Novel Lyndon

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | ukm · School of Social, Development and Environment Studies

Produktiviti merupakan faktor penting untuk memastikan output yang optimum. Dalam industri kelapa sawit, produktiviti buruh memainkan peranan penting untuk memastikan kelestrarian pengeluaran hasil kelapa sawit mencapai sasaran. Sarawak yang merupakan negeri utama penyumbang industri kelapa sawit di Malaysia terpaksa berhadapan dengan masalah kekur...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has evolved from a health crisis into a humanitarian and economic one. The most vulnerable community is the urban poor with high sensitivity in income, unemployment, and costs of living. This study examined the role of public agencies, inclusive networks, and local leaders in restoring the resilience...

Scavengers are prone to various health problems, hence seeking healthcare is inevitable. Despite the importance of the help-seeking behavior of scavengers, it has not been addressed explicitly in the existing literature. Addressing this gap, this study intends to explore the help-seeking behavior of scavengers and to identify the factors that influ...

The Kelantan Peranakan Chinese community is a sub-ethnic group that is rich in traditional practices and is maintained to this day. Women from these minorities still practice various traditional practices, especially in the aspects of skin health and beauty care. The effects of migration and urbanization have caused this traditional practice to bec...

With advancements in technology, social media has revolutionised the way farmers communicate, resulting in an increased level of shared agricultural knowledge. Therefore, this study investigates social media literacy among oil palm smallholders in East Malaysia and the association with oil palm integration practices. A survey of 194 respondents was...

Bidang formal yang terbaik adalah bidang pendidikan yang berupaya untuk meningkatkan kualiti dan kesejahteraan hidup melalui pembangunan diri seterusnya mencorakkan masa hadapan individu itu sendiri. Justeru, sistem pendidikan yang mapan mampu untuk menarik minat anak-anak Orang Asli untuk meneruskan proses pembelajaran awal mereka di sekolah renda...

The Malaysian palm oil industry faces many challenges, especially in agricultural technology at the plantation level because smallholders have trouble getting detailed information and the latest data on the palm oil industry issues. More efficient extension services are needed in meeting the need to increase knowledge. Information and Communication...

Hubungan jaringan sosial merupakan satu strategi perniagaan yang tersulamnya proses sosial melalui hubungan interaksi dalam aktiviti perniagaan. Justeru, isu utama kajian ini ialah sejauh mana hubungan jaringan sosial menghasilkan nilai jaringan yang membantu kelangsungan hidup dan daya saing perusahaan kecil dan sederhana milik orang Melayu. Kajia...

Background: Globally, suicide is regarded as an immoral behavior and can be considered a criminal act in some societies. Sociological narrative views suicide not only as a result of mental illness suffered by the individuals but may also be caused by the social environment and other risk factors. Purpose: The objective of this study is to examin...

Communications technology has played an important role in the dissemination of information to the public. This information includes the dissemination on self-efficacy photographic images which transmitted in various forms. Internet is also called as a tool to convince the public of an event. However, not all information obtained from social media i...

Artikel ini membincangkan mengenai faedah keterlibatan dalam e-sukan terhadap belia. Umum mengetahui bahawa belia adalah golongan yang paling ramai terlibat di dalam industri e-sukan di seluruh dunia. Penglibatan belia yang ramai ini semestinya didorong oleh beberapa faktor penyebab seperti minat dalam permainan video, pengaruh rakan sebaya dan mer...

With massive forced displacement, hosting refugees has become one of the leading concerns for developing countries like Pakistan. In the given context, this article is an attempt to unfold the nature of the relationship between the Afghan refugees and their Punjabi host community. To understand, describe, and interpret the essence of the refugees'...

Sawit (Elaeis guineensis Jacq), tanaman asli yang berasal dari Afrika Barat yang menghasilkan minyak sayuran tropika paling produktif di seluruh dunia. Pada awal tahun 1870an, pihak British telah membawa baka sawit daripada Afrika ke Malaysia sebagai tanaman hiasan. Seorang pedagang Perancis, Henri Fauconnier bertanggungjawab menanam sawit pertama...

