Abdullah Al Mamun

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | ukm · Graduate School of Business

This study attempted to assess the impact of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia’s (AIM) microcredit program on the level of economic vulnerability among hardcore poor household clients’ in Peninsular Malaysia. To attain the objective, this research utilized economic vulnerability index. This study employed a cross-sectional design and stratified random sampli...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the attributes of innovation adoption and its effects on the performance of Malaysian manufacturing SMEs. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative data were collected from 360 randomly selected manufacturing SMEs through structured interviews. Findings The findings of the study confirmed that, in Ma...

In order to address the issues of climate change through wise management of resources and environmental conservation, this study examined the intention and behavior towards green consumption among low-income households. This study was a cross-sectional that relied on 380 low-income household respondents who lived in coastal areas of Peninsular Mala...

In an attempt to mitigate the effects of extreme natural events caused by greenhouse gases (GHGs), a significant number ofresearchers and environmentalists have repeatedly stressed the importance of implementing protective measures, including thepromotion of green consumption. This study examined the elements that motivated the willingness and the...

Even though development organizations provide access to working capital and enterprise development training, they often fail to improve the socio-economic condition of low-income households. One of the factors contributing to the failure of development programs is their lack of capacity to measure the entrepreneurial potentials among the low-income...

This study aimed to examine the influence of performance expectancy (PE), effort expectancy (EE), social influence (SI), facilitating condition (FC), hedonic motivation (HM), perceived trust (PT) and lifestyle compatibility (LC) on the intention to adopt M-payment (IMP) as well as the mediating effect of IMP on the adoption of M-payment (AMP). This...

Recently, developing strategies for sustainable development (SD) in the hotel industry has been seen globally as a crucial issue. Numerous management systems can assist the hotel industry in creating sustainable performance, such as Total Quality Management (TQM) which is well-reputed in the industry. As such, selecting TQM under an evolving hotel...

Purpose Researchers have paid little attention to elucidating how customer-perceived innovative apparel attributes are linked to brand reputation and consumer buying behaviors. This study intends to bridge that gap by providing empirical evidence on the effects of product novelty, product difference and product inimitability on brand reputation and...

The phenomenon of “quiet quitting” has gained significant attention globally through various platforms, raising concerns about the impact of workplace stress on individuals’ personal lives and sparking social movements and investigations. As the number of Generation Z individuals is projected to surpass millennials by 2050, understanding and addres...

The high competition in retail sectors around the world has a decisive impact on the selection of the right retail price strategies for developing a strong retail price image. Therefore, this study examines the effect of price-related and non-price factors on developing a favourable retailer’s price image in tandem with the mediating role of price...

The culture of fast fashion accelerates the consumption rate of individuals but at the expense of significant environmental stress. With a large amount of discarded clothing accumulating in landfills, it is crucial to encourage people to dispose of second-hand clothing (SHC) as sustainably as possible, especially in an emerging economy with large v...

Purpose This study aims to explore the lean leadership factors influencing the effectiveness of lean healthcare performance at hospitals. Design/methodology/approach A total of 217 healthcare professionals’ responses were included for data analysis. The data were analyzed using the partial least square technique. Findings The findings revealed th...

The deterioration of the environment, shortage of resources, and frequent occurrence of food safety issues have made people increasingly concerned about themselves while maintaining their health and protecting the environment through food. Organic food, as a healthy and eco-friendly option, is gradually gaining attention. Based on the value-belief-...

This quantitative study investigates the relationships of green human resource management (GHRM) practices (e.g., green training and involvement, green recruitment, green performance management and compensation, and green transformational leadership) on green organizational culture and pro-environmental behavior, and the moderating role of green so...

The current global trend in sustainable business practices is to optimize green innovation performance. To protect the envi- ronment and maintain their own survival, organizations must strengthen their green innovation capabilities. Drawing on the recourse-based view and ecology modernization theory (EMT), this study examines the direct effect of g...

Objective This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing the intention to use and actual usage of medicine vending machines (MVMs) in China and to close the existing literature gap by examining the relationship between perceived convenience (PC), perceived trust, performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and social influence, on the inten...

Due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Chinese university lecturers have experienced increased levels of disappointment and powerlessness due to the changing work environment. An increasing number of lecturers exhibit quiet-quitting intention, which affects their work passion, teaching quality, and so on. However, it is little known about ho...

This study explored the effect of perceived values on sustainability, problem awareness, the ascription of responsibility, sense of community, and anticipated guilt on reuse (sell and/or swap) intention of secondhand clothing through partial least squares structural equation modeling. This study adopted a cross-sectional design and collected quanti...

This study examined (1) the effect of environmental concern, environmental knowledge, and health consciousness on attitude towards eBikes; (2) the effect of eBikes attributes of interest and infrastructure on perceived behavioural control; and finally, (3) the effect of attitude towards eBikes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control on...

