{"title":"PERFORMANCE BASED PAY MANAGEMENT AS A DETERMINANT OF PROCEDURAL JUSTICE","authors":"M. Razak, Azman Ismail, Enah Ali","doi":"10.37134/JCIT.VOL8.3.2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37134/JCIT.VOL8.3.2018","url":null,"abstract":"The main objective of this study is to examine the relationship between performance based pay management (i.e., communication and participation) and procedural justice. A survey methods were used to collect selfreport survey of employees in currier service company. The SmartPLS path model analysis revealed two main findings: first, communication was significantly correlated with procedural justice. Second, participation was significantly correlated with procedural justice. These findings demonstrate that the ability of managers to properly implement performance based pay management may invoke feelings of procedural justice among employees in the organization. This study provides three important implications: first, this study may serve great potential for understanding the effect of communication and, participation in strengthening perception of procedural justice among employees in the organization. Second, the survey questionnaire used in this study had satisfactorily met the standards of validity and reliability analyses. This may lead to produced accurate and reliable research findings. Third, this study may serve as a guide for practitioners to enhance the effectiveness of organization’s performance based pay management as an important instrument to motivate employee in supporting organization’s pay system, objectives and strategies. In addition, discussion, implications and conclusion are described.","PeriodicalId":275871,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Issues and Thought","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122511127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ACHIEVEING HIGH INCOME NATION: STUDY ON IMPACT ON INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS IN MALAYSIA","authors":"Lai Wei Sieng","doi":"10.37134/JCIT.VOL8.2.2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37134/JCIT.VOL8.2.2018","url":null,"abstract":"Achieving status of high income nation is the target of nation’s government. Malaysia aims to achieve the status of high income nation by year 2020. In order to achieve the goal, it is crucial to identify the determinants contributing to the effort. Economists suggest that the determinant factors of economic growth consists of internal factors and external factors. This study aims to analyze the internal and external; determinants of Malaysia income growth from year 1985 to 2015. ARDL estimation is applied for this purpose. Results indicate that internal factors that contribute significantly in the long run are employee with high education and fixed capital formation while the exogenous factor is export. Internal determinants in short run is fixed capital formation while exogenous determinant is foreign direct investment. Malaysia’s effort in achieving high income nations would be fruitfull given that the government give attention on both internal and external determinants.","PeriodicalId":275871,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Issues and Thought","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122594808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SOCIALLY PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES AND SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING AMONG RURAL PERAK ELDERLY","authors":"Nur Syakirah Hamzah, Ramlee Ismail","doi":"10.37134/JCIT.VOL8.6.2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37134/JCIT.VOL8.6.2018","url":null,"abstract":"The uncertain knowledge on level of wellbeing among older adults has attracted an increasing number of public, political and scientific attentions. Wellbeing has been described as a state of equilibrium or balance that can be affected by life events or challenges. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between socially productive activities and subjective wellbeing among rural elderly in Perak. A descriptive research methodology was adopted for this research. A broad range of productive factors (such as voluntarism and paid work) and measures of wellbeing (such as self-rated health and life satisfaction) shall be analysing in t-test and Pearson correlation analysis. Information needed are obtained sing a cross-sectional design method across rural districts in Perak. Questionnaires survey was distributed to 480 older adults age from 50 t0 75+. This paper found out that there are no significant different between paid work and self-rated health and life satisfaction, whereas there are significant relationship between voluntarism and self-rated health and life satisfaction. The result from this research shall provide provision for the idea that engaging in voluntarism is advantageous to elderly well-being.","PeriodicalId":275871,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Issues and Thought","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129987490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TO PURCHASE OR TO RENT A HOME IN MALAYSIA? A CASE STUDY IN SELANGOR","authors":"Chia Mei Si, W. Yi","doi":"10.37134/JCIT.VOL8.1.2018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37134/JCIT.VOL8.1.2018","url":null,"abstract":"The real estate sector in Malaysia has witnessed rapid growth, especially in the residential and commercial segments. This study aims to determine the significant factors leading to the intention to either purchase or rent a house in Malaysia. Demographic factors, financial assessment and social attributes serve as independent variables for decision making concerning purchase or rental of a house. The Rational Choice Theory is applied in this study. Data collected via questionnaire to households’ in several shopping malls in Selangor. The findings reveal that educational qualification and households’ monthly income influence the intention to purchase or rent a house while marital status is not a significant determining factor. Respondents with higher educational qualification and higher household monthly income prefer to purchase a residential property rather than to rent. Financial assessment is a significant factor affecting the intention to purchase or rent a residential property. Implication of this study enables government, bankers, marketers and real-estate developers to take into consideration of demographic factors, financial assessment and social attributes for future strategies formulation toward real estates development in Malaysia.","PeriodicalId":275871,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Issues and Thought","volume":"27 Special Issue 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130137082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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