Perubahan teknologi yang drastik disebabkan oleh perkembangan Revolusi Perindustrian 4.0 secara tidak langsung memberi impak kepada pembangunan negara dan trend pekerjaan. Keadaan ini telah menimbulkan kebimbangan dalam kalangan graduan pendidikan terutamanya dalam aliran Pendidikan dan Latihan Teknikal dan Vokasional (PLTV) untuk memenuhi keperluan perindustrian. Secara amnya, para graduan menerima kritikan kerana prestasi yang kurang memberangsangkan ketika memasuki alam pekerjaan. Keadaan ini mendatangkan masalah yang serius dalam perbincangan meja bulat terutama isu-isu yang berkaitan dengan kelayakan siswazah, kemahiran pekerjaan, dan kurangnya penyertaan dalam industri. Walau bagaimanapun, aliran PLTV telah diberikan perhatian yang serius apabila pembudayaan politik dan tindakan proaktif kerajaan yang berusaha meningkatkan jumlah pekerja mahir dalam negara. Artikel ini merungkaikan kebolehsuaian kerjaya sebagai faktor utama dalam menyelaraskan kesediaan tenaga kerja dengan landskap pekerjaan graduan. Perbincangan ini membawa kepada pemahaman perkembangan dimensi kebolehsuaian kerjaya dalam kalangan pelajar kolej vokasional di Malaysia. Hubungan antara pemboleh ubah yang dinyatakan merangkumi penerimaan sokongan sosial dan kebolehsuaian kerjaya turut dikaji. Penyelidikan ini dijalankan dengan menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan melengkapkan set set soal selidik dan diedarkan kepada 226 orang pelajar diploma tahun akhir dalam enam program pengajian yang didaftarkan dengan menggunakan teknik persampelan bertujuan. Statistik deskriptif dan inferens telah digunakan menggunakan SPSS Versi 23 untuk memperoleh hubungan berdasarkan persoalan kajian. Pemahaman terhadap hala tuju masa hadapan dapat membantu graduan memahami hubungan yang mungkin wujud antara kebolehsuaian kerjaya dengan pemboleh ubah yang disebutkan bagi mencadangkan penambahbaikan untuk menggalakkan pelaksanaan kurikulum PLTV dalam memberi jaminan kebaikan kepada graduan negara bermula daripada peringkat akar umbi.
This research considered housing experiences of Pakistani labors in Malaysia that is a main aspect in
successful integration. The main focus was on housing rental market, the housing quality and the
unfavourable health influences by insufficient housing. Little study was conducted on the housing
experiences of Pakistani labor in Malaysia. A qualitative research with inductive approach was applied.
Pakistani immigrant labors from Klang Valley were informants in this research. Data were gathered
through in-depth interviews. The results indicated that immigrants have their housing more tough than
predicted, mostly due to high costs. Immigrants were split about the quality of rental houses. Those
who were satisfied could afford the house in private housing market. However, those immigrants who
were not satisfied could not afford more suitable housing. They have issues of over-crowding, pest
infiltration, damp properties. This research recommended that services of housing and settlement
should deliver more direct support to new immigrants. Immigration settlement policies must ensure the
presence of more affordable housing; employment opportunities that offer a satisfactory salary and
quality programs and services to integrate new immigrants into the public.
Research has shown that smoking has bad implications on smokers and society as a whole. For that
matter, the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOHM) have taken various initiatives through information
technology and social media to educate the public and students about the negative effects of smoking.
The objective of this study is to identify the level of awareness among students on factors which lead to
smoking behaviour and the negative effects it has on society. This study was conducted on 228
students at the Faculty of Quranic and Sunnah Studies, Islamic Science University of Malaysia. The
research is quantitative in nature using questionnaire method. The quantitative data were then analysed
descriptively in Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) to obtain the frequency and percentage.
The finding of the study shows that the level of students’ awareness on factors leading to smoking
habit is at a satisfactory level. The students are aware that peers are the main contributing factor
towards smoking habit. The level of awareness on the harmful effects of smoking is also at a
satisfactory level. The students’ awareness is influenced by their field of study which is Islamic studies
as well as their modest purchasing power considering their average family income range from RM1000
to RM3000. The conclusion of the study is the importance to educate students on the harmful effects of
smoking, as well as to maintain the level of awareness among them.
