THE ACTIVE LEARNING ATTRIBUTES AND EMPLOYABILITY READINESS AMONG ENGINEERING GRADUATES IN THE HIGH EDUCATION INSTITUTES IN OMAN

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of Active Learning attributes on the employability readiness of the engineering graduates of the High Education Institutes in Oman. The study adopted self-directed structured questionnaire was distributed to a sample of engineering students and graduates from a number of colleges and universities. The study used the structural equation modelling (SEM) for analysed the collected data. The findings of the study reveal that universities active learning facilities have high positive attribution for promoting team work skills, learning in safe working environment, endorsing adaptability skills, and developing analytical thinking abilities among graduates. However, the findings of the study indicate that HEIs are requested to effectively utilise active learning facilities to promote the attainment of technical skills, development of lifelong learning skills especially the openness to new ideas and the drive to use new technologies, endorsement of problem-solving skills, and the engagement and the development of graduates’ intrinsic motivation to improve their graduates’ Readiness for Employability. Specifically, study findings showed Active Learning attributes factor could have high influence on the Readiness for Employability of the graduates in Oman when they are utilised effectively. Finally, the study’s implementations and recommendations could be transferred to the Gulf and Arab or other countries’ contexts having similar settings of HE systems and similar issues of skills gap and employability concern of their graduates.

ENHANCING HALAL PROCUREMENT PRACTICE AMONG HOTEL IN MALAYSIA

The demand for halal products has increased significantly throughout the world, either from Muslims themselves or non-Muslim communities. This phenomenon is due to an increasing concern for health as they believe that halal food has better cleanliness and safety. Few studies have shown that the supply chain plays a crucial role in ensuring that the products are halal compliant and that procurement is one of the main branches. In the hotel industry, the procurement department is responsible for ensuring that raw materials are arranged, purchased, delivered, and consumed effectively. Transparency, supplier engagement, and risk management are three elements that are highlighted matters in the hotel industry. Previous studies have shown that these three elements have a significant role in enhancing procurement practice in organisations. This paper focuses on the elements and effectiveness of halal procurement practises among Malaysian hotels. This study also aims to help companies evaluate their halal procurement practises and develop effective strategies to ensure that food products follow halal guidelines that ultimately enhance business performance.

ENHANCING TRACKING PRACTICES IN THE MALAYSIAN FREIGHT FORWARDING INDUSTRY

Freight forwarding is the movement of all intermodal commodities on behalf of shippers. Although the freight forwarding industry's contribution to a country's national output may not be as competitive as other sectors, the role that this industry plays in supporting an economy's activity cannot be underestimated. Furthermore, the stiff competition in the freight forwarding industry requires companies to continue to excel to survive and compete with the competitors. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to assess current literature and practices in the freight forwarding industry regarding tracking practices. Furthermore, it is expected that the documentation, freight readiness, route and technology capabilities will serve as a foundation for more effective operations and practices in Malaysia, ensuring the freight forwarding industry's sustainability. The study contributes to the body of knowledge on freight forwarding performance and can assist managers in reacting appropriately to create cost-effective logistic solutions.

THE EMPIRICAL REVIEW ON THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT, MOTIVATION AND SOCIAL ATTRIBUTES ON CAREER PERFORMANCE IN OMAN

A strategically effective, hygienic, and healthy environment ensures bringing satisfaction among the employees while a drab, challenging, and competitive atmosphere leaves a seriously poor impact on the employees. At different times, employees are required to face a number of challenges, both operational and organizations where they are essentially expected to invest their best knowledge, skills, and experience, However, in a poorly developed atmosphere an employee basically refuses to invest his or her abilities which ultimately creates challenges for the organization. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to evaluate the effects of the working environment, motivation and social factors on career performance in Oman. The study used online empirical recourses by the name of working environment, motivation and social factors and career performance in different online database sources such as Google Scholars, Springer Link, Wiley, Science Direct, JSTOR, Emerald full text, Scopus, and EBSCO HOST, etc. The review findings summarized that maintaining a sophistically impressive working environment basically helps an organization to maintain a good image before the pool of skilled candidates in the market and helping it to acquire the best talents. Moreover, the study also concluded that the majority of the organizations across the globe are focusing on maintaining an effective working atmosphere to keep the employees more engaged to the organization than that of the other and it has a significant role in the comprehensive development of the organization. The findings of the study draw a guideline for future scope of empirical indebt study in the area of the career performance in Oman and the regions.

