scholarly journals Perceived Confidence and Quality: Perception of Employers Towards Fresh Graduates: a Study in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.21) ◽  
pp. 437
Author(s):  
Irza Hanie Abu Samah ◽  
Aidanazima Abashah ◽  
Saraih Ummi Naiemah
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Resource Officers ◽  
Human Resource Officers

Graduates quality has become a major issue recently especially in today’s scenario. Graduates quality can be varying when it perceived by employers. Different sector of industry has different standard of quality. The interpretation of employers towards graduates counts the job placement of graduates. It is hard to standardized quality across industries. Several attributes show that competence relatedness and autonomy do influence the quality of graduates. A quantitative method was used in this study for data gathering. All items were using 10-point likert scale. The content validity of this questionnaire were reviewed by five human resource professionals, and Cronbach alpha for each item is more than 0.75 which is acceptable. Questionnaires were given to the human resource officers in the company through email. Convenient sampling was applied in this study for data collection. 50 questionnaires were distributed across manufacturing industry and services industry in Malaysia. Using Partial least square to analyze the data, this study found out that competence in communication is the same criteria which majority across industries are seeking upon graduates. Therefore, Industries that involved are manufacturing (34.38%) and services (65.63%).  Measurement model and structural model were assessed to see the relationship. It shows that perception on competence has most influenced towards quality (AVE=0.849, R2=0.734=Q2=0.443).  This study concludes that employers around the world are looking at similar attribute on graduate’s competence. This study also warrants a future research, whereby researcher could get more sample size and by doing sample which involves employers, graduates and educators.

Impact of hedonic motivation and corporate culture on the adoption of an information system

Kybernetes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Imane Beqqali Hassani ◽  
Razane Chroqui ◽  
Chafik Okar ◽  
Mohamed Talea ◽  
Ahmed Ouiddad
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Least Square Method ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of corporate culture (CC) and hedonic motivation (HM) on the adoption of an information system (IS) inside a Moroccan company. To do so, the authors have combined and merged the “unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2” along with the “Nguyen and Aoyama’s model” that covers the subject of CC. Later, the authors tested the research model within a Moroccan company. Design/methodology/approach In the present work, the authors used a quantitative analysis approach. Survey data were collected through oral interviews and analysis was performed based on the “partial least square” method, over a 94 sample of direct IS users. Findings The findings of the present investigation demonstrate the reliability and the validity of the established measurement model. Concerning the structural model, results support all hypotheses but with different effect size. The conclusion that can be extracted from this study is that CC and HM are important factors in the adoption process within the Moroccan firm. Originality/value This study enhances the understanding of the major factors affecting the adoption of an IS in a developing country. While several studies on adoption have been conducted, this study’s originality and contribution lays in the examination of the rarely evaluated factors: HM and CC.

scholarly journals An Empirical Study on Career Choices Among Undergraduates: A PLS-SEM Hierarchical Component Model (HCM) Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 276
Author(s):  
Siew Chin Wong ◽  
Jia Ying Lim ◽  
Chui Seong Lim ◽  
Kay Tze Hong
Keyword(s):  
Peer Influence ◽  
Career Choices ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Component Model ◽  
Peer Influences ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Measurement Models ◽  
Hierarchical Component Model

This study examines how undergraduates’ personality, parental and peer influences on their career choice. Partial Least Square, hierarchical component model (HCM) was used to measure the formative measurement model of personality construct and reflective measurement models of parent and peer influence constructs on career choices in the study. Data were collected from 218 of undergraduates from local private and public universities. Findings show that there are significant positive relationship between personality, parental and peer influences and career choices. Such insights are useful for HRD practitioners to develop relevant HRD interventions to assist individuals and organizations in career development. Limitations and suggestions for future research are also discussed.

scholarly journals STRUCTURAL EQUATION TEST OF ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS AMONG NIGERIAN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chidera Christian Ugwuanyi ◽  
Pamela Ifeoma Nwagbo ◽  
Ikechukwu Joseph Attamah
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Entrepreneurial Education ◽  
University Undergraduates

The purpose of this paper is to examine the causal relationship between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intention among undergraduates. The paper investigates how the outcome of an effective entrepreneurial education system- attitude, skills and knowledge could affect the intentions of the students to choosing entrepreneurship as a career choice. The study was conducted in Enugu state, Nigeria among university undergraduates. A total of 250 students were engaged but only 196 valid responses were gathered. The structural model and the hypotheses were tested using partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach in SmartPLS M2.0 software. Our findings reveal that the proposed determinants all bear positive relationships with entrepreneurial intention in varying degrees. Also we found entrepreneurial knowledge to have a direct impact on entrepreneurial attitude. Managerial and practical implications were made as well as future research avenues suggested.

