become a common medium for delivering and trading of goods, services and information, acting as a global market for buyers. Even though this method of business transaction or exchange had started to win the hearts of Malaysian buyers, the elements influencing their willingness to purchase online are still unknown. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine the effect of trust and quality to websites on the buyer’s intention to purchase online. A total number of 78 (100 percent) returned questionnaires were accepted, coded and were subject to further analysis. The findings supported all the hypotheses stated in the current study. The results indicated that website trust contributed 16.1 percent (R = 0.161) and website quality contributed 20.1 percent (R = 0.201) respectively to the variance in the buyer’s intention to purchase online. The outcome of the study will assist marketers to devise marketing plans and b...
Relationship between motivating change, sustaining momentum and revitalization in the management of change in a public financial institution in Malaysia
Revitalization is a crucial factor for the process of a successful. This study is designed to inv... more Revitalization is a crucial factor for the process of a successful. This study is designed to investigate the relationship between motivating change and sustaining revitalization momentum. It employed the quantitative research methodology to examine the said relationship against the real-life scenario of major change in a public financial institution in Malaysia – Bank A. Through mail survey questionnaire, a total of 74 managers at all levels had completed the said questionnaires which were utilized for the case study of this research. The findings of the study confirmed the positive relationship (association) of motivating change and sustaining momentum with revitalization. Other than contributing to the body of knowledge over a subject which is empirically scarce, the study further renewed the importance of the micro level analysis of a public financial institution in Malaysia i.e. managers, rather than only the macro level. The study takes pride on its originality and ends with c...
This study investigates revitalization as a concept in the literature on organizational change. M... more This study investigates revitalization as a concept in the literature on organizational change. Most traditional concepts of change focus on a temporary transition from current conditions to new conditions and paused. In reality, change will never be over thus, revitalization regards change as a continuous process of renewing the capacity of an organization to adapt to its internal and external pressure. An existing scale was used to operationalize the four components of the proposed change management model. Data was collected through mail surveys of respondents in a public and a private financial institution in Malaysia. Regression analysis was then utilized to assess the relationship between the model components and revitalization. The results of the study disclosed that for both organizations, the model components positively correlated with revitalization and were statistically significant; thus, the outcomes of the study agree that revitalization is a viable concept for future r...
Islam considers the property of people as sacred and inviolable as their life and honour. To ensu... more Islam considers the property of people as sacred and inviolable as their life and honour. To ensure this, it forbids the unlawful devouring of others’ property by way of theft, embezzlement, usurpation, bribery, cheating and all other unlawful means of acquiring wealth. These proscriptions are in addition to the main prohibitions like Riba’, Gharar and Qimar, which are considered major causes for usurpation of others’ property. In addition, different transactions have different features that need to conform to the tenets of the Shari’ah. Contracts that do not conform to these tenets or that involve any of the above prohibited elements are regarded as invalid. As Islamic banks and financial institutions are dealing in goods by entering into contracts like sale, leasing, partnership, suretyship, agency, assignment of debt, mortgages, etc. it is worthwhile discussing in brief the overall framework of the Islamic law of contracts to ascertain the permissibility/validity or nonvalidity o...
Motivating Change, Continuous Innovation and Revitalization in the Management of Change: A Case Study in a Malaysian Public Financial Institution
Revitalization is a crucial factor of a successful change process. This study was designed to inv... more Revitalization is a crucial factor of a successful change process. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between motivating change and continuous innovation with revitalization. It employed quantitative research methodology in examining the said relationship against real-life scenarios of major change in a Malaysian public financial institution – Bank A. Through mail survey questionnaire, a total of 74 managers at all level completed the said questionnaires and made of the case study of this research. The findings of the study confirmed the positive relationship (association) of motivating change and continuous innovation with revitalization. Other than contributing to the body of knowledge over a subject which is empirically scarce, the study further renewed the importance of micro level analysis of a Malaysian public financial institution i.e. managers rather than only the macro level. The study prides its originality and ends with comprehensive practical recomme...
The Influence of Website Trust and Loyalty on Customer Intention to Purchase Online
Nowadays, the usage of Internet has grown rapidly over the past years and it has become a common ... more Nowadays, the usage of Internet has grown rapidly over the past years and it has become a common medium for delivering and trading of goods, services and information at global marketplace. Even though this method of business transaction or exchange has started to win the hearts of Malaysian buyers, the elements influencing the willingness to purchase online are still unknown. Therefore, the objective of the current study is to examine the elements that influence buyer’s intention to purchase online (dependent variable). The main independent components are trust and loyalty to website visited. A total number of 78 (100 percent) returned questionnaires were accepted, coded and were subject to further analysis. The findings supports all the hypotheses stated in the current study. The results indicates that website trust contributed 16.1 percent (R 2 = 0.161) and website loyalty contributed 28.6 percent (R 2 = 0.286) respectively to the variance in intention to purchase online.
International Journal of Islamic Banking and Finance Research
In view of the limited of study with regards to the concept of Bai‟ Al-Inah and Tawwaruq on perso... more In view of the limited of study with regards to the concept of Bai‟ Al-Inah and Tawwaruq on personal financing, the findings from this study would provide evidence on the understanding of the two concepts, and to determine whether there exists elements of Riba or otherwise in the present medium of personal financing. In addition, the findings of this study can provide a premise whether Tawwaruq is a solution to Bai‟ Al-Inah in personal financing offered by Islamic banksand financial institutions or otherwise. Further, the outcomes may also have some policy implications whereby the policy made can suggest the adoption of Tawwaruq or Bai‟Al-Inah as a best solution to Riba-based personal financing.
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