Entrepreneurs are the lever of economic development and can promote the economic activities instigating job creation, technology revolution and general economic growth. The developing economies must facilitate entrepreneurial intention and instigate general pre-startup behavior, specifically during COVID-19. The current work aims to explore the for...

COVID-19 pandemic has made individuals are worried about the COVID-19 virus can be transmitted through physical cash transaction. Hence, there are more consumers adopt cashless payment systems with the aim of taking extra safety measure. This research investigated the impact of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and hedoni...

As a safe alternative to hazardous agrochemicals, food waste compost could prevent human health hazards and environmental degradation. Food waste composting has not garnered much popularity among farmers given their sole dependence on synthetic fertilizers for high yields and commercial returns. Hence, this study aimed to identify the factors influ...

Considering the diverse social and environmental issues globally, social entrepreneurship could be the most relevant solution to address social issues by employing a sustainable economic model, particularly for developing nations with limited government support. Hence, we examined social entrepreneurship intention among working adults in Bangladesh...

Considering the fact that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is widely recognized for its positive impact on environmental performance, little research exists on its effect on the relationship between Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) and an Organization’s Environmental Performance (OEP). This study investigates how CSR affects GHRM and the...

Recently, the increase in urbanization has momentously intensified the climate issues in urban centres. A large number of the population is vulnerable to climate change living in urban areas all over the world. The decline in agricultural activities leads to food insecurity in urban areas. Urban gardening is promoted as a viable option to achieve f...

China has a growing market for green products, and businesses in the food sector are becoming more conscious and sensitive about their effects on the environment. Thus, the study intends to expose the influential factor in Chinese consumers’ green purchasing intentions. The theoretical framework was the theory of planned behavior. The cross-section...

Since the appearance of the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning is becoming a revolutionary instrument for extending conventional learning techniques and enhancing educational and training capability. The present study aimed to determine the influential variables that affect students’ behavioral intentions to utilize online learning and investigate...

Technologies are increasingly becoming vital to human life, and pandemics like COVID-19 further enhance the possibility of technology adoption to facilitate human life. However, technology adoption always remains slow and tricky for the masses. The current study explores and exposes the formation of intention and later acceptance of electronic wall...

Eco-friendly furniture is a category of furniture that has been created using materials with little environmental damage consideration throughout all stages of production. One way people may protect the environment and minimize their impact is by investing in eco-friendly furniture. Although eco-friendly furniture has many advantages for the enviro...

With the growing economy and society, as well as the massive expansion of the urban population and industrialisation, household waste production is continuously growing, posing a risk to the environment, the atmosphere, and household health and well-being. Thus, waste separation behaviour is critical in resolving the environmental situation of muni...

Social media that has allowed people to share and access information instantly could be both a blessing and a curse depending on use. Addiction to social media has been found to cause harmful effects such as anxiety, especially among teenagers due to social media-related problems such as cyberbullying, sexual solicitation and exposure to explicit c...

This study aims to examine the mediating effect of the intention to use wearable payment devices (WPD) between perceived ease of use (PE), perceived usefulness (PU), social influence (SI), perceived trust (TR), and lifestyle compatibility (CM) on the adoption of WPD. Examination was made on the moderating effect of age and gender to improve the und...

This study investigates the effect of green human resource management practices on green competitive advantage and the mediating role of competitive advantage between the green human resource management practices and green ambidexter- ity. This study also examined the effect of green competitive advantage on green ambidexterity and the moderating e...

The expansion of social commerce websites has gradually transformed most people’s lives in terms of social interactions during leisure time. Communication has been made easier due to the advancement of information communication technology due to the fact that information sources can efficiently assist in providing the information required. Neverthe...

Absorptive capacity is widely acknowledged as a critical driver of innovation, business development, and self-renewal through the acquisition, transformation, assimilation, and application of knowledge. Despite the importance of the relationship between transformational leadership and corporate entrepreneurship, there exists a research gap due to t...

The shift in work paradigm owing to the implementation of new policies in the developing countries of Southeast Asia to reduce the spread of COVID-19 has created new challenges for both employers and employees. The study aimed to address the lack of extensive research on the effects of psychological, social, and situational factors on the work-from...

The present research aims to extend the value-belief-norm model by including health values, health consciousness, healthy eating beliefs, and trust in organic food as the impelling factors. This study empirically tested the holistic framework to understand the important factors in consumers’ decision-making processes concerning organic food consump...

As the economy evolves and markets change after Covid-19, demand and competition in the labor market increase in China, and employees become increasingly concerned about their career opportunities, pay, and organizational commitment. This category of factors is often considered a key predictor of turnover intentions and job satisfaction, and it is...

