scholarly journals THE NEED AND OPTION FOR STUDENT TO PURSUE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A CAREER IN MALAYSIA HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (13) ◽  
pp. 109-121
Author(s):  
Siew Ling Chai ◽  
Nor Aishah Buang ◽  
Norasmah Othman
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Business Plans ◽  
The People ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
High Level ◽  
Or Organization ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
Selection Of

The process of starting and managing a business venture of a company or organization is closely related to the field of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs have a responsibility to develop business plans so that they can acquire the financial and human resources available in the market. Entrepreneurship plays an important role in the economic development of a country by creating many and various job opportunities for the people. Malaysia always strives to cultivate entrepreneurial interest among students, especially for students of the Institute of Higher Education so that they can pursue an entrepreneurial career after graduation. Nevertheless, the effort showed low impact in promoting due to the low number of graduates in the entrepreneurial career. This study was conducted to study the desire of students on the selection of entrepreneurial careers of students from 49 universities in Malaysia. A total of 280 IPT students agreed to participate in this study. For this study, the analysis of survey data with a set of questionnaires was distributed to the respondents online. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software used to obtain data analysis, descriptive analysis, and regression were done. Analysis of survey data found that students' desire for an entrepreneurial career is at a high level but the selection of students' entrepreneurial career is at a moderately high level only. Therefore, the Malaysian government needs to take action and provide appropriate measures to increase students' desire for entrepreneurial career choice.

Pendekatan Kabur untuk Mengenal Pasti Kriteria Mempengaruhi Pelajar Memilih Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam (IPTA)

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mat Yusof ◽  
Abdul Aziz Jemain
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Fuzzy Preference Relations ◽  
Criteria Weights ◽  
High Level ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
Level Of Importance ◽  
Fuzzy Preference

Saban tahun, ramai pelajar yang berkelayakan memohon untuk meneruskan pengajian ke institusi pengajian tinggi awam. Lantaran itu, suatu penunjuk perlu dicari bagi membantu pihak berwajib mendapat gambaran tentang kriteria pemilihan ke universiti untuk tujuan perancangan, pemantauan, pemulihan, pemuliharaan atau penaiktarafan selanjutnya. Dalam kajian ini, teori set kabur digunakan. Maklumat kecenderungan pemilihan boleh digambarkan dengan menggunakan vektor tertib, vektor kepuasan, vektor linguistik atau vektor pemilihan subset. Para pelajar sebagai pembuat keputusan akan memberi kecenderungan mereka dalam format yang berbeza-beza mengikut idea, sikap, motivasi dan personaliti masing-masing. Perbezaan format ini kemudiannya diseragamkan dan diagregatkan menggunakan format hubungan kecenderungan kabur. Pemberat setiap kriteria akan diperolehi dengan menggunakan operasi pemurata tertib berpemberat (Ordered Weighting Averaging – OWA). Berdasarkan kajian ini, didapati bahawa pelajar memilih kriteria penawaran kursus, kualiti pengajaran pensyarah dan kemudahan pinjaman/biasiswa sebagai kriteria utama untuk meneruskan pengajian di Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam. Kata kunci: Teori set kabur, vektor tertib, vektor kepuasan, vektor linguistik, operasi pemurata tertib berpemberat (OWA) Every year, many qualified students apply tu further their study to the public higher learning institution. For that reason, indicators are needed in assisting the proper authority to get the current situation in the country regarding criterias used by students in seeking proper places for them to pursue their higher education. Thus, the selection criteria should be treated with a high level of importance, which will provide information useful for planning, monitoring and upgrading in order to ensure all public higher intuitions are able to satisfy the demand from the society. In this study, a fuzzy set theory was applied when the imprecise information was represented in fuzzy terms. Preference information can be represented by means of preference orderings, utility functions, vector of linguistic terms or a selected subset. In this approach, four different preference formats are provided from students as decision makers to express their individual preferences, taking into consideration the decision makers different attitudes, motivation, and personalities. The different formats of preferences are transformed into uniform fuzzy preference relations and aggregated. Ordered Weighting Averaging (OWA) was used to assess the criteria weights. From this study, it was found that offering courses, teaching qualities and availability of financial aid are the most important criteria considered by the students to further their study in public higher learning institutions. Key words: Fuzzy set, fuzzy consensus, multi-criteria decision, fuzzy preference

Destination selection for education tourism

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sabbir Rahman ◽  
Aahad M. Osman-Gani ◽  
Murali Raman
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Destination Selection ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
Selection Of

