scholarly journals WINNING THE TALENT WAR: UNDERSTANDING MALAYSIAN ISLAMIC FINANCE GRADUATE TALENTS JOB AND ORGANIZATION ATTRIBUTES PREFERENCES USING CHOICE BASED CONJOINT ANALYSIS

Author(s):  
AbdGhaffar Adedapo Alagabi ◽  
Abdul-Halim Abdul-Majid ◽  
Rosemaliza Rashid

The talent crunch and consequent war of talent poses serious risk for the success and sustainability of industries all over the globe. This is most especially so in the Malaysian Islamic finance industry which has been witnessing huge talent gap and fierce competition for limited talent. This study, unlike past research, employs discrete choice conjoint analysis, a new quantitative method to provide information on the relative importance of identified job and organisation attributes in determining the job preference or choice of graduate talents of Insaniah university college Malaysia. All identified job and organisation attributes were found to positively significant in determining job choice of talents. Job security is relatively the most preferred attribute and donation to charity is the least preferred. Organization reputation attributes such as training and development which are internal reputation attributes are found to be relatively very important. In contrast, donation to charity, an external corporate reputation attribute, is found to be least relatively important. This study results strongly suggest that policy makers in Malaysian Islamic finance industry should incorporate the preferred attributes in the employee value proposition to attract the needed pool of talent.

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Amirul Afif Muhamat ◽  
Mohamad Nizam Jaafar ◽  
Sharifah Faigah Syed Alwi

Takaful is interchangeably referred as Islamic insurance. In Malaysia, the takaful sector is part of the main components for Islamic finance industry. The business can be divided into two: general and family takaful. To ease understanding on this niche sector; general takaful is comparable to general insurance while family takaful is akin to life insurance with special reference needs to be given on the requirement of the business to adhere to the Islamic precepts. The main business in general takaful is motor takaful and this line of business is faced with high takaful claims. This study appraised the factors which affect the general takaful claims based on the experience of one takaful operator in Malaysia (the name of takaful operator is not disclosed due to confidentiality). The factors are: number of claims; fraud; and coverage for protection. The limitation of this study is that the observation period is only 10 years which limits rigorous analysis to be done. Nevertheless, previous studies in this area depict the same limitation – constraint in gathering data that has long observation period. On the bright side, the data in this study is still capable to produce meaningful results to be referred with regards to this issue – general takaful claims.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saad Azmat ◽  
Haiqa Ali ◽  
A. S. M. Sohel Azad ◽  
M. Kabir Hassan

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
MD. ABDULLAH AL MAMUN ◽  
M. KABIR HASSAN ◽  
MD. ABUL KALAM AZAD ◽  
MAMUNUR RASHID

During the last decade, studies on Islamic pricing (IP) have received considerable attention from researchers and academicians. Given the growing popularity of IP, this study critically examines IP literature using a hybrid review — bibliometric analysis with content analysis. In addition to that the Islamic view of pricing based on the principles of Quran and Sunnah is also examined. The bibliometric results show that IP literature demonstrates a low productivity, low citations ratio, and high research collaboration. The content analysis identifies that the pricing methods, mechanisms, considerations and other industries except Islamic finance industry, are still under-researched. This study is of critical importance because it simultaneously shows the evolution of IP and explores new dimensions of it.


2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Rohaya Mat Rahim ◽  
Zam Zuriyati Mohamad ◽  
Juliana Abu Bakar ◽  
Farhana Hanim Mohsin ◽  
Norhayati Md Isa

This study examines the two important aspect of latest technology issues in Islamic finance that related to artificial intelligence (AI) and smart contract. AI refers to the ability of machines to understand, think, and learn in a similar way to human beings, indicating the possibility of using computers to simulate human intelligence. Smart contract is a computer code running on top of a block-chain containing a set of rules under which the parties to that smart contract agree to interact with each other. The main objectives of this article are to evaluate the operations of AI and smart contract, to make comparison between the operations of AI and smart contract. This article concludes that AI and smart contract will have a huge impact in future for Islamic Finance industry.


2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Nazim Ali

Purpose With the increasing instances of malfeasance and frauds coming to light in the financial services industry, trust has become a key concern for customers. Fortunately, in the case of Islamic Finance, trust is a central tenet, and its importance can be seen through the emphasis of Amanah or trustworthiness that should be present in every financial transaction. However, it has been argued that the principle of trust has not been truly realized in Islamic Finance, or that there are still issues of distrust regarding anything which is obtrusively branded as “Islamic”. In this paper, the author will analyze the reasons for gaps between the expectations and reality of the finance industry today by looking at the main factors contributing to distrust among the different stakeholders and the perceived impact of the distrust on the industry and the general public. It then focuses on the past and ongoing efforts by academia to bridge these gaps between the different stake holder groups with the help of illustrative case studies as well as recommends future steps to be taken to ensure a stronger foundation of trust within the Islamic Finance community.


2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-178
Author(s):  
Tariq Aziz Tariq Aziz

Islamic finance has witnessed a phenomenal growth during the past couple of decades. However, this remarkable growth has also been accompanied by some challenges and dilemmas. Islamic finance today is at the crossroads where resolving these issues is a prerequisite for its future sustained growth. The current book under review, edited by Yasushi Suzuki and Muhammad Dulal Miah, highlights and discusses some of the issues and dilemmas the Islamic finance industry is facing today. The book comprises of 11 Chapters divided into three parts. Part I deals with the dilemmas related to the prohibition of ribā and gharar. Part II elaborates on the challenges related to Islamic equity finance and microfinance and Part III is devoted to the discussion of the dilemmas and challenges related to the governance structure of Islamic finance. This article reviews and critically evaluates the aforementioned book.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Anggiya Rossana ◽  
Egi Arvian Firmansyah

The presence of Islamic banking in Indonesia is one form of progress and development of the Islamic finance industry in Indonesia. However, for more than 20 years, Islamic banking has apparently not been able to grow optimally and experienced a slowdown in its growth. Islamic banks need to increase their market share and also need to identify which attributes are most considered by the potential customers, especially the millennials whose number is large. This study aims to find out which attributes are most considered in using Islamic banking services. This study uses primary data by distributing online questionnaires to 180 university students in Bandung, namely Unpad, ITB and UPI students. To analyze the data, Rasch analysis was used. The results of Rasch analysis show that cleanliness, friendliness, and Islamic principles turned out to be the most considered attributes in selecting Islamic banking in Indonesia. Given that these three attributes are the most considered, it is expected that Islamic banking strengthen these three aspects in order to increase the market of Islamic finance industry markets.


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