There are many unethical issues in the construction business such as wrong practices, poor quality of construction work, safety culture, and corruption. However, the issue that has been highlighted in this study is the low quality of construction work which is linked to employee engagement. This research aims to examine the relationships between ethical environment, ethical leadership, and organizational trust towards employee engagement. The study was quantitative research assessing employee engagement in a construction company. A self-administered survey questionnaire was used to collect primary data from 91 construction companies in Malaysia. The data were analysed using SPSS and finding discovered that the proposed model explained 68.8% of the variance in the dependent variable. This study found that there is a positive relationship between the ethical environment and organizational trust towards employee engagement. In contrast, ethical leadership has no relationship towards employee engagement. The findings from this study can help future researchers to examine factors influencing employee engagement in construction companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Besides, practically, this current research can help in terms of improving the performance of management teams in the organization by enhancing their ethical environment.
24 February 2024 in Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal
This study aimed to explore the relationship between customer relationships and supply chain performance, with a focus on mediating role of logistics integration as well as whether this relationship is mediated by logistics integration. The study was conducted among 361 employees from 21 Malaysian telecommunication firms in Malaysia by applying a structural equation modeling with SmartPLS. Findings revealed customer relationship associated with supply chain performance and supported. However, the study found that the mediating effect of logistics integration in the relationship between customer relationships and supply chain performance was not statistically significant.
24 February 2024 in Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal
The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between advertising value, perceived value, and trust for purchasing behaviour in social commerce (s-commerce). The study was quantitative, and 105 Indonesian students provided primary data using a self-administered questionnaire. After applying SPSS to analyze the data, it was found that 56.1% of the variance could be explained by the suggested model. The findings show that there is a positive significant relationship between advertising value, perceived value, and trust for purchasing behaviour in s-commerce. The study's implications are intended to support information technology professionals to implement s-commerce technology in commercial settings
29 October 2023 in Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal
The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between performance expectancy, and government support for m-commerce adoption among Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the service industry. The study was quantitative, and a self-administered questionnaire was used to collect primary data from 396 SMEs in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, Malaysia. The data was analyzed using PLS-SEM, and findings discovered that the proposed model explained 58.4% of the variance in the dependent variable which is considered at a strong level. The findings show that there is a positive significant relationship between performance expectancy, and government support for m-commerce adoption.
29 October 2023 in Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal
The telecommunication industry holds an immense share in Malaysian economic activities. This study aimed to determine the relationship between information sharing and supply chain performance, as well as whether this relationship is mediated by logistics integration. The study was conducted among 361 respondents from 21 Malaysian telecommunication firms in Malaysia by applying a structural equation modelling with SmartPLS. Findings revealed information sharing associated with supply chain performance. Logistics integration mediated the relationship between information sharing and supply chain performance. The study has implications for practitioners in the decision-making process of supply chain procedures in the telecommunications industry.
1 March 2023 in Electronic Journal of Business and Management
The purpose of this study was to empirically analyse the determinants of international students' intention to use the Grab Pay mobile payment system in Kuala Lumpur. It examined the influence of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions on the intention to use the Grab Pay mobile payment system. The target population was randomly selected from male and female international students in Kuala Lumpur. The study was a quantitative study assessing the intention to use the Grab Pay mobile payment system among international students in Kuala Lumpur. A self-administered survey questionnaire was used to collect primary data from 180 respondents. The data gathered was analysed using SPSS, and findings discovered that the proposed model explained 61% of the variance in the dependent variable. The results showed that three independent factors, namely effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions, are the strong predictors of behavioural intention. However, effort expectancy has no significant influence on the intention to use the Grab Pay mobile payment system among international students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Findings from the study can benefit other academics with a better understanding of the adoption of Grab Pay in Kuala Lumpur. It can also help other institutions in the technology (Grab Holdings Inc., etc.) and financial sectors to better function based on the driving elements towards influencing behavioural intentions on the Grab Pay mobile payment system.