The overall policy and strategies of an organization i.e. employee policy or employee development strategies, resource management as well as monitoring and control strategies characteristically have an effect on the quality management of the organization. These policies usually also have impact on the stakeholders i.e. satisfaction of the wider com

In Indonesia, companies that have correctly implement TPM and LM are still very limited. They also implement TPM without being integrated with LM. To look beyond their implementation and their impact to manufacturing performance, a research through survey method have been conducted. The 250 questionnaires have been sent to 125 manufacturing compani

The research evaluated a new teacher training approach called Andra-heutagogy. Andra-heutagogy combines blended learning with team teaching to enhance pre-service teachers' teaching strategies and use of IT. The researchers conducted a mixed-method study using a quasi experimental design with two groups of pre-service teachers studying at a dep

Disaster can be understood as the probability or threat of quantifiable damage, injury, liability, loss, or any other negative occurrence that is caused by external or internal vulnerabilities that required an immediate action. Therefore, this study intends to understand respondents’ preferences of location when disaster strikes their settlements

This issue of Asiatic(Vol. 13, No. 2) is dedicated tothe life and works of Dennis Haskell (1948-),a long-standing friend of the Journal, who has been on itsAdvisory Board since the Journal’s inception.He is also an ardent champion of Asian literaturewhohas been at the forefront of literary representations of Australian-Asian interactions and has

In this paper, the surface roughness characteristic of D-shaped optical fibre sensors with its effects on the sensitivity has been studied. The ULTRAPOL end and edge polishing system was used with some modifications to fabricate the D-shaped sensors with planar sensing zone from the single-mode optical fibres. The mean surface roughness of 343, 96,

A ‘profession’ largely refers to an occupation with secured tenure and that carries substantial honour with a scope for fulfilling social roles and obligation, with rewards and higher social prestige attached to it in addition to access to authority and power (Kocka, 1985; Burrage et al 1990). However, the practice of a ‘profession’ like me

لا شكّ أن النبي صلى اللله عليه وسلم قد قام ببيان ما وجب بيانه مما غمُض من معاني القرآن لصحابته الكرام رضي الله عنهم أجمعين، ولكنه لم يُفسّر جميع القرآن من أول سورة إلى آخرها، إذْ لم يُكلَّف بذلك

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the relationship between surface acting (SA), deep acting (DA) and organizational commitment (OC). Design/methodology/approach – Guided by affective events theory, the study adapted emotional labour scale and three components model to profile 373 teachers from 30 schools around Peninsular Malaysia. A list-ba

The Islamic Social Finance (ISF) of Zakat, Sodaqah and Waqaf are as old as the system of Islam and represent formidable social economic structures that redistribute wealth to reducing poverty in the society. These Islamic social finance institutions have for a long time been treated independently, which has thus limited their strengths to widen the