The study of political economy after the concatenation of Iraq’s post-war nation-state and the neoliberal conjuncture of 1990–2014 is challenging. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Iraq has fluctuated dramatically over the past ten years, with all sectors being affected. Since authentic leadership and job security are essential organizational variables,Continue Reading

The Government has always emphasised on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education to meet the needs of the country’s human resources in STEM fields. However, the quantity of human resources in STEM fields is quite alarming due to the deterioration in the number of students taking STEM subjects andContinue Reading

Documented evidence has shown that a significant number of high net-worth individuals (HNWIs) whose contribution accounted for more than 11% of personal income tax collections has been caught in tax malfeasance over the period of 2009-2013 through Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) tax audits. Notwithstanding this, very few attemptsContinue Reading

This study examines the extent of the governance practices in a farmers’ organisation known as HP-Pertubuhan Peladang Kawasan (HP-PPK). Conceptually, the research is framed within the governance framework of the Confederation of Finnish Cooperatives that examines the external, internal, and democratic governance structures of a membership organisation. Data of theContinue Reading

Fair value (FV) is claimed to be superior to other forms of measurement mainly because the former is easily understood by investors and stakeholders. However, the challenges faced in deploying International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 13 FV Measurement could result in inconsistent application and unexpected costs related to the requirementsContinue Reading

This study attempts to investigate the participant(s) halal industry information asymmetry issues and their intention, if any, to mitigate it. Additionally, this study also investigates the moderating effects of their perceptions towards industry 4.0 adoption and their intentions of using industry 4.0 to mitigate information asymmetry. This research is exploratoryContinue Reading

This study aims to explore the relationship between socio-demographics and financial literacy with an individual’s engagement in personal financial planning, with the target population being the youths residing in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Questionnaires adopted from past literature were distributed to gather relevant data from the target population and 400 respondentsContinue Reading

In a healthcare setting, nurses are the majority of healthcare specialists, thus making their job performance the key determinant of patient’s care quality. Given the rising number of patients being admitted to public hospitals and the increasing demands imposed by patients and their higher expectations, the need to further improveContinue Reading

This research examined the potential for diversifying Malaysian Islamic and conventional stock indexes with other commodities, such as crude oil, Bitcoin, and gold, with time-varying differences or investors’ varied investment horizons, which researchers had previously overlooked. Methods like the Multivariate GARCH-Dynamic Conditional Correlation (MGARCH-DCC) and the continuous wavelet transformation (CWT)Continue Reading