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- ItemBurnout, Technostress, Technological Pedagogical Knowledge Self-Efficacy and Mental Wellbeing among Government School Teachers in Malaysia(2022) MAAHRAN A/L PONURENGAMThere is rising issue about the mental well-being of teachers around the world, with stress induced by the job considered to be a significant factor in the decision to leave the field for many. It is frequently stated that teachers have lower mental well-being outcomes than those in other professions. The amount of scholarly evidence on this subject, on the other hand, is minimal, with some research supporting this view and a few of others opposing it. Therefore the aim of this study to investigate mental wellbeing of teachers. For that purpose, an online survey was set up to collect quantitative data among 141 which includes Primary and Secondary schoolteachers from all over Malaysia. Burnout, technostress, and technological pedagogical knowledge (TPK) self-efficacy have been looked at as key factors in the better mental wellbeing of teachers.
- ItemDeterminants of Intention to Purchase Pet Insurance Among Cat and Dog Owners in Malaysia(2022) WONG, KAI XIN (ATHASHA)"Pet adoption has risen as the growing trends of today all around the world due to the increasing number of singles, cohabiting, and elderly people – thus resulting in the adoption of pets as a means of fulfilment and life satisfaction. Pet-related business, namely the pet insurance industry, has been growing all around the world with the new wave of pet lovers. Nevertheless, the same cannot be said for the Malaysian market as Malaysians in general are not made aware of the full benefits of pet insurance, let alone are aware of the existence of pet insurance in Malaysia. Due to the fact that the majority of Malaysians either own a cat or a dog, and the fact that the pet insurance providers in the Malaysian market only provide insurance plans for cats and dogs at the moment, the focus of this study will be on the cat and dog owners only. In order to conduct this research, the Theory of Planned Behaviour will be utilised as the base framework of this research, with other relevant variables coined from the respective researchers. Among the key findings of this research is that there are three determinants of intention to purchase pet insurance among cat and dog owners in Malaysia, which are the Responsibility towards Pets, Risk Perception towards Pet Ownership, and Financial Risk of Owners. Additionally, it was noted that the Relationship between Owner and Pet does have a positively strong relationship to the Responsibilities towards Pets. From the findings of this research, future researchers can develop a longitudinal research design to further understand the deeper attitudes, perceived behaviour and social norms towards pet insurance in Malaysia."
- ItemDeterminants of Working Capital Management: Based on UK listed firms in S&P100 Index(2022) GANESAN, VIKRANT A/LWorking capital management is very crucial for a firm where it assist managers to take financial decisions. A firm with inefficient working capital management will lead to a downfall of a firm value. The aim of this study is to identify the determinants of Working Capital Management (WCM) in UK listed non-financial firms within the time frame of 2010 – 2019 in the S&P100 index. The results are based on Profitability, Leverage, Debt, Operating Cash Flow and Firm Size which impacts the firms working capital management.
- ItemFinancial Behaviour and financial well-being of Malaysians during covid-19: Moderating role of gender(2022) LEE, SOO CHEN (NICOLAS )Financial Well-being is very vital towards people as they are the key determinants on having a comfortable life and can be achieved by having a proper financial management. When the Covid-19 pandemic first hit, Malaysia is badly affected in terms of their economy which has led to a loss of employment among many Malaysians and negatively impacted their financial well-being. Past studies about financial well-being have been widely concentrated on determinants such as financial problems, financial capability and financial literacy. On the other side, the influence of financial behaviour towards financial well-being with gender as the moderating role were little explored. Therefore, this research studied on how financial behaviour is able to affect the financial well-being of Malaysians. This research also studied on the gender differences of Malaysians regarding financial behaviour and whether it has a significant influence towards their financial well-being. Quantitative study was chosen as the choice for this study by using online questionnaires in order to collect the required data. A total of 86 completed questionnaires by respondents from Malaysia were analysed by using Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). Data collected indicated that financial behaviour have a significant association with financial well-being. In addition to that, no significant association can be found with gender on financial behaviour.
