This study argues that the components of excellent work culture (EWC) since its emergence in the 1980s in the Malaysian public sector were not empirically validated. Therefore, the purpose of this empirical study is to validate instrument and the factor structure of the underlying dimensions of EWC in higher education institutions (HEIs) in West Ma

The current research examines the moderating effect of organizational capacity on the association between corporate governance and corporate performance. This research employs questionnaire survey in obtaining the data and contributes to the methodology by demonstrating the interaction terms in assessing the effect of moderators on corporate perfor

Background: Studies from Western countries have observed that couples undergoing infertility treatment suffer various physical and psychological difficulties at a higher frequency than the comparable general population. These relate to treatment challenges and other psychosocial stressors, often influenced by coping style, personality factors and a

The photochemical transformation of the organic photochromic dyes is influenced by many independent factors. One of the most important characteristics of the photochromic dyes that need to be focused on is its photostability. The effects of the type of dyes and solvents on the optical absorption spectra and fading rate constant stability have been

This paper investigates the tensile properties and the morphology of the fractured surface of the biomimetic composite scaffold material which is used to fabricate the scaffold that grows the hard tissue like substances. Morphology of the fractured surface was analyzed under scanning electron microscopy (SEM).International Journal of Engineering Re

RESEARCH FINDINGS From a total of 600 selected respondents, 588 agreed to participate and 8 were excluded. From 580 respondents, 81.7 % were Malays, 8.8% were Chinese and 9.5% were other races. Of these participants, 57% were females and 43% obtained secondary education. The age range is between 13 to 61 years. This indicates as early as 13 year-ol

Introduction; Research in the field of family study in Malaysia is facing a setback as there is no validated instrument to explore the family environment. The intensifying social related problems such as illegal racing, substance misuses, conduct disorder, physical and sexual abuse, indicate that exploration on family environment is essential. The

Islamic equity portfolios work with a smaller investment universe given the filtering of non-Shari’ah compliant stocks. It has been theoretically argued that this culminates in suboptimal portfolio diversification which in turn adversely affects risk-adjusted returns. We employ a number of methods, namely construction of efficient frontiers, time

تنتمي هذه الدراسة في هدفها العلمي إلى البحث عن عوامل النجاح في تعليم اللغة العربية، للاتصال العالمي الذي يتعلّق بتعدّد الثقافات من حيث المميّزات والمبادئ اللازمة للغة وللاتصال بين الثقافات ا

Electromagnetic wave propagation in arid and semi-arid regions is influenced by sand and dust storms. Meager information has hitherto been reported as to the effect of storms on telecommunication systems operating in such regions. This paper presents a survey of current understanding of the wave propagation during storms. In this first part of the