Siti Hajar Abu Bakar Ah

Bio: Siti Hajar Abu Bakar Ah is an academic researcher from University of Malaya. The author has contributed to research in topics: Knowledge sharing & Public health. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 35 publications receiving 85 citations. Previous affiliations of Siti Hajar Abu Bakar Ah include Northern Illinois University.

Factors affecting performance of co-operatives in Malaysia

Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors affecting co-operatives performance by focussing on the roles of its intangible assets which are in the form of intellectual capital and members’ participation. Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaires have been distributed among co-operatives board of members of the 100 best co-operatives in Malaysia. This study used Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis to examine the impact of intellectual capital and members’ participation on the co-operatives performance and determine the most influencing factors that affect the performance. Findings – Results showed that there is a positive relationship between structural capital, relational capital and members’ participation with the co-operatives performance while human capital has been found to have a negative relationship. This is further supported by the findings based on the multiple regression analysis whereby all the independent variables were found to be significant expect ...

Public Health Services for Foreign Workers in Malaysia

Abstract: The objective of this study was to know the status of the foreign workers' access to public health services in Malaysia based on their utilization pattern. The utilization pattern covered a number of areas, such as frequency of using health services, status of using health services, choice and types of health institutions, and cost of health treatment. The study was conducted on six government hospitals in the Klang Valley area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Data were collected from 600 foreign patients working in the country, using an interview method with a structured questionnaire. The results showed that the foreign workers' access to public health services was very low. The findings would be an important guideline to formulate an effective health service policy for the foreign workers in Malaysia.

Penyertaan sosial dan indeks kesejahteraan sosial subjektif kanak-kanak miskin di Malaysia

Abstract: Setiap kanak-kanak berhak memenuhi keperluan asasi masing-masing. Salah satu daripada keperluan asasi mereka adalah menyertai aktiviti sosial yang berlangsung dalam kehidupan masyarakat. Penyertaan sosial merupakan salah satu daripada domain kesejahteraan subjektif. Keperluan kepada penyertaan sosial yang dipenuhi menyumbang kepada kesejahteraan hidup kanak-kanak sekaligus mendorong kanak-kanak untuk memberi sumbangan aktif dalam komuniti. Artikel 31, Konvensyen Hak Kanak-kanak (CRC) menyatakan dengan jelas mengenai hak kanak-kanak terhadap penyertaan sosial. Artikel ini memperihalkan status penyertaan sosial kanak-kanak miskin di Malaysia. Data empirikal diambil daripada Survei Indikator Kanak-kanak 2013-2015 yang melibatkan 200 kanak-kanak Malaysia berusia 9 hingga 17 tahun. Sampel tersebut mewakili 100 keluarga miskin dari bandar dan 100 keluarga miskin dari luar bandar. Dalam kajian ini, penyertaan sosial dinilai berdasarkan sejauh mana responden berpeluang untuk membangun dan mengembangkan potensi diri mereka seoptimum mungkin. Penyertaan sosial diukur dengan menggunakan 34 item yang terbahagi kepada lima komponen iaitu penyertaan secara sendirian, bersama rakan, di sekolah, bersama keluarga dan di dalam komuniti. Dari aspek penyertaan sosial, hasil kajian menunjukkan tahap kesejahteraan subjektif kanak-kanak miskin di Malaysia masih berada pada tahap sederhana. Dapatan ini merupakan satu input penting dalam sebarang usaha untuk mengubahsuai Dasar Kanak-kanak Negara. Ia juga penting untuk merancang program intervensi sosial yang berkesan, yang dapat meningkatkan lagi kesejahteraan subjektif kanak-kanak.

The knowledge-creating company : how Japanese companies create the dynamics of innovation

Abstract: How has Japan become a major economic power, a world leader in the automotive and electronics industries? What is the secret of their success? The consensus has been that, though the Japanese are not particularly innovative, they are exceptionally skilful at imitation, at improving products that already exist. But now two leading Japanese business experts, Ikujiro Nonaka and Hiro Takeuchi, turn this conventional wisdom on its head: Japanese firms are successful, they contend, precisely because they are innovative, because they create new knowledge and use it to produce successful products and technologies. Examining case studies drawn from such firms as Honda, Canon, Matsushita, NEC, 3M, GE, and the U.S. Marines, this book reveals how Japanese companies translate tacit to explicit knowledge and use it to produce new processes, products, and services.

Managing in a Time of Great Change

Abstract: When writing can change your life, when writing can enrich you by offering much money, why don't you try it? Are you still very confused of where getting the ideas? Do you still have no idea with what you are going to write? Now, you will need reading. A good writer is a good reader at once. You can define how you write depending on what books to read. This managing in a time of great change can help you to solve the problem. It can be one of the right sources to develop your writing skill.

Intellectual Capital The New Wealth Of Organizations

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The mark of a criminal record

Abstract: Over the past three decades, the number of prison inmates has increased by more than 500 percent, leaving the United States the country with the highest incarceration rate in the world. With over two million individuals currently incarcerated, and over half a million prisoners released each year, the large and growing numbers of men being processed through the criminal justice system raises important questions about the consequences of this massive institutional intervention. This paper focuses on the consequences of incarceration for the employment outcomes of black and white job seekers. The manuscript is comprised of two studies: the first, a large-scale experimental audit of employers in Milwaukee, used matched pairs of young men to apply for real entry-level jobs to measure the extent to which employers use information about criminal histories and race to screen out otherwise qualified applicants. Indeed, the results of the audit study provide clear evidence for the dramatic impact of both a criminal record and race on employment opportunities: Ex-offenders are one-half to one-third as likely to receive initial consideration from employers relative to equivalent applicants without criminal records. Perhaps most striking, the results show that even blacks without a criminal record fare no better-and perhaps worse-than do whites with criminal records.The second study, a telephone survey of these same employers, gathered self-reported information about the considerations and concerns of employers in hiring entry-level workers, with a specific focus on employers' reactions to applicants with criminal backgrounds. By linking results from the audit study to those of the employer survey, I find that employers' self-reports vastly understate the barriers faced by both blacks and ex-offenders seeking entry-level employment. Though employer surveys can tell us a great deal of useful information about the relative preferences of employers, extreme caution should be used in generalizing these results to estimates of actual behavior. The findings of this project reveal an important, and much under-recognized, mechanism of stratification. A criminal record presents a major barrier to employment, with important implications for racial disparities.