scholarly journals CUSTOMER PERCEPTION ON SERVICE QUALITY TOWARDS TOURISM CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN MALAYSIAN MARINE TOURISM SECTOR

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 792-799
Author(s):  
Mohammad Arije ULFY ◽  
◽  
Md Suliman HOSSIN ◽  
Md Wasiul KARIM ◽  
Fatin Husna Binti SUIB ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Marine Tourism ◽  
Tourism Sector

Marine based tourism has emerged as a subject of concern in the area of ocean and coastal management. Today, demand for marine tourism has increased dramatically and is highlighted as one of the new horizons and fastest-growing sectors in the world’s tourism industry. Malaysia is indeed one of the countries with the most beautiful and diversified marine life. The fundamental purpose of this study is to examine the satisfaction of tourists towards the service quality of marine tourism in Malaysia. The development of the research framework is based on the SERVQUAL model. A total of 300 responses were received from the Klang Valley area of Malaysia. For the purpose of processing and analyzing the data, Partial Least Square (PLS-SEM) method was employed. By applying a two-step approach, the study assesses the measurement model and the structural model. Findings from the survey reveal that assurance, tangibility, empathy, reliability, and responsiveness have a significant positive relationship with customer satisfaction thus these factors describe the customer satisfaction adequately. This study would enable policymakers and tourism companies to develop policies to improve customer satisfaction by increasing the quality of service.

scholarly journals DETERMINANT FACTORS OF SPATIAL DATA SHARING OF LOCAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE IN INDONESIA

GEOMATIKA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Bau Asseng ◽  
Zulkarnain Abdul Rahman ◽  
Mohamad Nor Said
Keyword(s):  
Data Sharing ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Spatial Data Infrastructure ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
Determinant Factors

<p>This study is based on the phenomenon of the weakness of local government’s response to the national program of Spatial Data Infrastructure for the effective spatial data sharing in Indonesia. This study is investigation of determinant factors of spatial data sharing for local Spatial Data Infrastructure in Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to describe the spatial data-sharing model of Local SDI in Indonesia. It was conducted in West Java Province, Bogor Regency, and Bogor City. Sequential exploratory design method consisting of interview and questionnaire were used in this research. An in-depth interview was used to get a response from 10 participants among IT or GIS staff and head of the department. A total of 75 respondents were involved in questionnaire survey. Content’s analysis was used to measure interview data while Partial Least Square analysis was used to measure questionnaire data. The fit items were chosen after validity and reliability measurement in the structural model analysis using Smart PLS. Hypothesis measurement found that Data sharing practice was significantly affected by the Organization and Technology aspect, but Data sharing practice was less significantly affected by Human Resource and Spatial Data. All R-Square value shows that the value is more than 50% on Technology aspect, Human Resource aspect, Spatial Data aspect, while the R-Square value on Data Sharing practice is 47.3%. Because the Human resource and Spatial data have the less significant effect on spatial data sharing, this research proposed awareness program and mentoring by National government to promote spatial data sharing support at the local SDI.</p><p>Keywords: spatial data sharing, determinant factors, Partial Least Square (PLS)</p>

scholarly journals Keputusan Pembelian Konsumen Gerai Makanan Cepat Saji Ditinjau dari Kualitas Produk, Persepsi Harga dan Iklan

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-291
Author(s):  
Yuli Harwani ◽  
Fauziyah Fauziyah
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Inner Model

Western fast food restaurant recently becoming a solution in providing meal service for those who are busy, especially for workers, students. Fastfood considered favored for the decent taste and price. This study aims to investigate the customers’ decision on purchasing the product that is much affected by the product quality, perception on price and also advertisments. The data analysis is done for 170 closed questionaire form the McDonalds booth in Jakarta Barat using convience sampling method. The result of descriptive analysis showed that most of the customer visiting the booth is female, students and college students and in between the age of 15-21 years old. The data analysis method and the hypotheses test are utilized by Smart-PLS (Partial Least Square) to find out predictive linear relationship among the variables studied. The testing method is utilizing the Measurement Model (Outer Model) and structural model (inner model). Latent variable relationship test result indicates that prime decision on purchasing is significantly affected by perception on price. In addition, the product quality followed by advertising is significantly affected consumer purchasing decisions.