The building sector is one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which may impede the achieve- ment of Malaysia’s intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) by 2030. Therefore, this paper is aimed at identifying the underlying factors that affect working adults’ willingness to pay (WTP) premium prices for green build-...

Objective The current study explores the formation of an intention to use wearable fitness devices (WFDs) with wearable fitness attributes and health consciousness (HCS). Moreover, the research examines the use of WFDs with the health motivation (HMT) and intention to use WFDs. The study also exposes the moderating effect of HMT between the intenti...

Objective The current study explores the formation of an intention to use wearable fitness devices (WFDs) with wearable fitness attributes and health consciousness (HCS). Moreover, the research examines the use of WFDs with the health motivation (HMT) and intention to use WFDs. The study also exposes the moderating effect of HMT between the intenti...

For logistics service providers (LSPs), improving customer satisfaction and obtaining customer re-use intention are key to gaining sustainable competitive advantages and success. Logistics service quality (LSQ) is a concern for logistics service providers, retailers, and customers. The proposed model, which is based on the stimuli-organism-response...

Due to the major shift in online purchasing during the COVID-19 lockdown, celebrity endorsement marketing has gained traction. Concurrently, COVID-19 has also transformed consumers' attitudes toward using eco-friendly products, such as green skincare products, to ensure a healthier lifestyle. This study developed a comprehensive framework based on...

According to strategic management theory, dynamic capability plays a significant role in enhancing organizational performance. Using a cross-sectional research design, the current study quantitatively assesses the mediating effect of dynamic capability on the relationships of total quality management, customer intellectual capital, and human resour...

Despite the potentiality of youths as future social entrepreneurs, research on the key determinants of their social entrepreneurial intentions in developing countries (Malaysia) remains lacking. This study aims to evaluate the effects of altruistic and traditional values on normative beliefs, awareness of consequences and ascription of responsibili...

The twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth general elections (GE) in Malaysia have turned a new page in the political structure of Malaysia. In GE-12 and GE-13, the incumbent government, Barisan National, had failed to acquire the two-thirds majority in the parliament. The first regime changes in the history of Malaysia occurred during the general ele...

By emphasizing the Terror Management Theory, this study investigated the participants' perceptions, psychological experiences, coping strategies, and behavioral changes during the pandemic in Bangladesh in two phases: first, after the pandemic's immediate outbreak, and second, after 3 months of the pandemic (daily infection cases were very high). T...

The current study primarily aims to investigate the happiness at workplace (HAW)-innovative work behaviour (IWB) correlation through the mediating effect of organisation citizenship behaviour (OCB) and moderating effect of organisational innovative culture (OIC). Notably, 383 questionnaires were collected from lecturers employed in three local univ...

China's growing workforce of young employees has propelled its economy towards becoming a global power. However, with evolving workplace difficulties and uncertainties, the rate of employee turnover is also rising, which affects every department in companies, in addition to impacting costs and finances. This study explored the influences of five co...

Purpose With the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the usage of e-money has been reinforced to reach the next level. Therefore, this study aims to examine the mediating role of perceived behavioral control (PBC) on the nexus of customers' innovativeness and continuance intention of electronic money (e-money). This study also explore...

Purpose This study has aimed to investigate the impact of service innovation capabilities (SIC), supply chain digitalization capabilities (SDC) and customer risk protection (CRP) capabilities of GrabFood on customer satisfaction. GrabFood has been chosen as a case study because GrabPay is one of the Malaysian government's digital wallet partners, a...

This study seeks to ascertain whether there is an unbalanced link between CO2 emissions, foreign direct investment, and economic growth in Malaysia over a 40-year timeframe between 1980 and 2019. We investigated the asymmetric relationship, using non-linear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) technique. The findings showed a noteworthy asymmetry...

Urban agriculture has become increasingly popular as a viable solution to the global food insecurity, but the uncontrollable expansion of cities and populations has led to the significant decrease in cultivable space for conventional soil-based farming. Unlike conventional agriculture, soil-less hydroponic farming allows sustainable food production...

Under the premise of the value-belief-norm (VBN) model, this study examined the influence of values, beliefs and norms on social entrepreneurial intention of working adults in China. The cross-sectional design was employed, and an online survey, which involved 1,075 working adults, was conducted. All data were analyzed using partial least squares-s...

The study aims to determine the factors affecting the usage intention of AI technology in the hospitality and tourism sector in Malaysia. It also investigates the mediating effect of self-efficacy within some relationships. This is a quantitative study applying a cross-sectional online survey technique. The target population consisted of tourists s...

Higher education institution is an important sector to obtain capabilities for global challenges. This study explored the mediating effect of ambidextrous capability between the link organizational leadership capability, learning orientation, and strategic flexibility on the performance of private higher education institutions in Indonesia. In this...

