Papers by Shahrizal Badlishah
Modeling Economic Growth in Contemporary Malaysia, 2021
The abolishment of Goods and Services Tax (GST) has had the effect of reversing an initial succes... more The abolishment of Goods and Services Tax (GST) has had the effect of reversing an initial success in broadening the country's tax base. In contrast, the abolishment of GST has had the effect of reversing an initial success in broadening the country's tax base. Moreover, the government has a better capability of managing debt than the private sector due to its central bank with fiat money. However, Malaysia's total reserves have not increased significantly in recent times, despite the trade surplus, given the movement in the financial accounts. In such circumstances, it is incumbent on the government to expand its balance sheet to pick up the slack of the private sector. Hence, the reform agenda has restored Malaysia's image globally. More importantly, a reminder from the great recession of 2008 is that the private sector, when faced with great uncertainty, cannot continuously provide employment. However, before policymakers ponder to the views of rating agencies, they need to consider the points above and debate among themselves about what is truly in Malaysia's best interest. As the matter of fact, manufactured goods accounted for some 86% of Malaysia's total exports. We see no conflict of “crowding out” if the government and government-related companies take on radical risk that the private sector is unwilling or incapable of taking on. In fact, manufactured goods accounted for some 86% of Malaysia's total exports. It is important that policymakers understand that the government's deficit is the private sector's savings. The direct cross-shareholdings of government linked corporations (GLCs) and its resultant crowding-out of private investors have received heightened policy priority by the government where major reshuffled on the reporting lines of various GLCs by ministries contributes cross-shareholdings of GLCs and its resultant crowding-out of private investors.
Abstrak Kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk melihat sejauh mana hubungan di antara latihan dan mot... more Abstrak Kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk melihat sejauh mana hubungan di antara latihan dan motivasi terhadap kepuasan kerja di kalangan kakitangan Pusat Latihan Pengajar Dan Kemahiran Lanjutan (CIAST). Kajian ini telah dilakukan ke atas 122 kakitangan dan dijalankan melalui kaedah persampelan rawak mudah. Data kuantitatif diproses dengan menggunakan perisian SPSS. Ujian Korelasi Pearson mendapati bahawa wujud hubungan positif di antara motivasi dan kepuasan kerja (r 2 = 0.478; p < 0.01) dan latihan dengan kepuasan kerja (r 2 = 0.481; p < 0.01). Manakala, Ujian Regresi Berganda menunjukkan bahawa terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara motivasi dan kepuasan kerja (β = 0.288; p < 0.01). Begitu juga hubungan di antara latihan dengan kepuasan kerja, terdapat hubungan yang signifikan (β = 0.296; p < 0.01). Implikasi kajian turut dibincangkan serta memberikan cadangan untuk kajian masa hadapan. Kata kunci : Pembangunan sumber manusia, kepuasan kerja, motivasi kerja, keberk...
Many organizations have invested billions of dollars in training their human resources. Yet, the ... more Many organizations have invested billions of dollars in training their human resources. Yet, the effectiveness of the trainings has not been satisfactory.One of the solutions to the problem of unsatisfactory training outcomes could be training system expectancies.The link between training system expectancies and training effectiveness has not been adequately addressed in previous studies.Hence this study undertakes a conceptual analysis of training system expectancies and highlights its role in ensuring training effectiveness.At the end of the study, suggestions were made for further investigations of the relationship between training system expectancies and training effectiveness. In the increasingly competitive business environment of the 21st century, this study is significant as it contributes to the literature on training effectiveness which is required to increase employee productivity.
Attaining training effectiveness will be beneficial for General Insurance Agents in performing th... more Attaining training effectiveness will be beneficial for General Insurance Agents in performing their daily activities.The training expenditure for General Insurance Agent, which is accounted in the company’s book under the Agency Related Expenses (ARE), applies to all the practitioners in the general insurance agency force with effect from 1st January 2005 where the training hours and related requirements stipulated in the guidelines set by the Central Bank of Malaysia (BNM) must be complied with.The Financial Mediation Bureau (FMB),now known as Ombudsman for Financial Services (OFS), a unit under the Central Bank of Malaysia had recorded 609 customers complaints in 2015, 660 in 2014 and 742 in 2013 for General Insurance products.This report shows that the person who introduces to the public insurance products are not well versed with the product thus the knowledge imparted were different from what is it all about. In the insurance industry, the person is widely known as agent who p...
This exploratory study contributes to the conceptual and empirical understanding about the nature... more This exploratory study contributes to the conceptual and empirical understanding about the nature of Green Human Resource Management (HRM) in multinational companies in Malaysia, an under researched area in the field.The required data for this study were collected using semi-structured interviews with head of HR in four multinational companies.The results revealed that most of the investigated companies place a very high importance on Green HRM reflecting on five concepts – Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Electronic HRM (E-HRM), Work-life Balance (WLB), Green Policies and Extra Care Program.Towards the end of the interview, the informants realized that HR practices are classified as Green HRM.The approach of this investigation recognizes that ‘Green HRM’ is a new term in this field.