Tujuan kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk mengenalpasti secara terperinci tentang kursus kokurikulum
berteraskan pembelajaran servis (CSL) dan kecenderungan pemilihan kursus mengikut persepktif
pelajar diploma di Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur (UTMKL). Kepentingan dalam
berkokurikulum sangat penting dalam mengukuhkan sifat insaniah dalam diri seorang pelajar yang
cemerlang. Kajian ini melibatkan 406 responden daripada 1,904 jumlah populasi pelajar diploma
UTMKL. Data dikumpul melalui instrumen borang soal selidik yang diedarkan kepada pelajar diploma
UTMKL. Analisis kajian mendapati terdapat pelbagai jenis kokurikulum dibahagikan mengikut empat
(4) kluster masing-masing yang dikenal pasti bagi objektif pertama. Objektif kedua pula adalah
mengenal pasti kecenderungan pelajar terhadap pilihan kursus CSL ini. Didapati bahawa kursus yang
berteraskan kesukarelawan mencatatkan kecenderungan yang paling tinggi. Manakala skor kursus
Memanah dari kluster sukan, rekreasi dan kebudayaan pula mencatatkan skor pelajar yang paling tinggi
kecerungan pelajarnya. Kesimpulannya, walaupun jumlah respondan hanya 21.32% dari bilangan
populasi yang memberikan maklumbalas kepada kajian ini, namun ia dapat memberikan indikator
kepada kecenderungan pemilihan kursus CSL mengikut persektif pelajar diploma UTMKL. Hasil
daripada kajian ini boleh digunapakai dalam membuat perancangan penawaran kursus CSL mengikut
pilihan dan kehendak pelajar.
At the youth stage, they psychologically have their own strength which later will contribute to their self
potential. The Anugerah Remaja Perdana Rakan Muda (ARP) is a self development program which
prepares the youth in facing the adolescent and adulthood challenges and finds their own potentials. As
such, this study is to assess the youth’s social psychological construct which is the behaviour, as the
self development element in the ARP based on the Theory of the Planned Behaviour as the study
model. And, adapt the social psychology needs based on the youth potential development theory and
model which is in line with the needs of the youth today. Previous studies that have been conducted support these findings. Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) has been widely used in various studies to
predict the behaviour (Connere, Jones & Berg, 2010) in population include the youth (Baker
& White, 2010). The antecedent of the planned behaviour study focused on the formation of
attitudes in youth behaviour. This study has important implications to the theoretical, practical and
policy towards youth potential development program.
Workers who experience job dissatisfaction tend to lose their joy and happiness in their work that leads to low motivation, performance, commitment and eventually results in leaving their job. This brings long term negative effects to the organization and provides opportunity for rivalry. Hence, a study on the practice of healthy and positive organizational climate need to be carried out to increase the level of the teachers' job satisfaction to enhance the performance of the organization. Recent studies in organizational climate which involve four dimensions namely collegial leadership, professional teacher behaviour, achievement press and institutional vulnerability portrays the potential in influencing the teachers' job satisfaction. This study delves into the influence of these four dimensions in organizational climate towards the teachers' job satisfaction in the aspects of promotion, pay, supervision, working procedures and co-workers. This study is based on the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ) by Hoy, Smith and Sweetland (2002) to measure the organization climate and the combination of two instruments of questionnaire to measure job satisfaction which are Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) by Spector (1985) and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) by Weiss, Dais, England and Lofquist (1967). Quantitative analysis is done using IBM SPSS Statistics Version 24 towards 50 academic teachers in the Form Six centres. The findings show that organization climate in particular has a significant influence towards job satisfaction among the academic teachers in the Form Six Centres. The mean scores of job satisfaction and the organizational climate were at a moderate level, but job satisfaction based on teaching experience is at a high level, and there was no significant differences between gender.
Employees support during the implementation of organizational changes is important to ensure
successful change. Thus, identifying factors that motivate individuals to support organizational change
is of vital interest for the successful management of changes. Previous studies have confirmed a
number of factors that can affect individual behavior to support the change. However, there are only
few studies that have identified the potential factors to form a framework that is based on theory, in
particular using the theory of planned behavior. Therefore, this study explores how perceived benefits
of change, supervisor support and change self-efficacy affects behavioural support for change.
