It is commonly considered that the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) contrasts with the principle of a business. The success or failure of a corporate is mostly measured by its financial achievements. Social responsibility and financial profitability are like two sides of a coin. As if there is a trade-off between conducting CSR and achieving corporate performance. Since every activity of a corporate will create a cost as the consequence, then being responsible to society might be harmful to the corporate profitability in terms of financial efficiency. However, some paradigms of business assert that complying with social responsibility is a way to attain corporate sustainability which means that CSR is an endorser, rather than a barrier, to achieve corporate performance. This conceptual paper will show the linkage between CSR and corporate performance through literature review of some previous studies to find the gaps that can be filled in by further research to establish a novel notion of Corporate Social Performance (CSP).

Talent strategy in human resource planning is generally used to deliver business strategy of a firm. The identification, recruitment, development and retention of talented employees are aligned with the priorities of the firm’s business. As businesses today are borderless with the global environment, putting in place the most effective talent management strategy is a key to competitive success of firms, and this includes the banking industry. Hence, people who are talented in the organization provide opportunities for the firms. As a result many big firms seem to spend much time on developing these talented employees but less time on retaining them. This includes the Malaysian banking institutions. It is timely for Malaysian banks to have their own talent programs due to acute shortage of banking talents. Hence, the talent systems of banks require investments in these intangible assets. The above need is reinforced by the fact that an important Malaysian banking resource would be talent following the final phase of consolidation of banking institutions by the year 2015. When demand goes up and supply of talent goes down, more and more banking institutions in Malaysia begin to realize the importance of talent strategy and planning to be a part of management strategic focus; hence an integrated talent program for the banking institutions. The objective of this paper is to testify that the use of talent strategy as a hedging strategy is able to manage banking talent risks in the Malaysian banking sector. The study proposed to use Talent Management Practices (TMP), Employee Value Proposition (EVP) and Talent Brand Strategy (TBS) as variables along with 12 indicators of Malaysian banking talents by testifying for their direct and indirect relationships. The five research objectives and questions of the study were fulfilled by employing the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The five hypotheses of the study revealed that there are significant positive relationships between Talent Management Practices, Employee Value Proposition and Talent Brand Strategy, for Malaysian banks. The study also found that Employee Value Proposition partially mediates the relationship between Talent Management Practices and Talent Brand Strategy for the banks. With these significant relationships, the findings of this study suggest that it is timely for the local banks to enhance their talent strategy as this can deliver as business strategy, for instance, facilitating in innovating the operating structure of financial instruments. Additionally, due to the acute shortage of banking talents in Malaysia, there is a strong need to use talent strategy in managing banking talent risks

The global financial system is vulnerable due to the weak growth prospects in many advanced economies. Hence, the stability of the banking system remained as an important issue to be resolved. Therefore, it is vital for the banks to properly manage the loan loss provisions (LLPs) to ensure the sufficient amounts are allocated to counterbalance the non-performing loans, especially during financial turmoil. The issue of LLPs has captivated the interest of many researchers as to what extent the LLP has been affected by macroeconomic factors. Thus, the main purpose of the study is to investigate the influence of macroeconomic factors in affecting the provision decision of Malaysian commercial banks. The investigation aims at detecting whether the provisions have been influenced by the macroeconomic factors such as the interest rate, gross domestic products and exchange rate. At the same time, the effect of macroeconomic factors can be examined in order to identify the pro-cyclical or counter-cyclical behavior in relation to the LLP. The Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) is devised in assessing the significant macro factors that influencing the LLP.

The fundamental issue in ICT Governance (ICTG) implementation for Malaysian Public Sector (MPS) is how ICT be applied to support improvements in productivity, management effectiveness and the quality of services offered to its citizens. Our main concern is to develop and adopt a common definition and framework to illustrate how ICTG can be used to better align ICT with government’s operations and strategic focus. In particular, we want to identify and categorize factors that drive a successful ICTG process. This paper presents the results of the first phase of our research- an exploratory study to identify, refine and categorize Critical Success Factors (CSFs) suitable for MPS. Our first approach is to identify factors within the five domains of ICTG. However, this is not suitable since some factors exist in more than one domain. We, instead, opt to using the four perspective of IT BSC as our main domains. Our preliminary result suggests sixteen CSFs categorized into these four interrelated domains. These findings will be further validated and refined.