Article history: Received 28 August 2016 Received in revised form 1 December 2016 Accepted 6 Dece... more Article history: Received 28 August 2016 Received in revised form 1 December 2016 Accepted 6 December 2016 Available online 12 December 2016 This study was carried out to look at the effect of participation in well known adventure mountaineering expeditions in Peninsular Malaysia, namely Chamah-Ulu Sepat and TransTitiwangsa Version 2 expeditions on the score of participants’ critical thinking skill. The study population were public university students who participated in one of the aforementioned expeditions within the period of data collection which was during the long break during the second semester academic session and the first semester of academic session. This study utilizes an established instrument developed by Watson and Glaser which is potentially able to help achieve the study objective, taking into consideration the validity and reliability of the construct and its suitability with the respondents. The findings of the study reveal that there is a significant difference ...
Attaining training effectiveness for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program will be be... more Attaining training effectiveness for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program will be beneficial for General Insurance Agents in performing their daily activities.The CPD Program for General Insurance Agents applies to all the practitioners in the general insurance agency force with effect from 1st January 2005 where the training hours and related requirements stipulated in the guidelines must be complied with. The Financial Mediation Bureau (FMB), now known as Ombudsman for Financial Services (OFS), a unit under the Central Bank of Malaysia had recorded 609 in 2015, 660 in 2014 and 742 in 2013 for General Insurance products. This report shows that the person who introduces to the public insurance products are not well versed with the product thus the knowledge imparted were different from what is it all about.In the insurance industry, the person is widely known as agent who plays the role as link between insurance companies and customers. This research has been conducted ...
This study aims to investigate the significant elements that predict profitability behavior of Is... more This study aims to investigate the significant elements that predict profitability behavior of Islamic banks within the composition of cost efficiency.It is not clear whether Islamic banks can simultaneously achieve higher profitability with cost efficiency.The result of the first model in this study found all predicting variables are significantly explaining profitability after robust standard errors of fixed effect model. Also, the interaction between cost efficiency and bank activities within each country’s macroeconomic environment presents an attractive outcome of expense preference behavior.The paper advocated for prioritization of cost efficiency which has the tendencies of attaining both utilization of available resources and higher returns to satisfy all the stakeholders.
International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling, 2021
The role of teachers is arguably the most important in professional groups for our country in the... more The role of teachers is arguably the most important in professional groups for our country in the future. So it becomes very important to identify the factors that influence the performance of teachers due to the increasing importance of the role of performing and quality teachers today. Therefore, this study aims to identify the relationship between work stress and teacher work performance. The population for this study consists of National Secondary School (SMK) teachers in the education sector in the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia. states of Kedah and Perlis. This study uses a quantitative approach with a questionnaire method to obtain data. Based on the survey method, followed by cluster sampling method and simple randomization, a total of 500 questionnaires were distributed to randomly selected respondents. Of the 500 questionnaires that were distributed, a total of 421 questionnaires were returned representing a response rate of 84.2 percent. However, only 406 identifi...
International Journal of Modern Education, 2021
The government is very concerned about issues related to schooling because the results of educati... more The government is very concerned about issues related to schooling because the results of education today will shape our generation in the future. In this regard, the government takes seriously the aspect of national education and implements various initiatives to improve the effectiveness and excellence of schools through one of the aspects contained in the strategic thrust of the Malaysian Education Development Plan (PPPM) 2013-2025 which is focused on the quality of student academic achievement as the main agenda of education reform. Therefore, in an effort to improve and enhance work performance among teachers, there are related issues that need to be emphasized. Teacher job performance gaps are examined and given emphasis from the aspect of job satisfaction, Therefore, this study aims to identify the relationship between job satisfaction factors and teacher job performance. The population of this study consisted of teachers at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) in the education ...
Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 2015
Attaining training effectiveness for Negotiation as an elective subject in obtaining Bachelor of ... more Attaining training effectiveness for Negotiation as an elective subject in obtaining Bachelor of Human Resource Management in University Utara Malaysia will be beneficial for students when they start to work. The subject requires strong fundamental knowledge in human resource management and other management related subjects, as it demands students to be able to relate issues and needs in business venture strategic decision. However, the drawback in achieving this is difficult because students are weak in the basics due to low clasp of fundamental understanding. This action research has been conducted in two consecutive semesters in order to find the best way to improve student basic understanding thus connection to the higher-level knowledge is possible. Collaborative teaching, which was introduced as a sharing session, through small group discussion has been chosen for the purpose of developing effective negotiation education. As a result, students are more comfortable to be open-m...
Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar and Conference on Learning Organization (isclo-15), 2016
The aim of this paper is to show some findings on the leader negotiating styles among institution... more The aim of this paper is to show some findings on the leader negotiating styles among institutional managers in Malaysia. The managers selected were from Malaysia's Teacher Education Institutes (TEIs). TEIs are under the jurisdiction of Malaysia's Ministry of Education. Some years ago, these institutes were called teacher colleges (TCs), and trained teachers were conferred certificates and diplomas in education. Generally these teachers were placed in primary schools and lower secondary schools. Graduate teachers from universities would be placed in upper secondary schools. In 2005, the Malaysian government changed the basis of teaching training. They wanted all teachers for primary and secondary schools to be graduated. Then, TEIs are regarded as learning organizations. Under the TEI scheme, potential school teachers were awarded undergraduate degrees in education. They then can be placed either in primary or secondary schools just as their counterparts from public universities. The leaders in TEIs were expected to negotiate a lot in dealing with their student teachers, other managers within TEIs, other managers from Malaysia's Ministry of Education and other stakeholders. Qualitative interviews were conducted among 32 managers in TEI head office and the managers in its campuses around Malaysia. It was found that the dominant negotiating style among the respondents was the accommodating style.
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