ABSTRAK Populariti pengeluaran minyak sawit adalah sangat luar biasa. Sekitar 10 peratus daripada kegiatan pertanian dan perladangan dunia merupakan kawasan tanaman kelapa sawit global. Malah, 85% pengeluaran minyak sawit dihasilkan di Malaysia dan Indonesia. Minyak sawit juga telah meningkatkan pendapatan penduduk di kedua-dua buah negara, terutam...

Pengamalan budaya organisasi di dalam konteks organisasi Islam melalui Sistem Perbankan Islam khususnya adalah merupakan manifestasi pertumbuhan semula asas nilai-nilai Islam di dalam bank-bank Islam. Institusi perbankan Islam ialah organisasi yang terlibat secara langsung dalam pelaksanaan Sistem Perbankan Islam (SPI) dan mempunyai peranan yang un...

Organizations are built from the essence of many cultures, divisions, professions, functions and roles, employees, management and hierarchy. Collective activities within the organization function continuously with the division of work and the hierarchy of authority to achieve the goals set by the organization. Culture is a mode of thinking, values,...

Refugees are considered one of the vulnerable groups of society. Generally, they face discrimination, isolation, marginalization, and rejection from residents and authorities of the host country. This paper is an attempt to understand lived experiences of Afghan refugee scavengers in reference to their relationship with authorities in Pakistan. The...

Studies on elders decision to move to different congregated living arrangements in the developed nations have been conducted extensively. As the elders' view is perennially significant in qualitative approach, this article emphasises the reasons of elders' move to Jeram Pondok, an alternative congregated living arrangement which has been establishe...

The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been identified as an early concept that provides a platform for corporations and community relationship. It is also being discussed that through CSR initiatives corporations would be able to assist in community development efforts. However, to achieve this objective, CSR strategies were requ...

Food supplies in the agricultural sector rely heavily on small farmers. Technology transfer in the agricultural sector is crucial to ensure the livelihoods of small farmers and thereby guarantee stable food supplies. To meet this need, the palm oil guidance and advisory centre, managed by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), has assumed responsibil...

Undoubtedly, the 2013 Malaysia’s general election campaign marked to have significantly increased in budget, and much was contributed to advertising. The general election 2013 was noted to be among the most interesting campaign, with salient competitive campaign among the two coalition political parties. This research aims at analyzing the 2013 pol...

This study attempts to analyse the extent to which integration in oil palm will continue to be practised by the smallholders and the extent to which integration will be able to increase their income. Data from a total of 140 oil palm smallholders were analysed in this study, using descriptive statistics. The findings show that the majority of the s...

The social structure of society can be considered as a network of interdependence between individuals and eventually will become an important network in the success of a community development program. Accordingly, the main focus of this study was to examine the role of opinion leaders in spreading the innovation of planting oil palm among youth. Th...

Sektor pertanian dunia kini berusaha ke arah penggunaan sumber secara lestari dan produktiviti tinggi. Industri sawit yang dimajukan sejak empat dekad lalu kini menjadi penyumbang utama sektor pertanian dan kesejahteraan rakyat negara. Namun tanaman kelapa sawit juga tidak terkecuali supaya dibangunkan secara lestari. Pelbagai usaha telah dilaksana...

The development of the palm oil industry has contributed significantly to the export of the agricultural sector and rural livelihoods. In order to enhance the wellbeing of smallholders and the country's exports competitiveness, the palm oil productivity needs to be improved. Palm oil smallholders have to turn to new farming and harvesting technolog...

ABSTRAK Industri sawit yang dimajukan sejak empat dekad lalu telah menjadi penyumbang utama sektor pertanian dan kesejahteraan rakyat negara. Sebagai usaha untuk meningkatkan penjanaan pendapatan eksport negara, maka produktiviti pekebun kecil sawit persendirian perlu ditingkatkan. Jesteru itu, pekebun kecil sawit perlu mengubah amalan pertanian me...

Industri sawit yang dimajukan sejak empat dekad lalu telah menjadi penyumbang utama sektor pertanian dan kesejahteraan rakyat negara. Sebagai usaha untuk meningkatkan penjanaan pendapatan eksport negara, maka produktiviti pekebun kecil sawit persendirian perlu ditingkatkan. Jesteru itu, pekebun kecil sawit perlu mengubah amalan pertanian mereka kep...

