During the COVID-19 pandemic, higher learning institutions switched from the traditional face-to-face teaching method to online based teaching. Even though the country is facing crisis due to the pandemic, teaching can still be conducted through online platform. It offers flexibility to both students and academicians. However, online learning is believed to reduce the students’ motivation, performance and lead to mental health problems. To reduce these issues, this study was conducted to determine the impeding factors towards the effectiveness of online learning. The respondents consists of 267 social sciences students. Three impeding factors were discussed which are accessibility, social and academician capability factor. The descriptive findings determined that accessibility factor was the main impeding factor towards the effectiveness of online learning. Thus, the roles of government, university and telecommunication firm are important to reduce the issues of internet access, internet data cost and lack of technology devices. Consequently, the students’ motivation and performance during online learning can be enhanced.
Collaboration during development research stage means that partners work together to produce new products or to improve existing ones. This research aims to determine the success factor to reduce orientation and resources-related barriers. Eight leaders were chosen for interview, the result determines several factors to reduce these types of barriers such as researchers should ensure both sides attend the meetings, leaders must communicate among each other, develop grant charts, industries should provide facilities, outsource facilities and academicians train new assistants. The results provide the best practices should be implemented by the collaboration stakeholders in order to develop effective collaboration.
This study explored the factors that influence recycling intentions among residents in semidense areas in Johor, Malaysia. Recycling is one of the strategies used to reduce the reliance on landfills, as further inaction will lead to landfills reaching maximum capacity. In this study, 299 respondents who live in semi-dense areas in Johor, Malaysia were surveyed, and the collected data was analyzed using SPSS. According to the results, attitude, perceived behavioral control (PBC), moral norm, and consequences awareness were found to be significant toward recycling intentions. Conversely, subjective norms and perceived policy effectiveness were insignificant toward recycling intention. This result differs from previous studies that investigated recycling intentions. Even Though the results are not statistically significant, the government should continue to connect with the community actively, especially in small towns to explain the benefits of recycling to the community and environment by organizing awareness campaigns that promote recycling. These findings are expected to offer policymakers useful information to develop an effective recycling policy in Malaysia.
This study aimed to investigate factors that influence consumer purchase decision in Malaysian single-priced stores, which are alsopopularly known as RM2 stores. The study considered six factors that could affect purchase decision in RM2 stores, namely, corporatesocial responsibility (CSR), sales promotion, social media marketing, perceived value, store environment, and service quality. A quantitative research methodology was employed through a survey using questionnaires administered to 550 customers of the RM2 stores. The data gathered was then analysed through SPSS method to calculate the validity and reliability of the measurement items and to verify the impact of six independent variables on purchase decision. Based on the results, CSR, sales promotion, perceived value, and service quality had significant positive effects on purchase decision, while social media marketing and store environment proved to be insignificant. Among all the factors, perceived value had the strongest influence on purchase decision. The findings are important in assisting RM2 store retailers to understand the factors that affect consumer purchase decision which could help in improving sales. This study complements the current literature and addresses existing research gaps with regard to the linkages between factors that influence consumer purchase decision in Malaysian single-priced stores.
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