Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies

Acceptance of Mental Health Off Day in Malaysian Job Culture

Wee Win Yeoh — 2023-05-28

The work life balance in Malaysian working culture had been showing concerning signs where the lack of the health working culture had triggered the impact on the mental state of the Malaysian employees. In the same direction, the initiative of the mental health off day had been introduced to promote better wellbeing practice within the employees. However, the employers in Malaysia are still having lack of the action into the initiative of the metal health off days due to multiple concerns. Based on the key findings, there is major highlights on the concerns for the employers towards the understanding on the mental health off day initiative which include the productivity impact, financial impact as well as the shift in the expectations for the employees. However, the employees had viewed the mental health off day as strong positive initiatives that could become a game changer for the working culture in Malaysia. It is believed that the mental health off day will become the big step for the Malaysian working culture to move into the positive direction to promote better mental health among the employees. Therefore, the recommendation had been clear where the mental health off day should be supported by employers and employees to provide the positive impact towards the development of the motivation and retention of the employees.

Investigating Students’ Perceptions on using Tech-books in the classrooms

Noura Saeed Ali Alateeq — 2023-08-06

Technology such as iPads has been increasingly popular in classrooms in recent years. Learners are gradually moving away from textbooks and toward digital books on iPads. This study lists the pros of learning with iPad learning. Furthermore, it deals with the benefits of using i Pads in the classroom from the students' perspective. To collect data and information for this study, the researchers used both a quantitative and qualitative technique. This qualitative study chose to use a questionnaire that was delivered to the target audience of Qassim university students. The data was then descriptively reviewed, and the majority of those engaged in this survey claimed that they preferred using an iPad in the classroom since it was more convenient and easier to use if a student wants to look for certain information. Nonetheless, a few respondents disagreed and wanted to use the textbook and learn in the usual manner. Some educators, on the other hand, believe it is an elephant in the room. However, I Pads are a solution for all of the untold sufferings of students and would usher us into the ultra digital era if this facility is provided to one and all of the student community irrespective of the countries they reside.

Responsibility Accounting and Corporate Sustainability Growth: Evidence from Listed Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria

Emeka Omaliko — 2023-08-08

This study examined the relationship between responsibility accounting and corporate sustainability growth using listed deposit money banks as a reference point. Responsibility accounting was measured using Operating Expenses (OE), Net Income (NI), Interest Expense (IE) and Return on Investment (ROI) while corporate sustainability growth was measured using corporate sustainability growth rate (CSGR). Ex post facto design was adopted and data for this study was collected from the annual accounts and reports of all listed deposit money banks on the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) for the period ended; 2016-2022. The analysis was carried out using panel least squares regression model and the results of the study show a significant and positive association between operating expenses, net income, interest expense, return on investment and sustainability growth of banks in Nigeria at 1% to 5% level of significance. The study therefore comes to the conclusion that responsibility accounting ensures sustainability growth in the banking sector. The study recommends that managers should increase their asset base, as it has been observed that banks with large asset base control their operating and interest expense which significantly ensures banks sustainability. In addition, the managers of listed deposit money banks should use return on investment and net income as a metric to evaluate and assess the sustainability of their stewardship.

A Qualitative Inquiry on the Factors Related to Students’ Disengagement in Leadership Roles

John Erwin Prado Pedroso — 2023-08-26

Leadership is an important skill that students should develop. Campus organizations are some of the avenues for students to hone their leadership skills. However, some students are disengaging in leadership roles in campus organizations. Thus, this study sought to describe the factors behind students’ disengagement in leadership roles in campus organizations using a qualitative-descriptive research approach. The duly-validated written interview questionnaire was administered among six (6) student leaders who were selected through purposeful sampling. Three (3) significant themes such as personal-related, interpersonal-related, and structural-related factors were revealed. From these data, five (5) meaningful categories emerged. As personal-related factors, students disengage in leadership roles in campus organizations as it is a (1) hindrance to their academics and it (2) compromises their health. Furthermore, interpersonal-related factors include having (3) divided time and (4) being in the public eye. Finally, the (5) authority factor is the structural-related factor. Thus, improving the working conditions of student leaders may eliminate the negative experiences that will force them to stop serving their fellow students.

Practices of equality in racial diversity at manufacturing industries: Exploring influence on employees’ job performance at the workplace

Bishal Singh — 2022-09-09

This research study explores the employees’ perception of equality in racial diversity at manufacturing organizations. The total number of sample size is 10, including five number of participants and five different manufacturing firms situated at Kailali district of Nepal with “purposeful sampling technique” and information was gained from interview guide. The key findings showed that organizational change in terms of fair staff recruitment and practice of equal opportunity to all employees assist to meet career goals. Furthermore, positive influence on job performance is possible through increased work commitment, job satisfaction and motivation at work (Susanto et al., 2022). Findings have brought forward the negative influence of job performance from the lack of equality in racially diverse firms in regards to lack of team work and work commitment (HBR, 2020). The implication of effective cross-cultural communication at work would be productive for task execution, ensuring employee engagement and motivation. Along with the practice of equal opportunity for all employees, it is recommended to implement extrinsic and intrinsic motivation pathways to enhance job performance in the long term.