Funding is essential for the operation of a business. There are many businesses that difficulties in obtaining financing, especially for startup businesses. But there is a type of financing called Angel Investment to support the existence of a startup. This study aims to look at how the impact of the implementation of Angel Investment as a source of startup capital in Indonesia in terms of its association with a particular performance output market sales volume and market share after obtaining startup funding and reviewing compliance with existing theories . This study used qualitative methods to conduct interviews, documentation and questionnaires. The results of this study is known that angel investment can impact directly or indirectly on the output market performance of a company. It really depends on the strategy adopted of their respective companies. In addition the level of importance of each character angel investment in providing different financing where the average angel investor attention to the emotional aspects such as the level of enthusiasm of an entrepreneur, the management team and the quality of the products of the business. There is also a different funding schemes at each startup, which most startups receiving funding from the scheme that is incompatible with the theory. The end result is the angel investment affect the growth of the business of a company is able to increase sales volume and market share, depending on the strategy of each company. Angel investment can ultimately affect indirectly to an increase in profits of a startup company.

Micro Small Medium Enterprise (MSME) is a group of business organization that can stand even in an unstable economic conditions. For that cause, the Government is taking role in pushing MSME to become a better and advanced MSME by lending financial aid that can be used as a fund in their business. Koperasi is a being in aiding MSME group. One of them, KoperasiTahu Tempe Indonesia (KOPTI) that has a role in aiding and shielding MSME group of tofu and tempe makers. The objectives of this research was to find how big the influence of KOPTI’s loan program to its members on their profits with the help of collateral, capacity, character, capital, and condition of economies principles. This research used causal method, a quantitative and perspective descriptive methodology. Data are collected is primary and obtained by using questionnaire to a group 48 people that receive the loan program in 2012. The data are then treated by multiple regression analysis with the help of SPSS Version 20 and Microsoft Office 2007. From this research had been withdrawn a conclusion, that the KOPTI’s loan program to its members has a significant influence on their profits.

Talent management is a set of activities in attracting, developing and maintaining high-potential employees at all levels to achieve the strategic objectives of the organization. Talent management has been the target of increasing interest in the world of work and has appeared more frequently in the academic literature nowadays. While firms tend to recognize the importance of talent management, they often fail to manage it effectively. Success of the company in managing talent will be the critical factor to create competitive advantages. The purposes of this study is to design conceptual model of integrated talent management system in order to manage talent effectively. This study will be focus on discussing about process cycle in managing talent. Furthermore this study will develop conceptual model of integrated talent management system and also explain the important thing that company often to neglect and they didn’t realized that it can be root problem that make overall process will be failed in managing talent. Result from this study as consideration for every company to develop specific program in managing talent effectively

Recently, many Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia are still having problems in getting funds despite various funding programs have been carried out by Indonesian government to aid SMEs. The aim of this study is to understand how People’s Credit Scheme (KUR) as one of the government funding programs for SMEs in Sentra Kaos (T-shirt Cluster) in Suci Bandung and Sentra Tahu Tempe (Tofu Tempeh Cluster) in Cibuntu Bandung, which most of the SMEs in these locations are feasible but unbankable. Government funds can be channeled directly by banks to SMEs, or indirectly through agencies designated by the government, such as credit unions. Descriptive method used in this research shows that (1) the Absorption of KUR funds in the Sentra Kaos in Suci Bandung is still low, because of the lack of proper information (financial access) and SME’s difficulty in fulfillment on 5C assessments (Capital, Character, Collateral, Condition, Capacity) made by the bank as an official institution on KUR; (2) Granting loans to KOPTI’s member (Tofu Tempeh Producer Cooperative) as an institution in the KUR Sentra Tahu Tempe in Cibuntu Bandung, tend to be easier because KOPTI only assessing collateral in lending to its members, which at the end, leads to unpaid credit.

Compare to its neighbour countries, Indonesia is still lags behind in research productivity, both quantity and quality. Though, the interesting fact had arise from schimago data analysis, that Indonesia has best rank in foreign co-authorship indicators compare to its neighbour countries. Obtaining data from scopus, authors use scientometrics method to explore the phenomenon. It is found that there is quite high contribution of faculty members that is studying abroad in producing journal article or conference papers that involve foreign co-authorship, in average, range from 32,96 to 44,15%. Factors that might be correlate to the phenomenon and the impact are discussed.

One of the interesting topics in HR field is the work family conflict. Human being expected to work to meet their need. Also, they have their family to attend to. That is why the relationship between work and family become important. One should manage the balance of the two life. Usually everyone found it difficult to act balance. There must be some incident which cause the employee to sacrifice one of them. If the work or family responsibilities can not met by the worker, then it could create the work and family conflict. The cause the work and family conflict can derive from many aspects. Each organization has different factor which cause the conflict. The job demand, the hours work, the placement, and many others. This research, analyze the factors which cause work and family conflict in PT. XYZ. The chosen organization has high job demand. We will focus on the leader in the organization and try to measure the influence of his leadership style towards the work family conflict face by the employee. The result found that the leadership style had significance influence towards work family conflict experienced by the employee. However, the research showed that the impact is not big enough. There other variables which can cause the work family conflict. We also learn that the leadership style applied at PT. XYZ is quite helpful in assisting the employee to face the work problems.