scholarly journals INVESTIGATING EMPLOYEE PERCEPTIONS OF WORKPLACE SAFETY AND SAFETY COMPLIANCE USING PLS-SEM AMONG TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES IN MALAYSIA

2017 ◽  
pp. 44-61
Author(s):  
Chandrakantan Subramaniam ◽  
Faridahwati Mohd. Shamsudin ◽  
Ahmad Said Ibrahim Alshuaibi
Keyword(s):  
Structural Model ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Safety Research ◽  
Safety Compliance

Safety is an important employment issue that needs to be tackled because of the cost implications it brings to organizations. As Malaysia aspires to become a developed nation by 2020, reducing workplace accidents is one of the key employment concerns it aims to address.Literature indicates that one of the reasons for occupational accidents at work is unsafe behavior. Adding to the safety research literature, this study examined to what extent perceptions of safety affect employees to comply with safety behavior at work. A survey was conducted in a big telecommunication company in Malaysia among 135 technical employees.Partial least square (PLS) analysis was employed in this study to test the research hypothesis.Our measurement model resulted in five facets of employee perception whose validity and reliability were confirmed. The analysis on the structural model revealed that management safety practices was the most significant predictor of safety compliance, followed by, co-worker safety and job safety. However, no significant effect was found for supervisor safety and satisfaction with safety programs. Practical implications, limitations of the study, and future research direction are discussed.

Todays' digital natives: an exploratory study on students' engagement and satisfaction towards virtual classes amid COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashmi Maini ◽  
Sanjeewani Sehgal ◽  
Gautam Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technical Readiness ◽  
Synchronous Online

PurposeThis paper aims to study the perception of school students towards online classes via virtual meeting applications and to unravel the teachers' preparedness and students' preparedness for running synchronous online classes and its impact on student's engagement and their satisfaction during the period of lockdown due to COVID-19.Design/methodology/approachOn the basis of focused group discussions with teachers and students of top 10 private CBSE affiliated schools (National capital Region, Delhi, India), survey instrument was constructed. Further, 489 valid responses were finally analysed through partial least square (PLS) method and structural model was tested.FindingsAll the six independent variables such as teachers' structured approach, teachers' technical readiness, teachers' self-efficacy, students' technical readiness, students' autonomy and students' self-efficacy influenced students' engagement and satisfaction towards synchronous online classes significantly. The result of the structural model also reveals that students' engagement is a significant predictor of students' satisfaction.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper outlines the scope for future research in ascertaining more critical success factors other than satisfaction and engagement. Scope of this research suggests inclusion of not only schools but framework is also important for college and university level educational bodies. Data collection was confined to students only whereas viewpoint of teachers and parents may also be included.Originality/valueThis study devised a collaborative form of learning where both the parties learnt while making continuous interactions and also co-created value in terms of new skills. Provision of autonomy given to students can't be overlooked as an important indicator for his/her preparedness. As a result, students feel motivated to get engaged in the whole process which makes them satisfied and will be able to identify the learning outcomes equal to or greater than in physical classroom settings.

Customer Benefits on Bitcoin as a Medium of Exchange

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Maryam Jameelah Hashim ◽  
Mohd Faizal Kamarudin ◽  
Nur Afizah Muhamad Arifin ◽  
Mohd Rahim Khamis
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Interesting Insight ◽  
Klang Valley ◽  
Insight Into

Cryptocurrency is a digital currency that is powered by blockchain technology. One of it is bitcoin, a system that is digitally created and traded tokens to which value is assigned. The level of adoption of bitcoin has accelerated due to several fiscal crises that leads to financial crashes that have affected the lives of millions of people. This has created a demand for new kinds of niche money. Issues need to be closely discussed before it is fully accepted by customers as a medium of exchange. Even though bitcoin is used as a medium of exchange, there is still no specific guidance and benefits to the users. The issues concernedare whether the customers will get the benefits of privacy, lower transaction costs and freedom in payment. Therefore, the aims of this paper are to identify the relationship between transaction cost, privacy and digital payment as a benefit of bitcoin as a medium of exchange. This research will be conducted in Klang Valley area and the questionnaires will be disseminated directly to respondents. These respondents will be identified using probability simple random sampling. A regression analysis will be conducted comprising 200 observations in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Partial least square-structural equation (PLS-SEM) will be used. In the measurement model, reliability will be assessed by examining the Composite Reliability (CR), while validity will be assessed by convergent validity and discriminant validity. Subsequently, structural model testing with 500 re-samples was applied to test the hypothesized relationships between exogenous variables and endogenous variable. Digital payment and privacy are statistically significant towards the benefit of using bitcoin as a medium of exchange. It was found that the digital payment contributes the highest benefit to the customers followed by privacy. The results provide interesting insight into the determinants for the customers benefit using bitcoin. Although the findings show significant results customers should always decide the good and bad thoroughly before finalizing their decisions on the usage of bitcoin. Therefore, it is hoped that this study will enrich the growing literature on the subject and future research needs to explore on the benefits of using bitcoin among the real users. This study is expected to give guidelines to the policymakers on the implementation of bitcoin as a medium of exchange. It is also expected that the results may provide interesting insight into the determinants of customer benefits using bitcoin. Simultaneously, it will contribute to the elements of industry, innovation and infrastructure.