Purpose The purpose of this research is to empirically examine the critical factors that are influencing international students’ perception in the selection of a destination for education tourism. Design/methodology/approach This research seeks to develop a comprehensive framework embedded with service quality, destination image and spirituality behavior. The data were collected by administering a self-administered questionnaire to a sample of 220 respondents who were studying at the universities in Peninsular Malaysia. The constructs and items used in the questionnaire were adapted from the literature review. This research applied confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling to test the proposed hypotheses. Findings The outcome of this research indicated that there is a substantial relationship between service quality and the choice of a destination for education tourism. This research also explored that destination brand image significantly relates to the selection of a destination for education, tourism when the destination loyalty variable plays a strong mediation role. Interestingly, the direct relationship between spirituality behavior and selection of destination was not significant. On the other hand, a significant relationship was discovered between spirituality behavior and choice of destination when the tourists’ intention plays as a mediating function. Research limitations/implications First, the limitation is in the scope of this study, as only five constructs were examined. Future research may include other types of variables in exploring the antecedents of destination selection for education tourism. Second, the sample size was only 220 and respondents were restricted to only a few universities. Future research should be done on a bigger sample size and on more diverse sample. Practical implications Managers of the respective higher learning institutions need to focus on tourists’ satisfaction by providing a memorable experience. International students who have satisfactory experience with the respective higher learning institutions will spread a positive word of mouth about the destinations to other prospective foreign students. Today, tourists have a strong urge to see the spiritual side of their liveliness. Policymakers need to offer services with the comportment of the spiritual settings in their respective educational environment to extend the spiritual experience toward international students. Social implications There is a need for more research on how to build a comprehensive model for selection of a destination in educational tourism. The results of this empirical research are of particular significance to policymakers, as it better informs them as to how best to use the antecedents in designing the destination choice for education tourism to establish it as more practical regardless of the diverse spiritual beliefs. Originality/value This research is one of the initial attempts on part of the researchers in Malaysian education tourism context where spirituality has been taken into consideration.

scholarly journals On the Peculiarities of the Artistic Form of the Lezgin Folk Proverbs and Sayings

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-52
Author(s):  
Aida R. Gasharova
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Poetic Form ◽  
Aesthetic Taste ◽  
The People ◽  
High Level ◽  
Rhythmic Organization ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Comprehensive Study

National proverbs and sayings of Lezgins are analyzed. Attention is paid to the internal laws of proverbial poetics. The author dwells on a peculiar artistic form of Lezgin proverbs and sayings, which is evidence of a high level of creative thinking, aesthetic taste, poetic perception of various spheres of life by the people. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that the issues of sound organization and the poetic form of the Lezgin folk proverbs and sayings have not yet become the object of comprehensive study. In this regard, the analysis of emotional and expressive means in small aphoristic genres of folklore is of great scientific interest. The goal of our work is to give an objective assessment of the peculiar poetic form of folk paremias, which is in the rhythmic organization, but our analysis does not pretend to a full interpretation of the topic under study. It is proved that the specificity of the artistic form of folk sayings is alliteration, rhyme, rhythm, sound repetitions that contribute to the poetic language of speech, the most clear expression of thoughts and the selection of the main meaning. A number of pictorial and expressive means of poetic speech helps her in this. Thus, rhythm and various kinds of rhymes contribute not only to the preservation of the unity of proverbs and sayings, but also to the selection of the main idea. The rhyme in folk proverbs plays a rhythmic and semantic role.

scholarly journals E-Hailing Service Satisfaction: A Case Study of Students in a Higher Education Institution in Perlis, Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-150
Author(s):  
Mohamad Niza Md Nor ◽  
Sabiroh Md Sabri ◽  
Najiah Filzah Mat Isa
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Service Satisfaction ◽  
Transportation Industry ◽  
Learning Institutions

E-hailing is an online transportation administration recognised as the travellers’ top pick in the transportation industry, including collaboration among clients and service providers. As clients now are more informed and can decide to choose any service provider they prefer, the e-hailing companies are obligated to fulfil and offer better support to their numerous clients, particularly for e-hailing administration. Keeping up consumer loyalty is vital for e-hailing’s specialist organisation to support upper hands. This research aims to investigate the role of safety and security, price, convenience and accessibility and whether they affect e-hailing service satisfaction. This research adopted a quantitative research methodology using a survey approach. Data was collected from 276 e-hailing services customers from higher learning institutions using an online survey. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS), and a few analysis were carried out, such as descriptive analysis, correlations and regression analysis. The results have shown that all factors have somehow affected e-hailing service satisfaction. This result will provide understanding to ridesharing service providers and can be used to improve their services by looking at the most and least influencing customer satisfaction. In the future, researchers could include diverse variables to study the customer satisfaction of e-hailing services in Malaysia.

scholarly journals Learning Organization and Work Engagement: An Empirical Evidence of a Higher Learning Institution in Malaysia