In Indonesia, the potential development of women entrepreneurs is huge considering the number of women in Indonesia is very large. Intention is arguably as a key predictor in determining one’s behavior in making decisions, so there is a necessary to conduct research underlying women decision to run a business. This paper aims to analyze the influence of environmental factors on perceived behavior control (PBC) toward the entrepreneurial intention among women entrepreneurs involved in the MSEs sector in Indonesia. This study uses quantitative methods with survey approach. Questionnaire are distributed and gather responses from 222 women entrepreneurs in Indonesia. The responses analysis use structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the hypothesis. The results shows that perceived behavioral control significantly influence women entrepreneurial intentions. The study also shows that perceived behavioral control is significantly influenced by competitive environment rather than government support; while government support are not directly influence on it, yet significantly influencing competitive environment. The implications of this study indicate that the government is expected to enhance its role in making the policy or program to be taken to develop women entrepreneurship.

Bandung Local Government have initiative to publish Local Regulation No. 4 Years 2011 about street vendor arrangement and development. The policy was deemed potentially in supporting and improving street vendor from informal sector to formal sector. One of the implementation program is relocating. Relocation program is a program to displace street vendor from forbidden trading zones to new location in Pasar Gede Bage. But, the process of the implementation program had some obstacles. The purposes of this research are to describe and determine the factors that influence the successful implementation of street vendor relocation program. This study is analyzing variable of Business Location (X1), Working Environment (X2), Communication (X3), Apparatus Behavior (X4) and Entrepreneurial Characteristic (X5). This study used a quantitative method with multiple regression analyze. Data was collected by spread questionnaire to 120 respondents of street vendor and use random sampling techniques. The result showed that three independent variables; Location, Communication and Entrepreneur Characteristic, have positive and significant influence on the implementation of Street vendor Relocation Program. Whereas, independent variables of working environment and apparatus behavior had positive but not significant influence of the dependent variable.

Today more and more researchers publish their qualitative works in top management and accounting journals. The contribution of this approach in management and accounting studies continues to gather momentum. Policy maker both in public and private sectors are increasingly recognizing the important and value of this method since it offers detail and rich analysis of management and accounting in an organization. However, there are still many researchers in these fields are reluctant or even reject to employ this method arguing that qualitative approach is not scientific and the results are also not scientific. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to discuss the issue of using qualitative method in management and accounting studies. The paper is started by looking the conceptualization of qualitative research. After that, a paradoxical view of qualitative and quantitative methods is discussed. This is followed by discussions of using qualitative research in management and accounting studies. Finally, the use of interpretive case study will be reviewed and discussed in this paper.

Entrepreneurship has been growing rapidly in the past 20 years. It was strengthen by the increasing number of young generation who choose to be an entrepreneur instead of working on other people or companies. Mostly, they do not consider entrepreneurship as the only option to earn income and generate money, but more than that entrepreneurship is also regarded as one of the way to uphold their values such as beneficial to society, freedom to manage time and finances, and freedom to define and execute what they want. The role of Entrepreneurship in economic growth, are about job and wealth creation. Considering the role, it is important to develop entrepreneurship. In this stage, government policy has a big influence, there are to establish environment and create infrastructure that support entrepreneurship. However, when it comes to entrepreneurship policy, one size does not fit all, governments can only provide an underlying conducive environment to the emergence of productive entrepreneurship rather than unproductive entrepreneurship. In this research, conceptual framework of entrepreneurship policy can be divided based on level of analysis which are, micro, meso, and macro level. At macro level, entrepreneurship policy, focus on creating motivation, entrepreneurial skills, and business skills. While at meso level, it include decreasing administration burden in facilitating business entry and import/export deregulation as well; focusing in targeted business (technology) and business incentives. At macro level, entrepreneurship policies should focus on creating entrepreneurship culture, entrepreneurship infrastructure and regulation itself.

E-commerce system websites have helped to expand the business into the international sphere. Manage satisfaction, trust, and customer loyalty to the use of E-commerce services in the long term in view very important for business development. Lack of studies on the quality of service of E-commerce in the hotel industry in Malaysia in general and on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia in particular has prompted this study to be done. The main objective of this study was to identify and measure the perception of foreign tourists to the service factors of E-commerce website that influence satisfaction, trust and loyalty. Based on previous studies, a conceptual framework of this study were established, the relationship between E-commerce service quality, satisfaction, trust, and customer loyalty in the hotel industry in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Tourism sector is the second largest foreign exchange earner after manufactured goods and the seventh largest contributor to the Malaysian economy, with a Gross National Income (GNI) of RM47.2 billion in year 2013. The hotel industry is one of the tourism sectors. The hotel industries have international dimensions and have the use of the highest sites. Tourism and hotel industry especially has proven to be a catalyst for development and these dynamics have turned the industry into a key-driver for economic growth.