THE EFFECTS SOCIAL CAPITAL ATTRIBUTES ON THE EMPLOYABILITY READINESS AMONG ENGINEERING GRADUATES IN THE HIGH EDUCATION INSTITUTE’S IN OMAN

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of Social Capital attributes on the employability readiness of the engineering graduates of the High Education Institutes in Oman. The study adopted a self-directed structured questionnaire was distributed to a sample of engineering students and graduates from a number of colleges and universities. The study used structural equation modelling (SEM) for analysed the collected data. The findings of the statistical analysis of the study showed the significant contribution of social activities in the attainment of teamwork, communication, proficiency of the English language, and problem-solving skills. As a result, the involvement of the graduates in social activities strongly influences the awareness of career information which in return affects positively graduates’ Readiness for Employability. Specifically, study findings showed Social capital attributes factor could have a high influence on the Readiness for Employability of the graduates in Oman when it is utilised effectively. Finally, the study’s implementations and recommendations could be transferred to the Gulf and Arab or other countries’ contexts having similar settings of HE systems and similar issues of skills gap and employability concern of their graduates.

A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW OF THE TALENT MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE RETENTION IN BANKING INDUSTRY

The value of talent workers, talent management and talent retention has increased in the increasing economic circumstances of the world. Talented and devoted employees are often an integral part of every company. Smart, sophisticated, digitally literate, internationally astute and operationally agile businessmen are considered talented individuals. Talent management means that organisations have access to strategic planning with the best candidates with relevant expertise placed in the right place. Therefore, the aim of this study is to develop a conceptual model that explain the relationship between talent management and employee retention. The study will be used to accumulate empirical literature by the name of talent management and talent retention in different online database sources such as Google Scholars, Springer Link, Wiley, Science Direct, JSTOR, Emerald full text, Scopus, and EBSCO HOST, etc. The review findings of the study shown that any success or loss of a company mostly depends on the activities and survival of talented employees. The study also found that the retention of employees is one of the challenges that many public and private organisations face, has become an even greater challenge facing human resources professionals because there is a luxury of choice for talented candidates in the global job skills market. At the same time, there is a lack of research emphasizing only on banking industry. The proposed conceptual model depicts the significant effect of working environment and other dimensions of talent management and its effect on employee retention in banking industry.

MATERIAL AND SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING OF MALAYSIAN HOUSEHOLD: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

The concept of wellbeing has attracted many researchers in multi-disciplines. Objective wellbeing particularly focuses on quality of life indicators such as material resources (material wellbeing). While, subjective wellbeing emphasizes on subjective experiences and judgments of individuals in their lives in better ways. In fact, numerous studies have shown several determinants associated with material and subjective wellbeing. To gain better understanding, the purpose of this study is to explore the impact of demographic factors, including age, gender income, education and health status on both material and subjective wellbeing among households. This cross-sectional study was conducted in the district of Alor Gajah, Melaka which had the second highest score of Malaysian Wellbeing Index 2016. By using self-administered questionnaires, the present study employed non-proportionate random sampling involving households. The findings revealed that demographic factors are associated with material and subjective wellbeing.

