The present study attempts to understand the prevalence of strategic competency among entrepreneurs in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Australia and Malaysia. A sample of 20 SME entrepreneurs from Australia and Malaysia participated in this study. A series of interviews were...

This paper reports the findings of an exploratory empiricalstudy that aims to primarily examine the instrumental role ofrelationship competency among SME entrepreneurs byutilising a comparative data from Australia and Malaysia. Asample of 20 SME entrepreneurs from Australia and...

<title>Abstract</title>Recently, increased attention has been paid to partnership quality in outsourcing strategy. However, research of partnership quality on the outsourcing of human resources (HR) is very limited. Therefore, this research aims at examining the relationship between partnership quality...

The increasing demand for Halal products by Muslim consumers due to their religious obligation has created new services known as the Halal transportation services. These services are specially designed to meet the demand from the Halal manufacturers to maintain the integrity of their Halal...

The growing interest on Hofstede’s cultural values has dominated the area of management and organizational research. However, the extant literature with disappointing psychometric results have provoked a pressing need to re-examine its measurement model specification. To fill this gap, this...

The paper discusses the relationship between different types of human resource management (HRM) strategy and the human resource outsourcing, and impact on the size of human resource (HR) department. Three HRM strategies are considered: Facilitation, accumulation and utilization. The data for the...

The purpose of this study is to model the relationship of quality of work life factors and turnover intention among accounting professionals in Malaysia. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire gleaned from the literature. The data was analyzed using Smart Partial Least Squares a...

Background:There is a belief that academics tend to hold on tightly to their knowledge and intellectual resources. However, not much effort has been put into the creation of a valid and reliable instrument to measure knowledge sharing behavior among the academics.Objectives:To apply and validate...