This cross-sectional descriptive research aimed to study personal attributes and soft skills for leadership that affect project control of sub-district health promoting hospital directors in Roi Et, Thailand. The total numbers of volunteers in this study were 142. 130 volunteers provided quantitative data through a self-administered questionnaire while other 12 participated in in-depth interviews for qualitative data. The research instruments were examined for content validity by three experts and tested for reliability in a pilot study (Cronbach’s alpha coefficient = 0.97). Data collection was carried out from February 1st to March 20th, 2014. The data was then analyzed using a package computer program. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation and multiple linear regression, content analysis were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the level of soft skills for leadership was high (3.67±0.64) and the level of project control was also high (3.90±0.50). Gender (male) found to have moderate positive relationship with project control of sub-district health promoting hospitals directors at statistical significant level (r = 0.431, p-value < 0.001) while soft skills for leadership had high positive relationship (r = 0.870, p-value < 0.001). Linear regression model indicated that communication, planning & organizing, leading ability, gender (male), and personal mastery can predict project control of sub-district health promoting hospital directors at 79.0 percent (r2 = 0.790, p-value < 0.001). The in-depth interview enlightened that project control should be flexible. Continuous monitoring and corrective action found to be crucial keys for the effectiveness of project control. In addition, an opportunity to develop leadership soft skills should be provided to sub-district health promoting hospital directors.

This is a cross – sectional descriptive research. The objective was to study continuous quality improvement and identify motivation and organizational supports that effect Continuous Quality Improvement Enhancement of Registered Nurses in Community Hospital Khon Kaen province of 303 and by using 865 subjects (n = 303), randomly selected by simple random sampling and were additionally collected by group discussion of 10 subjects. To data were collected by the developed questionnaire and which was verified by three experts. Its validity was tested and gained coefficient cronbach’s alpha = 0.98. Data collection was carried out from January 27, 2014 to February 25, 2014.The collected data were then analyzed by a computer program package and disseminated by statistical value, percentage, mean, standard deviation, median, minimum, maximum and Inferential Statistics were Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and Stepwise multiple regression analysis. The finding revealed that the Hygiene Factors and organizational supports had high level of positive with Continuous Quality Improvement Enhancement of Registered Nurses in Community Hospital Khon Kaen province relation at statistical significance of (r = 0.798, p-value < 0.001, r = 0.727, p-value < 0.001) and The factor influenced the performance of Continuous Quality Improvement Enhancement of Registered Nurses in Community Hospital Khon Kaen province were Management (p-value < 0.001), Policy and Administration (p-value < 0.001), Time (p-value = 0.003), Technology(p-value = 0.005), Personal Life (p-value = 0.044) and Money (p-value = 0.046). These six factors could together predict the performance of Continuous Quality Improvement Enhancement of Registered Nurses in Community Hospital Khon Kaen province at a level of 68.9 %. Problem and obstacles arising from the study were motivation factors as 93.5 %andthe suggestion is that executives should consider the jobs of continuous quality improvement. By setting a threshold to consider the merits or promoted to a higher position clear. To build morale for operations

This study focused on the employees’ satisfaction to core and managerial competency improvement from training and development program of Numchai Insurance Company. The objective of the study is for training program improvement related with employees’ competencies. The sample group consists of 310 employees who work for the company. Questionnaires were used as the data collection instrument. Statistics used for the analysis include percentage, means, standard deviation, t-test independent, one way ANOVA and analysis of variance and Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient. The statistic package for social science (SPSS) was employed for statistical data analysis.The study reveals that the majority of the sample group is female with the number of 215 (69.4%), aged between 26-40 years with the number of 170 samples (54.8%). Almost all employees have a bachelor degree of education with the number of 219 samples (70.6%) and more than ten years of working period (94 samples 30.3%). The working period in position of major employees is 1-3 years with the number of 114 samples (36.8%). Lastly, staff is the position of the major employees with the number of 186 samples (60%).The statistical analysis of demographic factors which is gender, age, education, working period, working period in present position and position show that different demographic effects the satisfaction of core and managerial competency improvement at the 0.05 statistical level in the topic of 1.) Working period – Problem solving and decision making 2.) Gender – Conceptual thinking 3.) Age – Delegation and 4.) Age – Empowerment. The statistical analysis of training and development factors which is on the job training, coaching, insurance activity, visiting, functional training, meeting/seminar, consulting, occupation development and self-development reveals that the relationships between trainings and competencies are not related in topics 1.) Insurance activity training – analytical thinking competency 2.) Visiting– leadership, problem solving, analytical thinking, conceptual thinking and job assignment competencies 3.) Functional training – customer orientation, leadership, problem solving, analytical thinking, conceptual thinking and job assignment competencies 4.) Meeting/seminar – leadership, problem solving, analytical thinking, conceptual thinking and job assignment competencies 5.) Consulting – conceptual thinking and job assignment.