THE EMPIRICAL REVIEW OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES FACTORS ON THE EFFICIENCY OF THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, OMAN

The Sultanate of Oman accepts and uses e-services among public services, which largely depend on the institutional process and implementation of e-government, sometimes with different preferences for the reality of digitalization. It is important and plays an important role in the economic, political and prosperity of the Middle East. Therefore, the country is focusing on technology that enables services and government-wide strategies. Regarding such issues, the main aim of the study is to examine the means available to examine the effectiveness of electronic services and digital transformation in the selected public sector in the Sultanate of Oman. The study used online empirical sources in the names of organizational, technology, environment and human resource factors, as well as the effectiveness of digital change in various online database sources such as Google Scholars, Springer Link, Wiley, Science Direct, JSTOR, Emerald Full text, Scopus and EBSCO HOST, etc. The review results show that organizational, technological, environmental and human factors play an important role in ensuring the effectiveness of the public sector in the digital transformation in the Sultanate of Oman. The study also found that the success of e-government in Oman depends on the willingness and intention of citizens to use e-government services. The country's government should consider developing vital IT projects, ignoring citizens' opinions, to make traditional services more efficient online. Understanding citizen adoption is an important element of E-Government, enabling it to provide policymakers and decision makers with a range of strategic management plans and actions to build and rapidly accelerate adoption of these services to increase citizen participation, also the adoption rate. A summary of the study's findings provides guidance for the future scope of empirical research to ensure the effectiveness of the public sector for digital transformation in the Sultanate of Oman and its regions.

THE ROLE OF UNDEREMPLOYMENT IN TURNOVER INTENTION THROUGH JOB DEPRIVATION AND JOB STRESS: A MULTIPLE MEDIATION MECHANISM

Mainly determination focused on examining the 'underemployment 'via exploring its relationship with 'turnover intention'. Furthermore, the other variable 'job deprivation' was analyzed as a mediator for said relationship. In addition, the moderating role of 'job stress' was also premeditated for underemployment and job deprivation. Our targeted audience for this research article was "Traffic Police Wardens" (TPW). We have collected sample data from three cities of Punjab province (1) Lahore, (2) Multan, & (3) Bahawalpur. The population was the whole of Pakistan. Data was collected with the help of a questionnaire via cross-sectional data. 600 were distributed and received N= 499 which were completed by all aspects. The CFA was carried out in SEM (Structural Equation Model), whereas the data was analyzed in SPSS, on the 22nd version. The statistical analysis of this research article retrospection that Cronbach alpha (α) > 0.72 among all variables which are presenting the highest reliability. Further, we check the correlation of the variables among each other, and we found that the dependent variable (DV) is positively correlated to independent variables (IV) because 'underemployment in turnover intention is positively correlated with job deprivation and job stresses. Results of this research article demonstrate that correlation values were r = >0.5 and Regression’s values p = <0.01. It indicates that there was a positive and significant effect of underemployment on turnover intention. The findings also support job deprivation as an intervening mechanism for the relation of underemployment and turnover intention. In addition, job stress acts as a moderator for the relationship between underemployment and job deprivation. The study concludes with a discussion, limitations, and future research directions including implications both for theory and practitioners. JEL Classification Codes: O15.

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN JOB-HOPPING ATTITUDE AND TURNOVER BEHAVIOR: A JOB SATISFACTION PERSPECTIVE IN BANGLADESH

A worker is a company’s principal power base. Recently, the employment and turnover rates of employees have risen very high for several reasons. It was still a matter of great importance to organizations. This study focuses on the multiple reasons for work saving and turnover behaviors at different workers levels in Bangladesh. This research focuses on various factors. Through this hypothesis, the key methods to determine the independent variables are studied, including worker satisfaction, job quality, employee facilities, and employee dependent variables, employment and turnover rates. A correlation between the independent and dependent variables has been identified. A survey of 150 respondents working at various levels in Bangladeshi organizations was performed with the hypothesis-based questioner. The data obtained through the survey and statistically analyzed using tools for data analysis (SPSS). In this study, the relationship between independent variables and dependent variables was analyzed through descriptive statistics, reliability analysis and inference analysis. The study of linear and multi-linear regression on these parameters indicates the purpose of the reversal. Based on the results; the theoretical issues will be validated. This study explores the key explanation for this and establishes a research paradigm to minimize Bangladesh’s high turnover. JEL Classification Codes: J62, J28, J63.