Stock exchange in Tanzania has become an important venture for improving income of individuals and firms. There are however few firms that have listed shares with the DSE. The number of firms that have listed shares with the DSE suggest for two propositions among others: 1) that few managements...

After 25 years in operation, it is time that takaful industry is evaluated in terms of its performance. One of the issues that has impact on efficiency is organization form. There have been two conflicting opinions on this issue. Eling & Luhnen (2010) opined that mutual form is efficient than...

The study shows that there is a need for riba-free banks in all countries where Muslims live. However, most countries operate under conventional banking laws, and it is futile to expect the situation to change; and it does not need to change. The interaction between the traditional Islamic and...

The occurrences of workplace bully among practicum training students especially in the hospitality industry seem to be a never ending episode and each semester the same issue has been raised by the affected students. Practicum training students were identified to be the main target by bullies...

This paper attempts to identify the major constraints on the Egyptian economic growth performance during the period 1998-2008, in comparison with those of the Malaysian experience. The paper compares with Malaysia since it is one of the successful emerging markets which share certain...

Excellent service quality is crucial to business survival in the present banking environment in order to gain competitive advantage and corporate profitability. Thus, it is essential to analyze the means of measuring and evaluating service quality provided by banking institutions as they adjust...

Museum is not just being seen as an important tool for community development and helping in promoting cultural conservation. It is also one of the niche products of Malaysia cultural heritage tourism attraction that could affect the growth of the tourism industry in the country. This paper...

The study examines job satisfaction to mediate the relationship between compensation structure and organisational commitment on 62 respondents, working across job positions and classifications in a power utility-based organisation, in the Peninsula Malaysia. Previous studies in the field of...

At the moment, there are lots of studies on conventional human resource practices. However, there are quite a few studies done on Islamic human resource practices. Using simple random sampling technique, final copies of questionnaires were sent to 300 Islamic organizations. However, only 114...

Income and expenditure are the main aspects to be highlighted in nowadays situation as they contribute to the quality of life of the Malaysian society. In the Ninth Malaysia Plan for 2006-2010, poverty eradication is one of the socio-economic aspects that need to be emphasized in order to...