Currently, medical tourism is regarded as an important emerging tourism sector in the Malaysian economy. Despite it’s significant contribution to the country’s GDP, the examination of the main factors that contribute to the success of the industry remain limited. Therefore the objective of the paper is three-fold. First is to propose the medical tourism index from the service point of view. Second is to examine the ranking of the identified index. Finally, to investigate the index which holds most value for money. The survey is conducted with 400 medical tourists over a period of four months. Several important findings are reported. An index with 5 dimensions is identified as the most important factors in medical tourism. The findings also suggest that hospital reputation is the most influential factor among the index. The result also provides evidence that medical treatment is a factor that has the most excellent value for money. It is concluded that clear index categorisation will assist greatly in conceptualising empirical developments and improving the overall service experience for medical tourists. The implications are discussed, limitations are noted and possible areas in future research are proposed.

The purpose of this study is to identify the impact of professional development (PD) programs on the approach to Learning Management System (LMS) in the perspective of educators‟ in selected private higher education institutions (PHEIs) in Kuala Lumpur. The critical issues are utilization of e-learning not being fully embraced by the educators‟, approach to e-learning facing difficulties and challenges due to lack of appropriate training, urgency to transform education system to integrate e-learning to fulfill the Key Result Area that set by Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) and to fill in the gap between PD and e-learning. The notions for the conceptual framework and research instrument for this study were adapted from RPIM model. Data was collected and analyzed by quantitative methodology utilizing self-administrated questionnaires. The study findings showed that the impact of PD on educators‟ has a significant role in their approach to LMS. The results also indicated that there were deficiencies in readiness and maintenance of PD programs. Moreover, the results confirms that there is a necessity to develop PD programs that caters e-learning environment for diversity of learners and at the same time accommodating sound pedagogy for the students to enhance their learning processes. The results also showed that appropriate training was significant obstacle to the victory of e-learning programs due to most PD activities were offered without considering the actual needs of the educators. This research fills the gap of the literature and contributes to policy makers, academician and PD organizers in empowering educators‟ through PD to support LMS.

Essentially, the students are required to undergo the Industrial Placement during the study at university level. This allows the students to experience a real industrial work such that they can be successfully employed after study. However, there is evident that the employer criterions may differ when employing the students such as through student’s academic performance, communication skills and practical knowledge. In this paper, the students’ performance is investigated during industrial placement. The study is based on 100 final year students of Mechanical Engineering at University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). It is to note that the UTHM is considered a new university established in 27 September 2000. Thus, the outcomes from this investigation are crucial to ensure that the students from UTHM are competitive and marketable for the job employability. The assessment is carried out by the employers, the lecturers and the students. The study shows that 75% of UTHM students are ready to be employed. These students in general are able to clearly express their ideas and confidently in speech and writing, confidently work within a group, systematically gather information, initiative and self-motivation, effectively plan and organize, flexible and aware of the factors that affect the organization. The results also show that female students are able to work as good as male worker in the organization. On the other hand, the remaining 15 % of the UTHM students require further enhancement for job employability skills. A more holistic approach such as attending the grooming and communication courses are required for the improvement.

The discovery of a work Ta’wilat Ahl Al-Sunnah by Abu Mansur Al-Maturidi has opened a new dimension to the study tafsir. This article focuses on trend of study done by reaserchers of the work Ta’wilat Ahl Al-Sunnah by Abu Mansur Al-Maturidi covered on certain focused issues. Researchers will use a quantitative analysis method by focusing on the masters and doctoral degrees. This study is expected to identify the spaces still exist related to this particular study at the level of master’s and PhD.

Net- Gens of today are faced with a dilemma of defining their boundaries in professionalism, livelihood, self-efficacy, social wellbeing, and the appreciation of cultural and heritage in this borderless world through the presence of immersive technologies. New demands of immersiveness in technologies are enabling them not only knowing more about the world beyond the four walls to their home, but also in giving them the chance to get direct access to information, individuals, institutes and organizations playing roles as researchers, clients, informants, participants, communities, and professionals across disciplines, across societies and across nations. This present era and trends has made us rethink about the way we look at deliverables of academic research findings today. A useful approach in answering part of the question on “Is the shift to commercialization in academic research affecting the standards of quality to serve the society?” is to look at a case sample and question the possibilities and constraints the case upholds in justifying or contradicting the said statement. This paper will look at how findings from an academic language research, that in previous forms of deliverables, are as presented papers on selected academic disciplines of conferences and seminars, as online reference journals, or as printed on the shelve hard copy journals in physical knowledge management buildings like archives, resource centers and libraries could be transformed into a present deliverables much more appealing to the Net-Gens of today. The paper will describe how a gamification approach was used and discussed whether such an effort could be a current approach of academic research findings deliverables that could serve still good quality standards to the society towards the shift to commercialization. The chosen game-like gamified form “RICEVILLE” case sample was developed from an academic research finding in the context of exploring a new effort to uplift the preservation and appreciation culture and heritage.