Furthermore, this review offers propositions based on current literature for further in-depth empirical
investigations to find out the effects of these factors towards behavioural support for change that can be
used as a guide in the academic field as well as practical.
Employees support during the implementation of planned organizational changes is important to ensure
successful change. Therefore, this study attempts to explain the phenomenon of behavioral support for
change by integrating Lewin's Three Steps Model and Theory of Planned Behaviour. The literature
review of planned organizational change models developed by previous researchers based on the Three
Steps of Lewin Change Model was undertaken before the change model for this study was developed which involved three phases of change namely motivation to change, commitment to change, and
behavioural support for change. Based on that model, the Theory of Planned Behaviour was used to
explain the relationship between the variables where perceived benefits of change (attitude), supervisor
support (subjective norms) and change self-efficacy (perceived behavioural control) was predicted to
influence commitment to change (behavioral intention), which in turn affects individual behaviour to
support change (behavior). Subsequently, this study proposes a conceptual model based on the latest
literature to be implemented in depth empirical studies to test the proposed model.
Racial polarisation issues in public higher learning institutions has long been debated and continues to
exist even with the many effort for unity seen through nation’s education policies. Despite the
existence of opportunities for students to interact with the other ethnic throughout their studies, their
social relation was relatively moderate. Past findings suggested further studies be made to the factors
contributing to racial polarisation and that there should be a platform which encouraged students to
cooperate and enabled them to reached a common ground. The objective of this paper is to do a
preliminary survey on inter-ethnic dialogue which could become a platform in enhancing good social
relation between students of different ethnics in public and private universities. A successful interethnic
dialogue must include the four dimension of social relation: assimilation, amalgamation,
acculturation and accommodation, with which the social relation in Malaysia revolves, contributed
primarily by its historical and political factors.
A plural society existence due to economic policy is an outcome of foreign colonization. Due to the
British economic policy, Malaya saw the influx two foreign ethnic; Chinese and Indian, working in tin
mining and rubber estates respectively. Early conflict involving the Malays and these foreign workers
is inevitable which is evident during both the Japanese intervention and the British colonization. The
objective of this paper is to review the role and responsibilities of Communities Liaison Committee in
pioneering social cohesion between the three main ethnics in Malaya during the crucial time of
Japanese intervention, British colonization, communist threat and the declaration of emergency. Before
CLC, a cooperation was initiated by AMCJA-PUTERA coalition but was short lived due to the absence
of support from the British and lack of bargaining between Malays and Non-Malays. CLC received a
full patronage of the British as the pioneer of social cohesion in Malaya, especially when it was able to call upon the three main ethnic in its discussion of bargaining and negotiation or what is widely known
as the social contract, as well as practicing political power sharing.
Racial polarisation issues in public higher learning institutions has long been debated and continues to
exist even with the many effort for unity seen through nation’s education policies. Despite the
existence of opportunities for students to interact with the other ethnic throughout their studies, their
social relation was relatively moderate. Past findings suggested further studies be made to the factors
contributing to racial polarisation and that there should be a platform which encouraged students to
cooperate and enabled them to reached a common ground. The objective of this paper is to do a
preliminary survey on inter-ethnic dialogue which could become a platform in enhancing good social
relation between students of different ethnics in public and private universities. A successful interethnic
dialogue must include the four dimension of social relation: assimilation, amalgamation,
acculturation and accommodation, with which the social relation in Malaysia revolves, contributed
primarily by its historical and political factors.
The local government is the closest government to the local community and identified as the third level
of government after the state and federal governments. Each local government has their own power to
enact by-laws under their respective administration. By-laws is a formulation of the law under the
jurisdiction of local government in performing its duties and functions covering the administrative area
that has been identified by the state government. Some of the by-laws play a part in shaping the
personality of the community, especially in local government areas which are quite different approach
such as Kota Bharu Municipal Council of Islamic Cities (MPKB-BRI). By-laws implemented by
MPKB-BRI are very different compared to other states in Malaysia which is the provisions of the bylaws
that suggests the aurat closure and appropriate clothing among traders, business premises owners
and local communities. The purpose of this study is to review the extent of the by-laws implemented by
MPKB-BRI to influence and shaping the personality of the local community in Kota Bharu district,
Kelantan.