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norashikin Hussein ◽  
Nurain Anis Abdul Razak ◽  
Muhamad Khalil Omar
Keyword(s):  
Embedded System ◽  
Learning Organization ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
High Level ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
The Relationship

Rapidly changing business environment requires organization to gain competitive advantage in order to survive. As people is known to be the most valuable assets to an organization, having employees that are actively engaged in their work can positively leads to higher performance and subsequently contribute to the success of the organization. One of the factors that would lead to work engagement among employees is through the learning organization concept which provides continuous learning and improvement, directly linked to an employee daily work and development. Despite its importance, seldom has it been reported in the literature that this paradigm has been examined. Therefore, this study attempts to determine: (i) the level of work engagement among employees; and (ii) the relationship between learning organization dimension and work engagement. Data collected from 150 employees of an institution of higher education revealed that work engagement among employees is at high level. Only four learning organization dimensions namely, empowerment, embedded system, environmental connection and strategic leadership were found to have positive and significant relationships with work engagement. The implications and consequences of the study findings for higher learning institutions are further discussed.

The Performance Evaluation of Entrepreneurship Education in Chinese Universities

2019 ◽  
pp. 185-197
Author(s):  
Chusheng Chen ◽  
Yenchun Jim Wu ◽  
Luanyan Du
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Education Resources ◽  
Collegiate Level ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
Selection Of

The quality of entrepreneurship education at the collegiate level is correlated with its sustainability. Existing studies have focused on the construction and method selection of evaluation systems for entrepreneurship education but have lacked concrete analyses of individual effectiveness. Through a micro-perspective, this study conducted a data envelopment analysis to assess the efficiency of entrepreneurship education in eight higher learning institutions. The input criteria comprised the number of courses and available funding, whereas the output criteria consisted of the number of awards won in two major intercollegiate contests and the initial employment rate. In addition, this study further investigated the most efficient schools to find students' opinions on course content and entrepreneurial needs. The findings in this study may serve as a reference for optimizing collegiate-level entrepreneurship education resources, clarifying developmental goals, and improving resource efficiency.

scholarly journals RELATIONSHIP OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH EDUCATION NEEDS IN ARISAN MUSI VILLAGE, MUARA BELIDA DISTRICT

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 188-194
Author(s):  
Kms. Rahmat Abdul Ghofur ◽  
Thoriq Habsyi ◽  
Dinda Cici Aulia ◽  
Rizki Anantha Emdardi ◽  
Maya Panorama
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
The People ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Increase Productivity ◽  
Growth Center ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
Relationship Of

Educational demands driven by educational growth have grown the economy of the people of Arisan Musi Village, Muara Belida District, Muara Enim Regency by increasing job opportunities. The allocation of knowledgeable human resources is the beginning of economic growth. education in Arisan Musi Village is quite good compared to previous years. The descriptive analysis aims to explain the development of the education level of the people of Arisan Musi Village, Muara Belida Regency, South Sumatra Province. Education can improve the quality of human resources which in turn can help foster public understanding of development. Therefore, to have the ability to participate in society, it is necessary to increase human resources through education. There are various aspects that can improve the quality of human resources such as health, education, and so on. With many people starting to migrate and work in better jobs than depending on plantations in Arisan Musi Village. The quality of human resources is the foundation for successful development. So that internal and external factors that affect the quality of human resources become better, and village growth becomes better. Good education can also produce good human resources. These quality human resources can increase productivity at work so that the opportunity to work is higher and the economic situation is getting better in the village of Arisan Musi. Because if the quality of human resources is good, it can support the development process of an area to develop into a growth center.

scholarly journals Kondisi Kerentanan dan Ketahanan Masyarakat Terhadap Bencana Tanah Longsor di Desa Pagerharjo, Kecamatan Samigaluh, Kabupaten Kulonprogo, Yogyakarta

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Dina Ruslanjari ◽  
Resi Sadewa Permana ◽  
Fatimah Wardhana
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Environmental Vulnerability ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
High Category ◽  
The People ◽  
High Level