Postmodernism may be viewed as an era in which the mass media was integral to an immense proliferation of artistic styles that projected the ideations of postmodernism and its several movements. This paper examines the historical development of postmodernism as an imaginative intellectual interest group throughout the 1960s and ’70s. An attempt is made to critically assess both positive and negative effects of postmodernism on the mass media in addition to the latter’s influence(s) on Islam within the context of postmodernism.

This study evaluates the effect of group counseling towards psychological aspects among Malaysian at-risk adolescents. The psychological aspects measured were the adolescents’ perceiption towards family, depression and resilience. The effect was measured by looking at the mean score of the psychological aspects before and after the intervention. This study takes a quasi-experimental design in which a number of 90 students were involved in this study. Data is analyzed using MANCOVA. Results showed that the mean score of the psychological aspects of the treatment group has reduced compared to the controlled group. Implications regarding this matter is discussed at the end of the paper.

The status of comic was ignored by society in the past, reading comic seems to waste a time and was believed useless for learning. However, due to the help of mass media and the Internet, it has been gradually changed. Comic is not only being a very important part of popular culture, it also is a part of the Cultural and Creative Industry in Taiwan in recent years. The new generation of drawing learners, especially students who study in the universities of art and design related departments, are the people who will work for our cultural and creative industry. These students have more or less enjoyed reading comic since they were young, therefore the often seen styles of comic have imprinted on their memory. The aims of this study hope to understand the new generation of drawing learners, how they have been influenced by comic and how are the relations between drawing styles of the learners and their preferences of comic styles? Therefore the study plans to employ qualitative method to discuss the phenomenon of the learner influenced by comic styles, proving art teachers to have a reference when teaching traditional or digital drawing. The study also analyzes the relevance of the learners’ drawing styles and their preferences of comic styles, giving students have an opportunity to rethink their own drawing styles.

Sports believed to be an important tool in developing an inclusion society. Persons with disabilities can sports as a medium or opportunity to be in the community. The purpose of the study is to identifying the motives for sporting activities participation among wheelchair bound athletes. Hundred (n=100) respondents (60 male; 40 female), age of 16-55 years old took part in the study using the close-ended questionnaire that consists of five motives factors that are task-oriented motives, social-integration motives, fitness-oriented motives, ego-oriented motives and social-affective motives. The analysis was conducted using the SPSS method. Descriptive statistical method such as mean and the standard deviation and independent T-test were used in the study. There is no significant difference in motives factors among the male and the female wheelchair athletes (p =.091; p˃0.05). There is no significant differences on both gender perceived fitness-oriented motives (p =.697; p< 0.05) and social-affective motives (p=.124; p<0.05) and task-oriented motives (p=.895; p<0.05) as the main factors for participation. However, there are significant differences in social-integration motives (p=0.43; p ˃0.05) and ego-oriented motives (p=0.033; p˃0.05). More physical activity programs need to be conducted to encourage sporting participation among persons with disabilities and the facilities accessibility also need to be constructed for them at the gymnasiums, sport centers and recreation park so that they can also enjoyed the same benefits as their able-bodied peers.

This study determined the motivation factor towards the involvement of urban youth in Malaysia toward volunteerism. It identified the motivation factors to volunteerism and examines the relationship between demographic data and motivation factors. The study was conducted at Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This quantitative research was using the 44 items of Volunteer Function Inventory (VFI) which was adopted from Clary (1998) and was administrated among 132 respondents. The finding of the study shows that the highest motivation factor is purposive and social integration, where most of the respondents involved in volunteerism because of caring attitude for others and for their own self benefit. The result shows, there is a significant relationship between motivation factors and volunteering outcome, (r 0.830, p-value <0.01). The mean for motivation factor is 94.04 and the result also shows that 95 percents of the respondents are motivated towards involvement in the volunteerism and the finding has achieves the objectives of this study. It can be concluded that these study contribute to academic and society by creating awareness towards volunteering activity and it benefits to the society.

The average of customers in using instant messenger applications such as WhatsApp, Blackberry Messenger (BBM), LINE, KakaoTalk, and WeChat in Indonesia is 40 minutes per customer per day with the number of application downloaded in Indonesia is the second highest among six countries in South East Asia. This data is contradictive with frequency of usage application in Indonesia which is the lowest among other South East Asia countries. This highest number of downloaded application which is not in line with highest usage of application is not good for the business. It is important to know the factors that affect the intention and usage of instant messenger application. So far, there is no well published research regarding this matter, yet. This research wants to propose a measurement model to analyze factors that affect the behavioral intention and usage of instant messenger applications in Indonesia, especially in Bandung based on UTAUT 2 model from Venkatesh, Thong, and Xu (2012). The measurement model has been tested by using 30 respondents, the users of instant messenger applications in Bandung. The pilot test reveals that the measurement model is valid and reliable to be used for further study.