Abstrak Orang tengah telah lama wujud dalam rantaian pengeluaran pekebun kecil kelapa sawit. Makalah ini bertujuan menghurai secara sistematik fenomena orang tengah dengan meneliti bentuk perhubungan pekebun-orang tengah dan peranan yang dilaksanakan oleh orang tengah. Kajian rintis ini menggunakan metod temubual secara berkumpulan (perbincangan ku...

Isu utama kajian ini ialah untuk memahami makna budaya organisasi Islam menurut pandangan para pekerja Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (BIMB). Kajian dijalankan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif iaitu melibatkan temu bual mendalam. Sejumlah sepuluh informan iaitu lima informan dalam kalangan kumpulan pegawai dan lima informan lagi dalam kalangan kumpula...

Abstrak Tanah adat merupakan aset penting dan sangat bernilai kepada komuniti Bidayuh. Justeru, artikel ini cuba untuk memahami nilai terhadap tanah adat dan hubungannya ke atas ekonomi dan sosio-budaya daripada perspektif komuniti Bidayuh.Kajian dilaksanakan di Daerah Serian, Sarawak. Data dikutip menggunakan borang soal selidik yang turut disokon...

The national palm industry is greatly assisted by the production of the smallholding planters. Production on a land size of less than 100 hectares causes the output that is produced to not exceed the fixed target set by agencies such as the Malaysia Palm Oil Board (MPOB). In the district of Lahad Datu, Sabah, the target production as set by the Mal...

The issue of ownership needs for NCR land (Native Customary Rights Land) is a common matter that often becomes a dispute between communities and development agencies. The understanding of native communities and development agencies on the meaning of customary land boundaries are slightly different among each other. This issue arises because there i...

Social network is a very important aspect for the farmers to find the customers, finding a good offer price, finding a wide market and dominates the local market of their products. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to examine the types of social network used by these farmers in finding market. This study was conducted at District of...

Gender issues have always been the centre of attention when it comes to the study of farming activities in rural areas.This article aims to study the task division amongst the Iban men and women farmers in the dry rice paddy fields by the coast of Kuala Tatau, Sarawak. The method chosen in the course of this study was the qualitative research metho...

Customary land forms an important asset and are very valuable to the Bidayuh community. Hence, this article attempts to understand the cultural construct of customary land and its relationship to the economic and social dimension from the perspective of Bidayuh community. This study was undertaken in the District of Serian, Sarawak. Data were colle...

The constructions of ethnic minority group identity are often overshadowed by the majority group. The main objective of this study is to understand the nature of language and cultural identity desired by the ethnic minority group. This study used the phenomenological research paradigm that focuses on understanding the Malay ethnic group of Southern...

Social network is a step or an effort to remain competitive with other manufacturers in the agricultural activities. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to examine the types of social networks used by the Chinese farmers in the marketing and finding the best price for their agricultural products. The idealist ontology and epistemology in...

Through the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, companies are expected to contribute towards community development, particularly in enhancing the economic well being of the local community. This paper will discuss on the experience of local farmers community that has been involved in a CSR project by a multinasional company in collab...

This study focuses on the institutional constraints that prevent the Orang Asli (Indigenous People) from defending the ownership rights of their land. The emphasis on an institutional constraint is only focused on the elements of formal provisions such as Orang Asli land law. Analysis based on the use of institutional approach has found that there...

Empowerment exists and naturalized into the human self as an impetus to improve themselves through potential, power growth and authority. The success of empowerment will improve the competitiveness and reduce the level of dependency of the communities and individuals towards the government and the country. Therefore, the main objective of this stud...

Public as a whole have different abilities in interpretation on the text media. Therefore, each issue necessary documentary media texts especially true delivery so as not to cause confusion in the interpretation of the message. In line with the rapid pace of information technology to make all information more easily accessible lead the audience (es...

The main objective of the institute of higher learning is to produce students who are excellence in academic, innovative and prepared to face any challenges. Besides learning various disciplines of knowledge they also participate in campus politics. This article analyses the factors which form student political behavior on the campus and strategy u...

