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

Abstract

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.

Reputation, Transparency, Trust and Waqif's Perception on Nadzir’s Professional Toward Intention to Act Waqf: Empirical Study in Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor (PMDG)

“…The findings further show that the perception of waqf towards Nadzir's professionalism has a significant positive effect on the intention of waqf at Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor. This finding is in line with research conducted by (Basri & Maryanti, 2020;Johari et al, 2014;Samsudin et al, 2020). Furthermore, these findings can be generalized to waqf institutions in Indonesia, where the management of waqf must be trustworthy, transparent, and professional in order to continue to increase the waqf assets that are managed through the community's intention to do waqf.…”

“…Studie's (Valeau, Paille, Dubrulle, & Guenin, 2021) stated that professionals have a significant positive effect on organizational commitment. (Samsudin, Abdullah, & Osman, 2020) found that professionalism has a positive and significant effect on decision making. From this previous research hypothesized that: H5 = Waqif's perception on nadzir's professional has positive signifigant affect on intention to act waqf.…”