Entrepreneurial Skill Acquisition and Youth’s Self-Employment in Malaysia: How Far?

Ekpe, Isidore; Razak, Razli Che; Ismail, Mahamod; Abdullah, Zulhamri

doi:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n4p150

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“…Most of the GLCs are publicly owned and controlled by the Malaysian government thus, large and complex volumes of data and information is typically processed routinely. However, Ekpe et al (2015;2016) argued that the importance of entrepreneurial skills in improving GLC is vital to harness technological advancement. Harris et al (2016) stated that public relations officers are increasingly being required to process immense information before making decisions on how to ensure sustainability, brand, and image of a given GLC organisation.…”

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The Mediating Effect of Work Category on the Relationship between Professional Competencies` and Decision Making among Public Relations in Government- Linked Companies

Samsudin¹,

Abdullah

Osman

2020

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Organisational success can only be materialized when each stakeholder mutually agrees to benefit each other, thus making the organisation effective. And here is the main role of public relations (PR), were to be the middle person between each stakeholder, by performing their works through the competencies they mastered, to ensure that the decisions made will be valuable to organisation and stakeholders. The objective of this study is to examine the mediating effect of work category on the relationship between professional competencies and decision making among PR practitioners in government-linked companies (GLCs). A survey questionnaire was gathered from 157 PR practitioners and data were analysed through SEM PLS. Results indicated that the dimension of work category did influence the relationship between professional competency and decision making. In essence, the decision-making process of a PR practitioner working in Malaysia's GLCs can be enhanced or improved based on the level of professional competencies. The implication of these findings supported the role of the PR department as part of the important sub-system in organisation and competencies acquired by PR practitioners is the resource that able to maintain the survival of an organisation. In the nutshell, a large-scale study should be undertaken, which incorporate a large group of participants in the future to accommodate the responses from a wide population to increase the accuracy of results. Keywords: Public relations, competencies, decision making, mediating effect, GLCs.

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The Mediating Effect of Work Category on the Relationship between Professional Competencies` and Decision Making among Public Relations in Government- Linked Companies

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Abdullah

Osman

2020

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“…Drawing on Technology Acceptance Model, the antecedents of a healthy lifestyle among the citizens of Asian countries were reviewed and research hypotheses were offered. It is recommended that more Asian values such as entrepreneurial skills acquisition [56], [57] and cultural diversity [58] can be moderating variables to advance the conceptual framework theoretically. Finally, recommendations are proffered to various stakeholders on how to improve a healthy lifestyle in Asia.…”

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The Antecedents and Consequences of E-Health Literacy in the Pharmaceutical Industry: An Agenda for Future Research

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As a promising area in healthcare research, electronic health (e-health) has received more research attention recently. The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a proposed conceptual framework for digital health literacy. This conceptual framework is planned as a guide for future studies to use and validated as a foundation for quantitative studies to investigate the e-Health Literacy as perceived by citizens in Asia amid the outback of the world’s high-risk pandemic crisis such as Coronavirus (Covid19). This conceptual analysis applied Technology Acceptance Model as a basis to develop the antecedents of a healthy lifestyle among the citizens of Asian countries. This conceptual paper proposed that Information quality, system quality, and service quality will affect the citizens’ perceived ease of use and their perceived usefulness, which can affect their intention to use e-health and consequently results in a healthy lifestyle among the citizens. This conceptual paper submitted research hypotheses that will be a basis for future researches in Asia and if the framework is validated, recommendations will be offered to various stakeholders on how to improve a healthy lifestyle in Asia. Specifically, the proposed conceptual framework if validated will help policymakers to offer positive policies and procedures for the improvement of thriving healthcare industries in Asia.

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“…16, Issue 1 (Feb) 2021 While a study by Omar et al, (2019) on 496 undergraduate students of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) suggests that entrepreneurial education may be useful in producing high entrepreneurial intentions among students enrolled in higher institutions of education in Malaysia, thus, it can be concluded from the findings that three critical drivers, self-efficacy, the need for independence, and motivation, are significant and are positively associated with entrepreneurial intention, particularly among students at higher institutions of learning. Ekpi and Razak (2015) suggested that skill acquisition, self-motivation, and social influence are other factors that need to be emphasised on top of education support. In addition, Ekpi and Mat (2016) surveyed 319 semester-5 university undergraduate students (student entrepreneurs) during the 2015/2016 academic session from three public universities in Peninsular Malaysia, using stratified proportionate random sampling.…”

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The Role of Education Support in Enhancement of Entrepreneurial Intentions Amongst Undergraduates in Malaysia

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Ambad²,

Nordin³

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Entrepreneurship has long been a topic of interest for many researchers. The economy being volatile has impeded job opportunities for many, particularly amongst youths. In Malaysia specifically, where unemployment has been increasing over the years, measures have been taken by the government to promote entrepreneurship to youth and undergraduates to make them more entrepreneurially inclined. Despite the numerous incentives and programs by the government to encourage youth to be entrepreneurial inclined, the unemployment rate is still high in many countries, particularly Malaysia. This research aims to offer a systematic literature review on the growing role of education support in promoting entrepreneurial intention amongst undergraduates in Malaysia. This research will highlight the increasing importance of education in fostering entrepreneurial intentions amongst undergraduates in Malaysia over the last five years. Through the compilation of past literature and research, this study aims to contribute to entrepreneurship research by discussing the impact of education support as well as highlighting ongoing discussions on education support in nurturing undergraduate entrepreneurial intention.

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Entrepreneurial Skill Acquisition and Youth’s Self-Employment in Malaysia: How Far?

Cited by 24 publications

References 15 publications

The Mediating Effect of Work Category on the Relationship between Professional Competencies` and Decision Making among Public Relations in Government- Linked Companies

The Mediating Effect of Work Category on the Relationship between Professional Competencies` and Decision Making among Public Relations in Government- Linked Companies

The Antecedents and Consequences of E-Health Literacy in the Pharmaceutical Industry: An Agenda for Future Research

The Role of Education Support in Enhancement of Entrepreneurial Intentions Amongst Undergraduates in Malaysia

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