ABSTRACT            Kulonprogo is a regency with a high level of vulnerability to landslides disaster. The areas with high vulnerability include Pagerharjo Village, especially West Nglinggo and East Nglinggo sub-villages. This study aims (1) to analyze the social, economic, physical, and environmental vulnerability to landslides disaster in the community of East Nglinggo and West Nglinggo sub-villages, (2) to assess the vulnerability to landslides disaster for the community in West Nglinggo and East Nglinggo sub-villages, and (3) to analyze the community resilience in West Nglinggo and East Nglinggo sub-village to landslides disaster.           This research was a quantitative research with survey method. The study population came from the heads of households in West Nglinggo and East Nglinggo sub-villages. The technique for determining the sample is using the purposive sampling. Statistical descriptive analysis is used to analyze the community’s vulnerability to landslides disaster in social, economic, physical, and  environmental aspects.           The results showed that : (1) The community in West Nglinggo and East Glinggo sub-villages , more than a half of them has a moderate category for social vulnerability, moderate category for economic vulnerability, moderate category for physical vulnerability, and high category for environmental vulnerability, (2) More than half of the people in West Nglinggo sub-village and East Nglinggo sub-village are included in the high category, (3) while the community resilience in East Nglinggo sub village and West Nglinggo sub village to landslides disaster is in low category.ABSTRAK          Kulonprogo merupakan wilayah dengan tingkat kerentanan yang tinggi terhadap bencana tanah longsor. Wilayah dengan tingkat kerawanan yang tinggi di antaranya adalah Desa Pagerharjo, khususnya di Dusun Nglinggo Barat dan Nglinggo Timur. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: (1) menganalisis kerentanan masyarakat terhadap bencana tanah longsor pada aspek sosial, ekonomi, fisik, dan lingkungan di Dusun Nglinggo Barat dan Nglinggo Timur; (2) menilai kerentanan masyarakat di Dusun Nglinggo Barat dan Nglinggo Timur terhadap bencana tanah longsor; dan (3) menganalisis ketahanan masyarakat Dusun Nglinggo Barat dan Nglinggo Timur terhadap bencana tanah longsor.         Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan metode survei. Populasi penelitian berasal dari kepala rumah tangga di Dusun Nglinggo Barat dan Nglinggo Timur. Teknik penentuan sampel menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Analisis deskriptif statistik digunakan untuk menganalisis kerentanan pada aspek-aspek sosial, ekonomi, fisik, dan lingkungan, serta ketahanan masyarakat terhadap bencana tanah longsor.         Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa : (1) Masyarakat Dusun Nglinggo Barat dan Nglinggo Timur lebih dari separuhnya mempunyai kerentanan sosial kategori sedang; kerentanan ekonomi  kategori sedang; kerentanan fisik kategori sedang; dan kerentanan lingkungan kategori tinggi. (2) Lebih dari separuh masyarakat Dusun Nglinggo Barat dan Dusun Nglinggo Timur termasuk kategori kerentanan tinggi. (3) Ketahanan masyarakat di Dusun Nglinggo Barat dan Dusun Nglinggo Timur terhadap bencana tanah longsor termasuk dalam kategori rendah.

scholarly journals Exploration on perception o suicidal ideation among students of Higher Institutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-51
Author(s):  
Jusnani Embing ◽  
Salmah Mohamad Yusoff ◽  
Mohd Razali Othman
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
High Level ◽  
Higher Institutions ◽  
Learning Institutions

Suicide is one of the top causes of death worldwide among youth aged 15-29 years. Students of higher institutions are also involved in the specific group that was reported to have a high level of suicidal ideation. Thus, in order to overcome this issue, all factors that influence suicidal ideation should be identified. This study is intended to identify the factor that influences suicidal ideation among higher learning education students based on their perceptions This study was conducted using a qualitative method using semi-structured interview questions to explore participants’ perceptions towards suicidal ideation among students of higher learning institutions. Two focus group discussions were chosen as the method for data collection. The data in this study were analyzed using thematic analysis method. Specifically, data analysis uses thematic analysis based on six simple steps introduced by Braun and Clarke (2006). The findings show that the participants have an understanding of suicidal ideation. Factors identified to influence the existence of suicidal ideation among students of higher learning institutions can be categorized into two categories, external factors, and internal factors. These factors are peer pressure, pressure from society, social media influences, family factors, financial factors, intrapersonal and individual interpersonal factors, and low self-esteem factor. This study also found that many participants agreed that person internal factors are the most dominant factors affecting suicidal ideation. This study also found that counsellors and other professional bodies such as psychologists were not the choices of participants to express a problem that led to their suicidal ideation.  Keyword: Suicidal ideation, student

scholarly journals AKTIVITAS KEAGAMAAN DI KALANGAN MAHASISWA PERGURUAN TINGGI UMUM

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Said Damanil ◽  
Ida Ruwaida
Keyword(s):  
Higher Learning ◽  
Instructional Models ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Religious Instruction ◽  
Study Methods ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
Selection Of

This article, which is the summary and moderation of research results, is a description of the pattern of religious activities, especially religious instruction models in the religious groups of students on the campus of general higher learning institutions. This article also concerns with material coverage and the selection of study methods, including the symbols of instruction as well as sources used as instructional reference. Factors relating to the instructional models are also sufficiently explored in this article.

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