Language is the main medium for knowledge transfer either through paternal or maternal linkages. As egalitarians, the Batek learn through both parents by means of experience or imitation. Heritage knowledge is essential yet the Batek Hep‟ language is endangered due to contact and economic crunch. As tourist guides to the Malaysian National Park in Pahang, the Batek male youths are code-mixing and switching, with only an average grasp of their native language. The female‟s language is fortunately intact as some are merely necessitated to dwell at the show villages. The present research explores six conveniently sampled Batek Hep‟ females‟ perceptions, ages varying from early twenties to late fifties, on their language pride and language learning style. Method adopted are semi-structured interviews, recorded verbal discourses and participant-observation field notes over a span of a few months through several field visits to several Batek Hep‟ settlements along the Tembeling River, Pahang. Atlas ti. software assists the triangulated analysis. Findings offer the female Batek‟s perceptions and suggest that to the elders are firmly devoted to their traditional culture and lifestyle, thus ensuring great language pride. Yet unfortunately, the young are keen on evolving. The findings significantly suggest that proper language learning approach is vital where contact language could be learned without neglecting the native language.

It is the purpose of this study to explore whether the variables “receiving preschool education or not”, “duration of attendance in preschool education” and “the type of preschool institution (nursery school, kindergarten)” make a difference in emotional skills of first graders in primary school. The population of the study was the first graders who attended primary schools in Konya during 2011-2012 education year. 40 out of 254 primary schools were randomly selected and Emotional Skills Test was administered to 800 first graders (400 girls – 400 boys) who were randomly selected from the population and “Personal Data Form” was used to collect data on the participants. A relational screening was performed between dependent and independent variables in the study, which was conducted through screening model. Results revealed a significant difference between the students who received preschool education and those who did not and between the ones who did not attend preschool education and those who attended for 2 years or more. It was found out that the type of school that the students attended (nursery school, kindergarten) did not cause any differences between the mean scores from Emotional Skills Test.

The present study is an attempt to build a new statistical model to forecast the value of imports in Malaysia. The study will use regression, time series, and a composite model (combining of egression and time series) methods. According to the data available, the time frame for this study will be determined by using monthly data covering the period between 1990-2010 (a period building model) and the period between 2011-2013 ( as a period for testing the predictive ability model proposed ). The study will be limited to six variables which are the exchange rate, average tariff tax, average sales tax, producer price index, value of exports and the value of imports in the previous time period. The study is of great importance in helping of Malaysia in drawing policies for imports in general, and particularly imports of machinery and transport equipment, and crude materials, as the proportions spent on total imports of machinery and transport equipment and crude materials were respectively 56% , 3% of the total value of imports in Malaysia during the study period. The current study considers utilization of probabilistic forecasting methods in the decision–making process which reflects the level of uncertainty in future demand forecasts.

Teachers are key to improving the quality of education. The quality of teachers depends on the quality of teacher’s education. The aim of this paper is to describe how mobile learning (mLearning) could be integrated in teacher education through developing implementation model of mlearning based discovery learning. The study used The Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) technique to integrate selected experts’ views to develop the implementation model. The model consists of mobile discovery learning activities determined through Fuzzy Delphi method. The findings resulted in an interpretive structural model of a network of mobile learning activities integrated with discovery learning activities. The model was evaluated by the experts. Through the evaluation, the experts found out the activities in the model could be categorized into four groups: Independent activities, Linkages activities, Dependent activities and Autonomous activities based on their driving powers and dependent powers. The categorization of the activities further complements in guiding the implementation model through how activities influence or depend on other activities.

This article introduce the prominent figure of a Syrian-born, contemporary Muslim scholars, „Abd al-Rahman Hasan Habannakah al-Maydani (m.2004M). This study tries to expose his contribution in the field of Tafsir through his writing entitled Qawa‟id al-Tadabbur al-Amthal li Kitab Allah. The writing reveals the principles of tadabbur, evaluated in the form of 40 methodologies. The methodologies are clearly described through applications in his other writings entitled Ma‟arij al-Tafakkur wa Daqaiq al-Tadabbur. Background studies discover that the methodologies presented by the writer are the result of his tadabbur and consistently on the Quranic verses, which he focus on the issues that have not been brought up or the ones that are not emphasized by other Mufassireens (Interpretors). Therefore, the study will discuss on a different perspectives based on an extensive observation on the relationship between the Quranic verses and the thematic chapter, verses munasabat and its meanings, knowledge on ma‟ani and balaghah, knowledge on bayani and uslub of the Quranic verses.

