Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to develop a career success model for academics at the Malaysian research universities. Design/methodology/approach-Self-administered and online surveys were used for data collection among 325 academics from Malaysian research universities. Findings-Based on the analysis of structural equation modeling, the proposed model explained 48 percent of the variance of academics' career success. Specifically, the result shows that there are positive significant effects between organizational support, extraversion personality, person-job fit and academics' career success. A full mediation effect of proactive behavior was established on the relationship between organizational support and career success. Overall, the results confirmed that the proposed model succinctly explains career success among academics in Malaysian research universities. Research limitations/implications-The authors present a career success model for academics at Malaysian research universities. The study represents an important extension of previous research of which it tested the applicability of the career success theories and identified the key factors related to career success of academics based on the context of Malaysian research universities. Most current career success studies were conducted in the context of the Western culture or developed countries; therefore, the results based on the Malaysian sample provide strong evidence of cross-cultural comparability of the career success construct and model. Practical implications-The findings provide implications to both individuals and human resource development practitioners on career success among academics. Practical interventions are suggested to assist individuals and organizations toward achieving career success. This study sheds some light on the effective management of the academics. Originality/value-The authors propose a model of academics' career success based on the context of Malaysian research universities.
The purpose of this paper is to explore the consumers’ decision to purchase green products in Malaysia. Self-administered questionnaires were conducted to obtain meaningful data from 230 consumers at major shopping malls in Melaka, Malaysia from September 2015 until February 2016. Based on the analysis of SEM-PLS, the proposed model explained 92 percent of the variance of green product purchase decision. The results have shown positive significant effects between green awareness, green commitment, green companies and green product purchase decision. However, green experience and green circle produced insignificant results. Generally, the results from this study confirmed that the proposed model concisely explained the consumers’ decision to purchase green products in Malaysia. This study adds another literature to the area of green marketing. The model combined the past consumer behavioural theories and models to identify the key factors that stimulate the consumers’ purchase behaviour. Findings from this study have strong implications to both individual and marketing managers. It brings into light the perception of Malaysian consumers about green products and readiness to accept green products as their future way of life.
The Covid-19 epidemic has compelled higher education institutions to adapt to numerous quick advances in order to replace conventional face-toface sessions. Various worries have been expressed by educational institutions all around the world, particularly about the influence of academics in surviving the epidemic. This study's primary purpose is to ascertain the mediating role of psychological empowerment, in the relationships between perceived organizational support, job characteristics, and skill utilization on employee engagement of academics in the Malaysian Private Higher Educational Institutions (PHEIs) during Covid-19 pandemic. The result of this study may contribute to the importance of the specific explanations that are required to be performed by academics and its respective Malaysian PHEIs in executing their responsibilities to its environment.
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