This study looked into the social media marketing activities (customization, electronic word of mouth, entertainment, information richness, interactions and trendiness) for a mobile brand that led to consumer-level brand equity, relationship equity and value equity. These consumer-level equities facilitate generating the intention to purchase a mob...

This study aimed to understand entrepreneurship education and the relationship with student intention towards entrepreneurship. In the past, study shows that entrepreneurship education is irrelevant towards the intention of entrepreneurship and there is inconsistent finding on the influence of entrepreneur education towards entrepreneurial intentio...

The study examines the customers' perception towards buying insurance online with factors taken from the theory of planned behavior like attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control among the Chinese working adults. The research collected cross-sectional survey-based data. The collected data analyzed with the structural equation mode...

Given the significance of electronic word of mouth for digital edge, this research evaluated the influence of selected determinants towards brand image and electronic word of mouth among airline passengers in Malaysia. A total of 400 random airline passengers were participated in this survey. The results showed that the components for social media...

This study examined the impact of economic vulnerability on strategic orientations (i.e. sales orientation, consumer orientation, competitive orientation, emotional orientation and business orientation), and the effect of strategic orientations on the performance of the micro-enterprises in Kelantan Malaysia. This study used a cross-sectional desig...

In Malaysia, many university students have different views on saving management based on different factors. Therefore, this study aims to examine the intention and behaviours towards saving among Malaysian students. A cross-sectional design was adopted to collect quantitative data from 307 Malaysian students and universities in Klang Valley. Furthe...

Purpose The world has been forced to implement movement restriction strategy because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and industries have to embrace online technologies and social media marketing activities (SMMAs) to continue their business operations. Considering the aftermath of COVID-19 on the business world, this study aims to explore the determining...

Purpose Cashless payment is gradually replacing physical currency in almost every financial transaction across the world. Even though cashless payment methods have been available in Malaysia since a decade ago, their usage has remained relatively low in comparison to other countries. This study aims to analyse the elements that affect the Malaysian...

To mitigate the consequences of extreme natural events from climate change in Malaysia, this study focused on predicting the intention and adoption of environmentally friendly entrepreneurial activities. This study used cross-sectional design and collected quantitative data from 380 rural households through a structured interview. Findings revealed...

Unlabelled: While the public sector authorities and governments struggle to ensure socioeconomic balance at all levels of society, social entrepreneurship is widely known as the optimum solution to societal issues, such as unemployment, social disparities, and ecological imbalances. Despite the fact that the younger generation holds the highest po...

Despite tons of studies on Islamic banking (IB) behavior, there is a lack of understanding of the Millennial generation's attitude to and subjective norms surrounding Islamic banking, as well as of their behavioral intention toward Islamic banking. Therefore, the present study investigates the influence of the Millennial generation's attitude and s...

Energy conservation is a necessary form of green behaviour, as energy production and consumption gravely affect the climate. The current study aimed to explore energy conservation behaviour among Chinese households based on the value-belief-norm framework. This study used a cross-sectional design and collected quantitative data from 1671 respondent...

The world is witnessing an increasing number of senior adult residents who experience health issues. Healthcare innovation facilitates monitoring the health conditions of senior adults and reducing the burden on healthcare institutions. The study explored the effect of health improvement expectancy, effort expectancy, price value, perceived vulnera...

Background Social media addiction, a recently emerged term in medical science, has attracted the attention of researchers because of its significant physical and psychological effects on its users. The issue has attracted more attention during the COVID era because negative emotions (e.g., anxiety and fear) generated from the COVID pandemic may hav...

The purpose of this research is to investigate the mediating role of farmers’ adaptive capacity between adaptation practices and economic, social, natural, technological, and institutional limitations. A survey questionnaire was employed to collect data, which was subsequently analysed using PLS-Structural Equation Modelling. The entire population...

Small to medium-sized enterprises suffer from loss of competitive advantage, low productivity , and poor performance because of inadequate competencies. Therefore, the primary objective of this study was to examine the effect of selected motivational dimensions (i.e., self-improvement, self-confidence, openness to change, pull factors, and the need...

The tax system provides the necessary financial resources to a country’s administration to use the collected resources for the welfare of the general public and the development of general infrastructure. Therefore, compliance with the prevailing tax system is necessary for a country’s political and administrative system to survive. The current stud...

Innovative technologies are paving the way for the online purchase of products and services. The COVID-19 also harness online shopping and hotel booking in the post-COVID-19 era. Online hotel booking is becoming the norm among young consumers. The six determinants of the intention to use online hotel booking platforms (OHBPs) are information qualit...

The persistent rise of pandemics across the globe in recent times has led to the prescription of several collaborative preventive strategies to reduce the effect that the pandemic has on public health. Consistent monitoring and surveillance appear to be the only available approach to detecting and classifying the issues of public health threats. Gl...