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    The moderating influence of ethics programme (EP) on the relationship between critical success factors (CSFs) and enviromental management practice (EMP) in Yemen
    (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2019)
    Abdullah Mahfoudh Salem Baadhem
    Drawing upon the Resource Based Theory and the Theory of Success Belassi and Tukel,this study examined the role of ethics programme in moderating the effects of managerial competency, team member competency and project related factors on environmental management practices among Yemen construction industry. A total of 360 owners/managers of construction industry in five states, with each state representing one of the eo-political zones in Yemen participated in the study. A usable data of265 resulting to 72.6% response rate was finally used for the analysis and Smart-PLS SEM (Partial Least Squares and the Structural Equation Modelling) techniques were used to test the hypothesized relationships. The findings supported all the hypothesized direct relationships to environmental management practices. Precisely, managerial competency, team member competency and project related factors were found to have significant positive relationship with environmental management practices. Furthermore, ethics programme was found to have significant effect on the relationships between competency, team member competency and project related factors on environmental management practices in construction industry in Yemen. Overall, the study concluded that effective and efficient implementation and utilization of managerial competency, team member competency and project related factors on environmental management practices with the adoption of ethics programme will result to the enhancement of the environmental management practices of construction industry. Finally, Key benefits for practitioners and academia was finally discussed under the theoretical and practical contributions, while necessary suggestions on new area of research were recommended for future researchers.
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    The relationship between green marketing strategies and consumers' purchasing intention of green products in Malaysia: moderating effect of self-identity
    (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2019)
    Akram Mohamad Alhamad
    Consumers have started to realize that their purchasing behavior can cause a huge impact on the environment, as there is a worldwide concern on environmental degradation issues such as global warming and pollutions. "Green" is now in the mainstream of modembusinesses. Therefore, being socially responsible by offering green (environmentally friendly) products and services should be the practices of any companies that wish to sustain a competitive advantage in today's business world. This study demonstrates the adaptation of green marketing strategies to examine the factors influencing Malaysian consumers' purchase intention green products towards environmentally friendly products and how green-marketing strategies affect purchase intention green products. This study is to investigate the factors that would influence the subject of consumers' purchase intention of green products in Malaysia. The data collection was conducted in Kelang Valley in order to measure the level of intentional behaviour and identify the main marketing factors that enhance intentional behaviour. This study is limited only to Malaysia, specifically to Kelang Valley, and not covering any other area or country. Kelang Valley was chosen because the area has a variety of stores offering a green product. A self-administered questionnaire was designed using established scales. A survey of 384 respondents was conducted in Malaysia. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and Partial Least Square (PLS) was used to examine data analysis. Seven variables were used in this study including green marketing strategies (Eco-Labelling, packaging and branding, advertising, price premium, and eco-image), self-identity, and purchase intention. Variables are having positive relationships with the dependent variable of the study. The fmdings of the study suggested that Eco-Labelling, packaging and branding, advertising, price premium, and eco-im.age are having positive relations with purchase intentions. The research provides an in-depth understanding of Malaysian consumers' purchase intention toward environmental-friendly green products. The research fmdings can be used to formulate strategies for the distributor, marketer and manufacturer companies to create a good positioning strategy to enhance consumer perception of environmentally friendly green products and meet the consumers' needs and wants. In addition, policymaker and governmental bodies, which play an important role in influencing consumers' purchase intention, by, enforce green products and improve on promoting environmentally friendly products able to enhance the purchase of the environmentally friendly green product and to accelerate Malaysia economically.
