... have knowledge: for Allah is Exalted in Might, Oft‐Forgiving.” (The Appendix follows overleaf.) Naresh Kumar can be contacted at: naresh@putra.upm.edu.my © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Malaysia Public sector organizations Employees behaviour Knowledge sharing Knowledge...

...Mohd Awang Idris; Maureen F. Dollard; Anthony H. Winefield Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the causes and consequences of job stress in Malaysia and make a comparison between Western and Eastern perspectives. Design/methodology/approach A grounded theory approach was used...

... are compared with those of 14 other Western studies and the relationships among WIF, FIW and job, family, community and life satisfaction are explored. Design/methodology/approach This study is conducted in Malaysia, a country with Islam as the official religion. Data are obtained from 506 employees...

... country (Malaysia). The analysis of statistical results led to the development of a model to interpret the factors influencing psychological health in Malaysian and UK fire fighters. Beside that, the evidence from the study also highlighted that factors such as culture may influence the ways employees...

...Abang Ekhsan Abang Othman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the strategic integration of HRM practices with business/corporate strategy in the context of its applications and processes in two Japanese multinational companies in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach The research...

... of knowledge. Emilija Gligorovska can be contacted at: emilija.gligorovska@vu.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 National cultures Organizational culture Business policy Strategic alliances International cooperation Malaysia Discourses on national culture...

... with the methodology related to MIP. The second is to present a problem solving model that incorporates Islamic concerns. This model is taught in at least one private university in Malaysia as part of an elective management subject. This model forms the basis of Islamic Leadership course offered by the same private...

...Yeap Peik Foong; Stanley Richardson Purpose The aim of this paper is to investigate the perceptions of Malaysian employees of ABC MSC (a Japanese company in Malaysia) in order to recommend changes in management practices. Design/methodology/approach Fieldwork was conducted using participant...

..., and not always subtle ways. Thus, the issue of the transfer of Japanese‐style HRM abroad in general and in Malaysia particularly is not so much a question of whether the Japanese want to transfer their distinctive policies and practices as of whether they need, or indeed are able, to do so. The findings...

...Suku Bhaskaran; Nishal Sukumaran Purpose This paper aims to trace the evolution of nationality‐based business organisations in Malaysia and review whether national culture, as determined by the nationality‐based work values, beliefs and orientations of the owners and managers of organisations...

... of Financial Planning, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 52-54. Wade, K.J., and Kinicki, A.J. (1995), Examining objective and subjective applicant qualifications within a process model of interview selection decisions , Academy of Management Journal, Best Papers Proceedings, pp. 151-155. Malaysia Culture Ethnic...

... prescribed by the International Monetary Fund. These included liberalised capital accounts, floating exchange rates and tighter fiscal and monetary policies designed to restore investor confidence. Malaysia departed from this orthodoxy. In September 1998 it imposed controls on capital account transactions...

...Rodrigue Fontaine; Stanley Richardson This article takes stock of the state of cross‐cultural management in Malaysia. It first focuses on a number of problems that cross‐cultural management faces generally, namely the lack of integrated knowledge and the possibility of subjectivity influencing...

... with the recent Asian economic downturn in mind. Thailand and Malaysia suffered significant economic adversity while the third country Brunei is a very small economy somewhat removed from the global pressures of the recent era. The primary objective of the research reported in this article is to assess...

...Ridhwan Fontaine; Stanley Richardson; Yeap Peik Foong This article revisits cross‐cultural management in Malaysia by challenging some fundamental assumptions. Most models of culture, such as Hofstede’s, assume that a country is reasonably homogeneous to make an analysis meaningful. We argue...