scholarly journals INVESTIGATING TECHNICAL INSTRUCTORS PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY CULTURE USING PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE-STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING (PLS-SEM) IN MALAYSIAN EDUCATION SECTOR

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-168
Author(s):  
NOR KAMILAH MAKHTAR ◽  
BALAKRISHNAN PARASURAMAN ◽  
MOHD NAZRI ZAKARIA ◽  
AHMAD RASDAN ISMAIL
Keyword(s):  
Safety Culture ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
The Government

Keselamatan merupakan isu pekerjaan yang penting untuk ditangani kerana implikasinya kepada organisasi.Kajian budaya keselamatan semakin meningkat di kebanyakan sektor pekerjaan. Bagaimanapun, kurangtumpuan kajian budaya keselamatan di sektor pendidikan terutamanya di Malaysia. Kajian ini dijalankanuntuk menguji faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi budaya keselamatan di sektor pendidikan sebagaipenambahan sorotan literatur dalam kajian budaya keselamatan di tempat kerja. Satu tinjauan telahdijalankan di Kolej Vokasional (KV) seluruh Malaysia, yang merupakan salah satu institusi pendidikanteknik dan vokasional di Malaysia, melibatkan 380 pengajar dalam kursus teknologi kejuruteraan di KV.Analisis menggunakan perisian SmartPLS digunakan untuk menguji hipotesis kajian. Model pengukurantelah mengesahkan kebolehpercayaan dan kesahan lima faktor budaya keselamatan yang dikaji. Analisismodel berstruktur mendapati pengetahuan keselamatan merupakan pemboleh ubah peramal budayakeselamatan yang paling penting, diikuti oleh peraturan keselamatan, latihan keselamatan dan komunikasikeselamatan. Walau bagaimanapun, tiada hubungan yang signifi kan didapati antara komitmen pengurusandan budaya keselamatan di kalangan pengajar KV. Penguatkuasaan pematuhan Akta Keselamatan danKesihatan Pekerjaan 1994 di semua organisasi dalam sektor pendidikan oleh Kementerian PendidikanMalaysia dilihat sebagai satu langkah yang perlu untuk mencapai budaya keselamatan yang positif dalamsektor pendidikan. Kempen, bengkel dan latihan juga perlu dijalankan oleh kerajaan bagi meningkatkankesedaran tenaga pengajar/guru berkaitan budaya kerja yang selamat. Pihak pengurusan dan tenagapengajar/guru perlu memainkan peranan dan tanggungjawab masing-masing untuk memastikan objektifbudaya keselamatan dapat dicapai.   Safety is an important employment issue that needs to be tackled because of the implications it bringsto organizations. Studies on safety culture have been increasing recently in many occupational sectors.However, less focus has been given to safety culture studies in the education sector particularly in Malaysia.Adding to the safety culture research literature, this study examined to what extent factors that affect thesafety culture at education sector. A survey was conducted in Vocational Colleges (VC) all over Malaysia,as one of technical and vocational institution in Malaysian Education sector, involve 380 instructorsteaching in engineering technology courses at VC. Partial least square (PLS) analysis was employedin this study to test the research hypothesis. The measurement model resulted in fi ve factors of safetyculture which validity and reliability were confi rmed. The analysis on the structural model revealed thatsafety knowledge is the most signifi cant predictor of safety culture, followed by, safety regulations, safetytraining and safety communication. However, no signifi cant eff ect was found for management commitmenttowards safety culture among the instructors. Furthermore, in order to achieve a positive safety culturein education sector, the Ministry of Education needs to enforce a compliance of Occupational Safety andHealth Act 1994 at all organizations in education sector. Beside that, campaigns, workshops and alsotrainings need to be carried out by the government in order to increase instructors/teachers awarenessof safe work culture. Both the management and instructors/teachers need to play their own roles andresponsibility in order to ensure the objective of safety culture is achieved.

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