Previous studies have focussed on the meaning of old age as conducted from the quantitative approach. Thus the primary emphasis of this article is the perception of elderly individuals who resided in Pondok Jeram, an alternative congregated living arrangement which was established for the propagation of Islamic teaching and learning on old age. The...

Every individual and ethnic group in the universe has unique identity based upon their unique personality characteristic. In the past owing to wars in the country there has not been any rigorous study concerning the issue. The main objective of this study is to understand the views of the Hazara youths, in respect of the identity of the Hazara ethn...

Kajian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif berkenaan budaya organisasi korporat Islam di Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (BIMB). Budaya organisasi dilihat dengan menggunakan kerangka kajian Lawson dan Zheng Shen (1998) serta Taylor dan Bowers (1972) tentang organisasi dan budaya organisasi. Secara umumnya, tujuan kajian adalah untuk meneliti budaya organis...

ABSTRAK Kertas ini adalah sebahagian daripada hasil penyelidikan " kesejahteraan kewangan dalam kalangan pekerja sektor awam di Malaysia 2008. Kertas ini bertujuan mengenalpasti pola pembuatan keputusan kewangan antara suami dan isteri berbangsa Melayu dalam keluarga dwi-pendapatan. Pembuatan keputusan kewangan dalam kajian ini merujuk kepada autor...

Abstrak Orang Ulu merupakan komuniti minoriti di Sarawak yang mempunyai adat resam dan budaya yang unik dan menarik. Dari sudut lokasi geografi pilihan raya, majoriti mereka tinggal dan sebagai pengundi di 4 kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Sarawak iaitu Belaga, Ba'kelalan, Telang Usan dan Batu Danau yang berkedudukan di bahagian tengah, timur d...

While issues relating to globalization and cross-border cooperation in political, economic and trade contexts have been discussed and explored extensively across both developed and developing nations, not much has been discussed on the role of media in enhancing cooperation between nations. Media institutions, which encompassed both electronic medi...

Bagi masyarakat pribumi di Sarawak, tanah merupakan sumber yang amat penting demi kelangsungan hidup mereka. Kerananya, isu pemilikan dan persempadanan tanah NCR (Native Customary Rights Land) sering kali menjadi punca pertelingkahan antara komuniti suku kaum asli di negeri tersebut. Oleh yang demikian artikel ini bertujuan untuk membincangkan konf...

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is said to boost the economic growth of the host country and FDI also is one of the factors that contribute to regional disparities because FDI typically tend to focus on the areas that offer economic advantages compared to those areas of backward regions. This study aimed to investigate the effect of FDI on economic...

The Western Civilization has contributed so much effort to academic realm. However, the focus of contribution is mainly to the general process of knowledge construction without looking particularly into important aspects of it. This article examines the use of Latin Language in three disciplines, science, social science and humanities. This study a...

This paper examines the competition faced by small-scale general store and textile retailing in an island town in Malaysia. The study was carried out in Labuan Town in Labuan Island of East Malaysia. A qualitative research design was utilized, involving primarily interview data which were collected from 12 in-depth interviews with 6 sundry and gene...

The issues of poverty among the Penan communities are often associated with the development policies and government policies that are too forward thinking and living experience that goes beyond the Penan community understands on quality of life. Accordingly, the main objective of this study is to examine the concept of quality of life based on the...

Property market efficiency in terms of adequate supply of land for proper use will have a strong impact on the value of urban real estate. Land supply plays an important role in providing space for housing which also includes meeting the demands of the commercial and industrial sectors. Hence, the distribution of urban land for development will aff...

This study focuses on the various factors that encourage the practice of family planning for rural communities in Malaysia. Family planning program is a modern alternative for married couples in determining the desired number of children in a family in addition to helping women obtain optimal health with birth intervals exist. It is associated in t...

The main objective of this study is to get a clear understanding of the quality of life of the Bidayuh community through the world view of the Bidayuh community. The clear understanding of the concept of quality of life from the world-view of Bidayuh community will give an accurate development and a proper community development program for this com...

