The 2014 floods in Malaysia is considered the worst so far in the country history of floods: millions of people were affected, many were evacuated, lives were lost, properties damaged, and facilities and utilities became unusable during this ordeal. The objectives of the study are: (1) to determine the information behavior of the flood victims, (2)

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine factors influencing the readiness of public sector accountants to implement the accrual accounting system in the Malaysian Federal Government. The readiness was measured in terms change commitment and change efficacy. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses a questionnaire survey that comprises t

Introduction: This paper aims to synthesize available literature on occupational noise in Malaysia and to relate this to the current noise management practices and control. The review focuses on several main scopes; i) history of occupational noise management in Malaysia; ii) legislative developments and legal precedents of occupational noise in Ma

Journalism education in Malaysia is in a state of perplexity especially with the new communication technologies at hand. This paper shares the perception and expectation of some prominent media practitioners in Malaysia on journalism education. Interviews were conducted in 2017 with 15 senior news editors and chief editors of various media organisa

Purpose – The study aims to investigate factors affecting ethical work behaviour among Malaysian public sector auditors. Based on Hunt and Vitell model, there are four research objectives for this study: (1) to investigate the influence of ethical climate on public sector auditors ethical work behaviour; (2) to examine the effect of professional

Purpose This paper aims to measure the level of importance and satisfaction on a number of items in the day-to-day running of the halal parks in Malaysia and to rank a selected halal parks on the basis of a number of performance criteria. Design/methodology/approach An importance-performance analysis (IPA) approach was adopted to focus on the areas

Manufacturing companies as well as service providers often encounter barriers in successful implementation of supply-chain management (SCM) principles and practices. The present research, through extensive literature review, has identified the main barriers of SCM implementation for Malaysian manufacturing companies. Having identified the list of b

In this paper, a dual band stack series array antenna is designed for the future 28 GHz Ka-band application. Dual-layer substrate Technology is used to achieve multiple resonant frequencies with higher bandwidths. Antenna is designed based on stack array of double layer with patches and resonators in different layers. Designed dual-band antennas ca

An operating center frequency of 2.45 GHz rectangular inset fed microstrip patch antenna with defected ground structures for ISM band applications has been presented in this paper. The return loss of the proposed antenna is -29.726 dB with impedance bandwidth for $S_{11}< _{-}10\mathrm {d}\mathrm {B}$ is 2.441 to 2.462 GHz, that covers IEEE S02

E-waste is a subset of solid waste and is defined as any solid waste which is generated by individual, educational institution, general institution, industry, housing area or as a household and so many other sources. This survey has led to an enhanced national or local and international awareness of the potential detrimental effects on the environm