According to the Shari’ah Governance Framework (Bank Negara Malaysia 2011), each Islamic bank and Islamic financial institution in Malaysia is required to establish the Shari’ah audit function. The Shari’ah audit function, according to the Framework, is instituted in order to provide reasonable assurance and to ensure an effective internal controlContinue Reading
This study examines the relationship between training administration, training motivation and training transfer. A survey method was employed to gather self-administered questionnaires from employees who work at a military oriented health organization. The outcomes of SmartPLS path model analysis revealed two important findings; firstly, the relationship between communication and trainingContinue Reading
This study discusses the importance of implementing E-Syariah, which is a Government-to-Citizen (G2C) application, in fulfilling the needs to improve Shariah Courts’ administration in Malaysia. Its objective is to identify factors that affect the intention and utilization of E-Syariah by its targeted users, the Malaysian Shar’ie lawyers, which are currentlyContinue Reading
In Malaysia, almost all foreign or non-Chinese brand names are normally translated into the Chinese language by the relevant manufacturers, or as a matter of tradition by the Chinese themselves. Such translations sometimes produce literal and associated meanings that are different from the intended meanings. A study was undertaken toContinue Reading
This paper attempts to explore the nature of price changes for the Malaysian Stocks. A non-parametric test called the Kolmogorov-Smirnov one sample goodness-of-fit was used to determine whether or not the price changes of the Malaysian stocks conform to the normal distribution. This test proved conclusively that the price changesContinue Reading
This article examines the television viewing patterns of the 513 Malaysian children in the urban district of Petaling Jaya. The results of the study showed a little variation to the previous studies in the western countries with respect to the total weekly hours of viewing television by the children. However,Continue Reading
This study explores the extent of knowledge and usage of some techniques of investment analysis among the investors. It involves 477 individual inves tors throughout West Malaysia. The results of the study showed that the investors in the study used some form of analysis in handling their securities transactions basedContinue Reading
This research explores the practice of Just-In-Time production concept in a major manufacturing company in Malaysia and her local parts suppliers. It’ is found that a modified form of the concept is being practised to suit indivi dual company’s operations. The suppliers are able to meet the stringent JIT requirementsContinue Reading
As of the end of 2010, banks that offer Islamic home financing products in Malaysia have diversified the use of muamalat contracts in offering their home financing products. The contracts include Bay ‘Bithaman Ajil (BBA), Murabahah, Musharakah Mutanaqisah, and Istisna`. More than 10 banks still use the BBA contract whileContinue Reading
Past studies in the United States, Canada and Australia indicated the exis tence of seasonality effect, le. “January effect” and “end-of-the-year effect”, due to taxes imposed on the capital gains in these countries. This paper attempted to find out whether or not this conclusion is also true in the caseContinue Reading
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