Kajian yang dilakukan adalah bertujuan untuk melihat hubungan diantara peranan jurulatih dengan
interaksi sosial dalam pendidikan luar. Seramai 113 responden telah terlibat di dalam kajian ini yang
merupakan peserta yang hadir ke Pusat Kokurikulum Sabah. Kajian kuantitatif ini menggunakan
instrumen soal selidik yang telah disesuaikan dengan iklim pendidikan luar Pusat Kokurikulum Sabah.
Dapatan kajian menunjukkan nilai min bagi peranan jurulatih (4.40) dan interaksi sosial (4.23)
mempunyai interpretasi pada tahap yang tinggi memandangkan ia berada dalam lingkungan nilai 4.01
hingga 5.00. Manakala hasil korelasi menunjukkan terdapat hubungan positif yang kuat dan signifikan
(r=0.524, k < 0.05). Justeru, dapatan kajian ini telah membawa kepada dua perkara iaitu bahagian teori
yang menyokong keselarian teori mengenai peranan jurulatih dalam mencorakkan interaksi sosial,
memahami dan membantu peserta meneruskan misi atau hala tuju dalam menyelesaikan sesebuah
perkara. Manakala bahagian praktikalnya menjelaskan bahawa kemampuan campur tangan jurulatih
dalam sesebuah program pendidikan luar akan membawa corak interaksi sosial yang bersifat lebih baik
berbanding tanpa bantuan jurulatih.
This study looks at the impact on program management on social interaction in outdoor education programs at Sabah Co-Curriculum Center. This quantitative study uses questionnaire instruments. A total of 113 respondents were involved in the west coast of Sabah. The findings show that mean scores for program management and social interaction levels are high. While the correlation results showed a significant but modest positive relationship (r = 0.469 , k
As one of the states within the Federation of Malaysia, Sabah has inherited the characteristics of a
developing country’s security management. The threats are not only driven by external but also from
internal sources. As such, this article analyzes threats to Sabah's security predicaments. By using the
National Security Theory of Developing Countries and Securitization Theory as the basis for
discussion, the article explores and discusses how Sabah's security management have been influenced
by several variables such as local political influences, federal-state relations, and societal’s state
loyalty. The article concludes that Sabah’s security threats have been securitised by local political and
community leaders. But, the success of securitising the threats depend on how security actors at the
federal level are convinced with the omnipresent threats.
There are a few types of expenditures in Malay wedding. Hence, this research reports on wedding
expenditures practice by Malay in Malaysia. Some of the wedding expenditures practiced by Malay are
bride price and invitation cards. Through extensive observation, it can be said that the society often
confuses between the bride price (hantaran) with marriage settlement (mas kahwin). Besides that,
society also prefers to organize a grandeur wedding to the extent that the wedding becomes a burden on
them. This research also discusses how a small bride price and a decent wedding can fulfill one of the
maqasid al-syariah which is preserving one’s possession. Researchers use library research as the
primary method to obtain information on the origin and value of bride price (hantaran kahwin) in ‘urf
Melayu, and the analysis on wedding expenditures promoted by Islamic religion. Research findings
show that Islamic religion does not forbid cultural wedding expenditures, however, it must be
moderate, considerate, and is not burdening.
This research discusses about the integration of muhasabah concept and scaling question
technique. The integration is made based on the integrative model combining Western and
Islamic approaches. For Islamic approach, the concept of muhasabah is explained. Muhasabah
is one of the concepts introduced in Al-Ghazali’s Tazkiyyah Annafs approach. Muhasabah in
this research is a process of self-evaluation that leads to client’s actions. Two opinions about
muhasabah is reviewed in this research; which are the opinions of Ibnu Qayyim and Al-
Ghazali. From the Western approach, the technique of scaling question is elaborated. Scaling
question technique is one of the questioning techniques in Solution Focused Brief Therapy
(SFBT). This technique explains about the importance of measuring method using numbers in
the process of self-evaluation that leads to change. Next, the integration between muhasabah
concept and scaling question technique are examined.