Dual-career families in Malaysia began with the influx of women into the workplace. The involvement of women in the labor market became more apparent after independence. In 1985, the Government of Malaysia formulated the National Policy on Women as a guide for women's participation in the development process. The stature of women became a primary o...

This study researches an experiential and narration-oriented of historiography of an event in Malaysia, the Malayan Union 1946. The Malayan Union was introduced by the British just immediately after the end of the Second World War, the ending of Japanese Occupation in Malaya. In October, 1945, the British announced a bold decision to end their indi...

This study focuses on the various factors that led to the ideal child ownership among Malay women in the state of Terengganu who have undergone marriage. Direct ownership of children is associated with a woman's fertility level and pattern of population growth in a sample area. The main data for this study are based on various reports of population...

This research aims to unveil the royal agenda issues on the documentary ‘Jungle Green Khaki Brown: Malaya's fight against terrorism’. ‘Jungle Green Khaki Brown: Malaya's fight against terrorism’ is a documentary that members devote to his struggle againstcommunist terrorists safety. Every aspect of the documentary is to be visualized representation...

Teachers play an important role for teaching science process skills in class through planning and arranging learning activities and teaching how to reach scientific information. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the teaching aproaches used in the teaching and learning process of a science class are able to provide the opportunity...

This paper aims to identify the pattern of financial behavior among female teachers in Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor. A total of 325 female teachers was involved in the study. Questionnaires were used in the survey to collect data. Data on questions relating to socioeconomic background, financial knowledge and financial behavior were gathered. The fi...

Previous studies shows that the failure of community development in Malaysia always related with two aspects such as the emphasis on top-down approach which is the centralization of power without the active participation of community members and also a limited understanding of the needs and aspirations of the local people. Therefore the main object...

Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) initiatives by the corporations are playing increasingly significant role in the effort of contributing to community development particularly in the developing country. The international prominence of the initiatives in this area can be traced to the objectives of Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) that establi...

Malaysia is a multi-ethnic country comprising three main ethnics, namely Malay, Chinese and Indian. As one of the multi-ethnic countries, construction of nation state becomes the government's crucial agenda. After Malaysia achieved independence, the first endeavor towards integrity was uniting political parties, explicitly United Malay National Org...

The main economic resources of customary community is farming, therefore it is not surprising if the soil is the most important thing to them. The lineage of Minangkabau's mother system could work properly if there is land for farming. Thus, the customary community is encouraged to strive for the land because the community of 'perpatih' custom is k...

Modernization and capitalist penetration in developing countries have impacted rural communities differently. The Penan natives who are settled in the peripheral and isolated areas close to the forest are on the receiving end of development. Often authority-defined development discourse has been dominant but lay-defined discourse provides an altern...

The main focus of this research is on the relationship between the perception of empowerment conceptualised by the administrative agents or the government (macro level structure) with the perception of empowerment constructed from the world-view of the native community itself (micro-level structure). This is a theoretical gap to be explored in this...

Abstrak Lata Jarum terletak di Daerah Raub, Pahang merupakan sebuah destinasi ekopelancongan yang dapat menarik pelancong dengan keindahan hutan semulajadi yang kaya dengan khazanah flora dan fauna. Ekopelancongan ialah pelancongan yang memberi impak minimum serta menyumbang kepada pengekalan habitat dan spesies hidupan secara langsung dan tidak la...

Abstrak Proses pembangunan pusat membeli-belah di Lembah Klang telah bermula sejak awal tahun 1960-an. Namun, sehingga penghujung tahun 1970-an, pola perletakan pusat ini hanya tertumpu di Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur sahaja. Kepadatan penduduk Kuala Lumpur telah menjadi salah satu faktor penting yang mempengaruhi penumpuan tersebut. Menggunaka...

Abstrak Taman Rekreasi Air Panas (TRAP) FELDA Residence Hot Springs Sungai Klah, Sungkai terletak di pedalaman FELDA, merupakan destinasi ekopelancongan baru berasaskan alam semula jadi iaitu sumber mata air panas dan air gunung yang diuruskan oleh Plantation Resort Sdn.Bhd (PRSB). Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti potensi Taman Rekreasi Air...