The rise in unemployment, digitization, and the flexibility of gig workers have propelled the growth of Malaysia's gig economy. However, the well-being and occupational satisfaction of gig workers can be impacted by social and financial security concerns. This study looks at the well-being of Malaysian gig workers through the role of occupational satisfaction as a mediator, while social and financial security as independent variables. The results of a structured survey administered between November 2023 and February 2024 to 135 gig workers indicate that the well-being of Malaysian gig workers is rather low. This study found that occupational satisfaction acted as a mediator in the relationship between social and financial security and gig workers' well-being. These results highlight how important it is to have both social and financial stability to enhance employee occupational satisfaction and thus, improve gig workers’ well-being.

This study explores the accountability mechanisms in Indonesia's Village Fund Direct Cash Assistance (BLTDD) programme during COVID-19, combining New Institutional Sociology theory with Behn (2001) accountability framework. Through qualitative analysis of four case studies in West Java, findings reveal strong financial accountability but significant shortcomings in fairness and performance. Coercive pressures from government regulations primarily drive accountability, with minimal influence from mimetic and normative pressures. The study recommends enhancing fairness and performance accountability through equitable distribution, performance metrics, and refined regulations, alongside fostering best practices, professional development, and broader stakeholder involvement to improve overall accountability.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Previous research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) has mostly examined how it affects organization; very little has been done to look at how it affects employee behaviour. Furthermore, there aren’t many studies that look at the multi dimension CSR on employee’s behaviour. In this study, light was shed on its influence employee green behaviour (EGB). EGB is the term used to describe scalable acts and behaviour that employees take or initiate that are associated with and support environmental sustainability. In line with this social information processing theory, five-dimension of CSR were adopted, namely environmental, social, economic, stakeholder, and voluntariness, to disentangle its impacts on EGB. METHODS: The questionnaire survey approach was used, and the study examines a total of 261 collected responses from employees of manufacturing companies in Malaysia. FINDINGS: The empirical study discovered that environmental, social, economic, and stakeholder-related CSR significantly influence EGB, meanwhile, no significant impact of voluntariness-related CSR on EGB. The results revealed that the end users’ willingness to participate in recycling programs, laws and regulations, inconvenience of recycling and past experience were four key determinants significantly contributing to the willingness to pay for recycling e-waste. With regards recycling payment methods, most of the participants (36%) were in favor of deposit and refund scheme, while pre-disposal fees and advanced recycling fees came in second and third place (25.8% and 21%, respectively), making monthly payment of recycling fees the least preferred (10.2%). CONCLUSION: The study made a substantial contribution to the theoretical framework by validating the multi-dimensional CSR construct and its effect on EGB. The study emphasized the ways in which multi-dimensions CSR cultivates favourable employee attitudes and ethical commitment to environmental sustainability, providing particular insights for Malaysian manufacturing firms. Lastly, some significant theoretical contribution, practical implications, and exciting new avenues for this field of study were discussed.

Previous research and practitioners typically concentrate on a limited operational definition of bullying when examining educators’ experiences with bullying in higher educational institutions (HEIs). This study employs the term Educator-Targeted Bullying (ETB) to denote a more precise variable, owing to the narrow definition of academic bullying. This study aims to validate a 47-item instrument that assesses three forms of bullying-related stress among academics in higher education institutions. Upon reviewing previous literature on educator bullying, three prevalent forms are identified: workplace bullying, cyberbullying, and teacher-targeted bullying. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to evaluate factorial structures based on a total of 210 survey responses. This study categorizes seven dimensions of ETB: student direct bullying, devaluation bullying, indirect private bullying, pictorial cyberbullying, task bullying, relational cyberbullying, and student physical bullying. Consequently, the factors significantly influence the operational definitions of educator bullying.