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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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This study attempts to investigate the effects of supervisory participative behavior on employee attitudes, behavior and work performance using a a quasi-experimental design in a field setting. One hundred and twenty eight employees from a Malaysian Government agency were selected and ran domly assigned into experimental and control groups. TheContinue Reading

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This paper examines the performance of new issues in Malaysia. Two aspects of performance were examined. Firstly whether there are any underpricing in the pricing of new issues and secondly whether the market is efficient in pricing these shares. The result of this study showed an existence of under pricingContinue Reading

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between perceived organizational climate and job satisfaction. Data were obtained from 346 production operators of a car manufacturing company. Factor analyses of climate items yielded 10 climate dimensions. Correlation results showed significant relationships between the derived climate dimensions and measuresContinue Reading

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This research sought to understand how consumers evaluate advocacy advertising and thereon help to understand consumer perceptions of corporate image. The exploratory method was first conducted to understand how consumers associate advocacy advertising with the advertiser’s image. This was followed by a detailed study of consumer perception of such advertising,Continue Reading

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Many champions and quality gurus promise improvement from the use of quality management techniques and approaches. Nevertheless, the findings of many empirical studies show that the implementation of various quality programs failed to deliver the promised result. This has led to considerable doubt and cynicism about the usefulness of qualityContinue Reading

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Employee commitment toward the organization and their job satisfaction vary with the type of organization, for example, whether the organization in question is public or private. Organizational theorists have shown that organizational effectiveness is closely associated with how human resources and their functions are organized. Effectively managed employees are expectedContinue Reading

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Many researchers have tried to prove the relationship between volume, stock return and interest rates. Knowledge regarding the relationship between these three variables are important for investors, since the information obtained would guide them in their investment strategies whenever there are changes in these variables. In this study, the asymmetricalContinue Reading