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    Assessing the determining factors of corporate social and environmental responsibility reporting in Bangladesh: moderating effect of industry sector and country of origin
    (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018)
    Kazi Masuma Khatun
    Organizational legitimacy become subject to much deliberation due to several cases of corporate misconduct, significant discrepancies between Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility (CSER) rhetoric and practices and manipulation of business practices to meet social expectations existing in society which raised up the issue of illegitimacy or legitimacy gap. A widening gap will cause an organization to lose its legitimacy and thus create several social and environmental issues. Under such circumstance an organization can adopt a number of public disclosure strategies for its survival. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to investigate the factors affecting CSER reporting as well as to identify whether industry sector and country of origin are able to moderate those relationships. In order to achieve the study objectives, the data have been collected from secondary data source: annual report, sustainability report and company's website. The sample of this study consists of 207 observations from 69 companies for three years from 2012 to 2014. Panel data analysis has been used and fixed effects and random effects have been performed using STATA version 13 to observe the association between the variables. The multiple regression findings have shown that size of organization, CSER committee, managerial ownership, government ownership, foreign ownership and audit firm have positive and significant relationship with CSER reporting while CEO duality has a significant negative relationship. On the other hand, the study has found no convincing evidence to support the effect of profitability and leverage on CSER reporting. In addition, by using hierarchical regression, this study also estimates the moderation effect of industry sector and country of origin. The study has revealed that industry sector is able to moderate the relationship between leverage, CSER committee, managerial ownership, government ownership, CEO duality and CSER reporting while country of origin has moderation effect on the relationship between profitability, CSER committee, CEO duality and CSER reporting. Thus, this study identifies three conceptually distinct, but interrelated conceptsinstitutional level, organizational level, and individual level factors. This is done in a context where prior studies do not relate these concepts to each other nor incorporate them into a single framework. This synthesis of the factors that contribute to social environmental performance and reporting is the study's substantial empirical and theoretical contribution. Apart from contributing to the body of knowledge, this study also has potential to create positive social change for a number of stakeholders as regional contributions. The present study, therefore, has implications for policy and practice, as such policies has impact on companies and how companies respond to social and environmental expectations of society in achieving legitimacy.
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    The study of online divorce the causes and factors of its spread in Saudi Arabia, and the way to reduce it
    (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018)
    Faten Mohammad AlQahtani
    Social media have become a cause of marital disputes that may end in divorce .In order to achieve the objectives of this research, a tool was applied to a sample of women lawyers and social workers who worked in cases of this kind. A number of reasons were found to induce the wife to betray her husband. The most important of these was the modem means of communication. Divorce in the Kingdom by conducting personal interviews with cases that have been divorced because of the social networking sites with the work of survey questions include cases of divorce similar to the youth under forty years and then the narrative reporting approach, which is to monitor the results. Social networking sites are the most prevalent on the Internet, because of the characteristics that distinguish them from the websites, and despite the severe criticism of the social networks, is the most corrupt and widespread in the Kingdom now (Snape Chat), which is accused of criticism of the negative impact and direct on the family community , And contribute to the collapse of his contract and collapse, there are those who see it as an important means of growing and docking between communities. Thesis have addressed in this research divorce, which is expected to write in one of the modem means of communication, a subject of jurisprudence legal new appearance new, presented to him through reference to the jurisprudential rules of divorce and Law according to the jurisprudence of the frrst jurists, and then moved to divorce developed by reviewing the doctrinal views of modem cases that fall Through the current means of communication, and as indicated by the introduction to the lack of sources or the difficulty of obtaining them in this regard, I sometimes had to use what was published in the World Wide Web (Internet) until I got to address the matter legally and to establish ways of proof.
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    Keberkesanan penggunaan teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT) di Perbadanan Produktiviti Malaysia (MPC)
    (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018)
    Mohd Hisyam Hatim Tai
    This study aims to examine the factors that influence the effectiveness of information and communication technology (ICT) utilization in Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC). The specific objective of this study is to understand the relationship between factors of innovation and demographic factors in influencing the effectiveness of ICT utilization. Using a simple random sampling method, a total of 210 respondents were selected consisting of MPC headquarters and 5 MPC branches throughout Malaysia. Data and information were collected using questionnaires. Quantitative data were analyzed using Pearson correlation statistical analysis, multiple regression, t test and ANOV A. The findings show that there is a significant relationship between the factors of innovation such as relative advantages, compatibility, complexity, sustainability and reliability with the effectiveness of ICT utilization in MPC. The results also showed that there was no significant difference between demographic factors and the effectiveness of ICT usage. This finding suggests that factors of innovation affect the acceptance of innovation and will be the determinant of quality in an organization.
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