It was used food-based dietary guidelines and images of the food guides, to remain healthy and to prevent diseases, diet and healthy lifestyle. A food guide is the pictorial illustration of the amount and type of food items to be consumed so that community can understand easily. This research was aimed to explain by using art activities and visual aids the food groups that involved in four-leaf clover is used in Turkey as a visual guide. Study was carried on totally 50 children (25 of them are test group and 25 of them are control group) who was on their pre-school education in Esentepe Primary School and Selcuk University Ihsan Dogramacı Applied Kindergarten in Konya provincial centre and on the same social-economic level.Four-leaf clover through arts education was given for four weeks to children, in order to raising their level of knowledge regarding on food groups, and gaining positive eating behaviours. Education program consist of group chat, and art activities made at the desk (collage artist reproductions, painting, cut, paste, mixed technic etc.). The data were collected using data forms which prepared by researchers. In the evaluation of the data SPSS 13 statistical package program was used. According to the study results, it was proved that nutrition education given to pre-schoolers increased the level of nutrition knowledge of children, and affected their eating behaviours in a positive way.

My paper based on the result from 2 case studies Vietnamese in Sydney Australia (2013) and Vietnamese in Philadelphia. PA. U.S. (February 2014). These studies are for longer project titled: Social integration of Vietnamese people residing abroad. Qualitative research with participate observation method were conducted. Beyond day-to-day connections and networks built in society relationship I carried out fieldwork. All helped me gather crucial and sensitive information from their stories and daily participate observations. Findings showed that: 1/ Circumstance under which that an individual or one family decided to leave their homeland to another have become more diverse and complex. 2/ Social integration is one of the main factors affecting decisions of a personal or family‘s staying home or migrating elsewhere, affecting one‘s successful and failure. 3/ Social integration is a process and an outcome as well. The integration process of an individual, of a specific immigrant group into his/her host country is characterized by several dimensions, typically aggregated into four distinct categories and generally support each others: economic, legal and social-cultural integration. 4/ heterogeneous needs of different migrant generations are more specifically targeted. Although some of findings, there are still some issues to be discussed such as the most appropriate approach in the study of social integration; Manipulation concept social integration; Examine the impact of social integration to migration intentions with professional development opportunities, income, satisfaction in life as intervening variables and policy implications for social integration of immigrants.

In the classroom mostly student tend not to pay attention to reading long texts. It becomes a problem because a reader ignored this valuable information. We also observe that a short text has been viewed more than the long texts. For example, many Facebook users think that a long texting status might be boring than a short one. So that means, the information may not be able to spread throughout to everyone who related. Not mention by words of mouth. So we decided to create an application that can be used to reduce those problems.The study was aimed for students and instructors can access through the web application to notification and alarm the users, to encourage the students to be more motives in their study. Such as examination date, lecture lesson, and assignment‟s task. Instructors can spread the necessary information to every student easily. To make this application success its objectives, instructors will enter the lessons that attractive the students by themselves. The research was aimed to use idea of repeating lesson by sending the shot text massage to student after class is used to remind student to keep think about their knowledge their have just acquired. This way is already popular same as update user status in social network application. Another objective of this application is to reduce the gap between students and instructors, make them communicate to each other. Instructors can post the lesson via web application. Students who participated instructor‟s class can read that lesson. With a push notification feature, it can greatly help remind the students inside the class about the recent post, and allow students to see how many people that read each lesson. Moreover, instructors can freely set the time to post the lesson automatically. This feature can help instructors to post the lessons that connect to the previous one or to help them reduce the burden. These can make students easily receive necessary information and be able to study everywhere. This application works another small social network that use similar social status to provide study lesson between student and instructor and helps the students in their study.

Agricultural industry is now facing global market and a tight business competition, including for fresh produce. It take to account that local fresh produce such as fruits and vegetables is begin merchantability to a wider market, such as modern retail which has different trading and marketing procedure compare to traditional market. Number of modern retail in Indonesia especially in big cities is increasing day to day. It is an opportunity for local fresh produce to make market penetration. However, to enter modern market requires a qualified supplier based on each market demand and qualification. Value creation is a market driven strategy to gain competitive advantage. This research conducted value dimensions to evaluate local fresh produce supplier marketing performance which are quality, cost, delivery, responsiveness, and innovation. According to modern retail perception, fresh fruits and vegetables quality that consider as their qualification is durability, freshness, packaging, standardization and grading. Indicator of cost dimension are offered price and delivery cost. Delivery dimension should fulfill delivery schedule accuracy, fastness, and transportation with refrigerated vehicle. Furthermore, responsiveness will consider service level, continuity throughout off seasons, delivery flexibility, supplier customer service, and complaint handling. The last is innovation dimension that will take into consideration is not only research and development facility but also supplier product knowledge. Therefore, it is an opportunity for local fresh produce supplier to partnering with modern retail. Hereinafter, local fresh produce supplier should be able to serve an appropriate and qualified fresh fruits and vegetables that fit to modern retail expectation.