- ItemImpact of Capital Structure on Firm Performance of American Firms in the S&P 100 Index(2022) JANICE TAN WENQINGThis paper will be studying on the impact of capital structure on firm performance in American firms listed under the S&P 100 index. The data is taken from the Datastream database consist of 87 American firms from the S&P 100 index. There are four independent variable (Debt/Asset ratio, Debt/Equity ratio, Long Term Debt, and Current Liabilities) used as proxy of capital structure. While there are two dependent variables (Return on Equity (ROE) and Earnings Per Share (EPS)) are proxies for firm performance. The control variable of firm size is represented by the natural log of total asset as seen in Li and Hwang (2011). The study is conducted using a panel set data and analysed using the OLS multiple regression model. The study shows that capital structure does affect firm performance. As such, firms should now have a better understanding on which sources of financing they should use for their future growth.
- ItemImpact of working capital on profitability of 96 NASDAQ100 non-financial firm.(2022) SIM, ZHONG YIThis research paper is to study the aim of this research is the impact of working capital on profitability of 96 NASDAQ 100 non-financial firm in US. Working capital is play important role it able to show the performance of the firms. One of the firm’s performances which is crucial are the profitability. This research paper is to determine whether there is impact on the profitability form working capital performance. Understand the relationship of ROA and ROE is affected by the Cash Conversion Cycle, Account Receivable Days, Account Payable Days, Inventory Turnover
- ItemIntention to Reduce Food Waste Among Malaysians(2022) CHEAH, UI REN (JEFFREY )The purpose of the research was to study on the relationship between attitude, perceived behavioural control and subjective norms to the intention to reduce food waste among Malaysians. The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) was used in this study. Quantitative method was applied in this study. The total number of respondents acquired was 84, but one of the respondents was not valid to contribute to this study. The results show that attitude, perceived behavioural control and subjective norm had significant effect on the intention to reduce food waste among Malaysians. The limitation of this study was that the questionnaire was designed in a closed ended way. The implication for this research was gave a better understanding of food waste to provide useful information for the economy.
- ItemPredictors of Continuance Intention to use E-wallet(2022) LIM, SIAN CHINGWith the advent of advance technology, financial technology particularly digital payment has become phenomenon around the world. This study objective is to study the continuance intention to use e-wallet in Malaysia. This research provides a better understanding on the key factors to e-wallet usage. To integrate e-wallet continuance intention, the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) and government support were utilized. This study examined the relationship between e-wallet continuance intention and four main variables. This study applied quantitative research method which survey was distributed to 155 participants but only 141 were valid respondents. Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) via SmartPLS 3 was used to analyse the data collected from 141 respondents who were e-wallet users in Malaysia. The result revealed that performance expectancy, social influence and facilitating condition had significant effect on the continuance intention to use e-wallet. Furthermore, this research found significant effect of government support on the performance expectancy. Due to the data was collected mainly from Malaysia, hence the generalisability of the findings was limited. Besides, the small sample size also limited the opportunity of generalization of the findings. This research findings provides guidelines for effective development of e-wallet platform and support that needed to influence Malaysian to use e-wallet continuously. This study contributed by closing gap of understanding from existing studies by integrating UTAUT and government support. This theory derived from theoretically integrated framework that could be applied to study the continuance intention to use e-wallet from the context of developing countries such as Malaysia.
- ItemProactive Personality and Career Maturity among Tertiary Students(2022) NURUL ASYIQIN BINTI ROSLANStudents nowadays should be able to improve on their career readiness. There are many problems rise when students are not ready to pursue their career. In improving their career readiness, they should be able to recognize their own personality whether they are clarified to have proactive personality and career maturity. The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of proactive personality on career maturity among Malaysian students. An online survey was used as component to complete this research. The data has been collected from fifty-three respondents which includes students from college and universities in Malaysia. The key factors in this research are proactive personality and career maturity of students in Malaysia.
- ItemThe determinants of firm performance of companies listed on the 96NASDAQ100(2022) TAN YING HUIThe research is study about the determinant of firm performance on 96NASDAQ100. The independent variables are board size, board meeting and dividend yield whereas the dependent variables is return on equity and return on assets. There a few literature review has been done for this research. To conclude that board size, board meeting and dividend yield has no impact on the firm performance. Therefore, more study on this topic should be done in further.