Bencana tsunami ini sememangnya memberikan kesan terhadap kesejahteraan ekonomi dan sosial negara. Di antara negara-negara Asia Tenggara, Indonesia dikenal pasti sebagai salah sebuah negara yang sering menghadapi bencana tsunami. Malaysia yang kedudukannya berhampiran dengan Indonesia turut menerima kesan daripada bencana tsunami yang terjadi di negara berkenaan. Kejadian bencana tsunami yang sememangnya serius ini telah mendapat pelaporan yang meluas oleh media tempatan dan antarabangsa. Bencana tsunami yang lazimnya berlaku secara tiba-tiba dan sukar untuk dijangka ini telah menyebabkan pelaporannya berbeza dengan isu-isu lain seperti jenayah, hiburan dan sebagainya. Malah, kajian-kajian lalu turut mendapati bahawa media menghadapi pelbagai cabaran dalam melaporkan berita bencana seperti tsunami yang jelas memerlukan persediaan yang rapi bagi menghasilkan penulisan yang berkualiti dan beretika. Sungguhpun kejadian tsunami adalah serius, kajian-kajian lalu terhadap pelaporan media khususnya dalam aspek cabaran wartawan dalam melaporkan isu ini adalah amat terhad. Justeru, kajian ini dijalankan dengan matlamat untuk memenuhi kelompongan kajian lepas dan seterusnya menyumbang kepada korpus penyelidikan bidang Komunikasi Bencana di Malaysia dan Indonesia. Penyelidikan ini memberikan tumpuan terhadap cabaran-cabaran yang dihadapi oleh para wartawan kedua-dua negara dalam melaporkan berita tsunami. Temu bual secara mendalam telah dilakukan bersama lapan orang wartawan dari The Star Online, Malaysia dan The Jakarta Post, Indonesia. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa bilangan wartawan pakar isu terhad, pengetahuan terhad wartawan tentang bencana tsunami, kurang persediaan oleh bilik berita, pemotretan visual ketika bencana dan penentuan landskap berita oleh editor adalah cabaran-cabaran utama yang dihadapi oleh wartawan-wartawan di Malaysia dan Indonesia dalam melaporkan isu tsunami.
The role of a mother alone is very challenging. With an additional role as a student or a worker add more burden to them. It is undeniable that Malaysian women in the 21st century has more roles than women in the pre-independent era. Nowadays, women have equal opportunities to work and pursue higher education like men. The need to provide quality life to the children has also encouraged women to contribute more in the family income. Despite the multiple roles play by women, the household tasks are still managed by them. For this phenomenological research, in-depth interviews were conducted with two participants who studied in public university in Malaysia. By using thematic analysis, four themes were emerged from this study. The themes were challenges, role management, assistance/support and coping strategies. In this study, the major challenge was to balance the role of mother and student. But whatever challenges they faced; family was their priority. Furthermore, spousal support also helped the mothers in managing their multiple roles. From the findings, it is hoped that it gives some insights on the type of support that student mother needs and ways of coping in challenging situation.
Pembelajaran Sejarah dengan sumber dokumen teks di sekolah menengah atas telah dikaji. Tiga sumber dokumen teks dengan tajuk, “Perjuangan Mat Salleh menentang pendudukan British di Sabah”, dianalisis menggunakan Model Pemikiran Sejarah. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan reka bentuk kajian kes kolektif. Empat belas pelajar dari 2 buah sekolah menengah kebangsaan harian di Sabah menjadi sampel kajian. Kaedah pengumpulan data kualitatif adalah melalui kaedah pemerhatian, temu bual kumpulan berfokus dan analisis dokumen. Didapati semua pelajar dapat membina Kemahiran Pemikiran Sejarah (KPS) dengan elemen meneroka bukti. Analisis data menunjukkan pelajar-pelajar membina elemen meneroka bukti dengan; mengemukakan pelbagai pendapat tentang penulis dokumen teks berdasarkan bukti, meneroka kebenaran bukti sejarah seperti sejarawan, mengenalpasti lokasi dan tempat perjuangan pemimpin tempatan, serta mempelajari peristiwa sejarah tempatan dengan pengesahan bukti sejarah.