Sarmila Md Sum

• PH.D in Corporate Social Responsibility and Community Development
• University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi

This paper focuses on examining the relationship among organizational factor, work-related factor, psychological factor, personal factor and the commitment of oil palm smallholders toward Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification. The study employed a descriptive research methodology and a structured survey instrument to gather data from...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Aktiviti berbelanja di bandar menjadi semakin mencabar kerana kos sara hidup yang semakin meningkat dari semasa ke semasa. Hal ini secara tidak langsung mewujudkan pilihan gaya hidup mengikut kemampuan dan kehendak setiap individu. Keadaan ini seterusnya membuatkan belia di bandar perlu memilih sama ada hendak menjalani gaya hidup berjimat, bergaya...

Community-based ecotourism enables community participation to achieve effective sustainable management while also fostering environmental well-being and community development. Fraser's Hill is a well-known ecotourism travel destination located in the Pahang state highlands in Malaysia. This study aims to examine the impact of development on the com...

Financial fragility is an important issue in the well-being of individuals. Previous studies have shown that many young people are vulnerable to financial fragility. To add value to previous findings, the issue of financial fragility was focused on single youths in the middle-income group (M40) in urban areas. The objective of the study was to dete...

Performance can be affected by various factors that differ across organisational contexts. This study aims to identify and describe the catalyst and constraint factors for agriculture cooperative performance based on top management perspectives. Structured interviews were used to gather data from six informants, who were board members of their resp...

Meneliti kepada ekosistem perusahaan sosial, modal sosial rantaian dianggap sebagai keperluan utama bagi memastikan kestabilan sesebuah perusahaan sosial. Justeru itu, modal sosial melalui tindakan kolektif komuniti penting dalam perusahaan sosial yang mana menjadi faktor pemangkin kejayaan sebuah perusahaan. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk meneliti se...

Social enterprise is a model of solving various problems through its enterprise elements that are widely applied by the whole world to develop the well-being of the global community. This situation also makes this social enterprise can contribute to a community through the goals developed in the social enterprise. However, how well does this enterp...

Sustainability certification schemes were introduced to the palm oil industry as a response to address the negative environmental and social impacts associated with the development of this industry. The first certification scheme for palm oil, the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), was established in 2004, followed by other non-governmental...

The purpose of this paper is to validate the mediating effect of management capability/capabilities (MC) on the relationships between intellectual capital (IC) and cooperative members’ participation (MP) and the cooperatives' financial and non-financial performance. The major aim is to examine the effect of MC in mediating the relationship between...

Cooperatives’ unique characteristics can lead to different ways of understanding performance. This study aims to comprehend the concept of performance within the smallholder cooperative setting and according to the pragmatic understanding of top management. This study employs a qualitative research design that involves structured interviews with re...

Entrepreneurship education holds great value for all students of science, technology, mission work, social work, healthcare, and education. It also serves as a great incubator for the types of creative, innovative ideas of our students and the global needs in the 21st century where combining entrepreneurship syllabus and exposure of the fourth indu...

Environmental corporate social responsibility (ECSR) is corporate business sustainability for the future and a noble ethical that fosters social, economic and environmental well‐being (EWB) of the community. Based on environmental protection and management, the Indonesian mining company is obliged to mitigate and conserve the surrounding environmen...

Mining is an important industry in Indonesia. A nickel mining company has operated for almost 45 years. It has managed corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes in the neighbouring local community. In addition to the environmental conservation and mitigation, as well as socioeconomic enhancement, the CSR is expected to nurture resilience in...

Entrepreneurship education plays a crucial role in higher education to increase student’s interests and capability of having an entrepreneurial mindset. This study aims to evaluate student’s perception of their institution, instructors and themselves towards entrepreneurship education to inform gamification design of entrepreneurship education in t...

Abstrak Penglibatan masyarakat dalam organisasi koperasi bukan sahaja dapat membantu mereka untuk mendapat manfaat ekonomi tetapi juga memberi ruang kepada aktiviti sosial yang dijalankan oleh pihak koperasi. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menilai sumbangan sosial yang diberikan oleh Koperasi Penanaman Sawit Mampan terhadap ahli komuniti pekebun kecil...

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...

Most universities have developed entrepreneurial learning known as academic entrepreneurship (AE) by introducing entrepreneur-related courses for cross-discipline students. In order to increase student’s opportunities in developing business skills, Institute of Higher Education (IPT) in Malaysia encourages entrepreneurial program in higher academic...

The growth of entrepreneurship in Malaysia and the number of enterprises being created in the last decade are evidence of sheer amount and variety of supporting mechanisms and policies established by the government. These include funding, physical infrastructure, trade advisory and support, and entrepreneurship education to ensure that challenges i...

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...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine potential determinants of halal perception and to validate the mediating model of halal perception on purchasing decision of Malaysian consumers. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a survey to obtain the relevant data. The survey involved self-administration of questionnaires to 420 consumer...

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...

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...

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...

Similar to the indigenous peoples in other countries, the Bidayuh community in Serian, Sarawak are relaying totally on the natural resources in practicing the traditional way of life. The relationship between the community and the customary land is a unique and complex relationship. This is because land is the heart and the identity of the Bidayuh...

This paper is part of the Financial Well-Being Research among the Public Sector Workers in Malaysia, carried out in 2008. The paper seeks to identify the husbands’ and wives’ financial decision making in a dual-income families. The unit of analysis is the individual, either the husband or the wife. A total of 415 respondents was included in this an...

Abstrak Pelancongan lestari bertujuan mengurangkan kesan ekologi dan sosiobudaya kepada masyarakat setempat. Kini, pelancongan lestari semakin popular dan menjadi amalan kebanyakan negara di dunia. Persepsi pelancong terhadap pelancongan lestari juga boleh memberi impak terhadap sesuatu destinasi pelancongan. Justeru, objektif utama artikel ini ada...

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...

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...

Abstrak Label halal ke atas produk makanan semakin diberi perhatian oleh pengguna di Malaysia, terutamanya pengguna beragama Islam. Namun sejauhmana pengguna mengetahui dan memahami konsep halal masih boleh dibincangkan. Justeru, kertas ini akan mengenalpasti persepsi halal dalam kalangan pengguna di Malaysia. Kajian masih di peringkat awal dan han...

Abstrak Artikel ini bertujuan mengenal pasti tahap kesejahteraan kewangan pekerja yang berkahwin dalam sektor awam di Malaysia. Sampel kajian terdiri daripada pekerja dalam sektor awam yang telah berkahwin dengan tumpuan khas kepada pekerja dalam keluarga dwi-pendapatan. Unit analisis adalah individu, sama ada suami atau isteri. Sejumlah 415 respon...

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...

This paper will present part of research project funding UKM-GGPM-CMNB-144-2010. This study intent to discuss the level of financial well-being among women teachers. The focus objective of this study in measuring levels of financial well-being and also identify the socio economic factors that influence the level of financial well-being of the teach...

Abstrak Tanggungjawab Sosial Korporat (CSR) adalah salah suatu bentuk inisiatif dan strategi yang dilaksanakan oleh syarikat bagi menghubungkan syarikat korporat dengan masyarakat awam. Pelbagai contoh inisiatif CSR telah dilaksanakan oleh syarikat korporat. Ini merangkumi usaha memperbaiki keadaan tempat berkerja, pemasaran pruduk, pemuliharaan al...

Abstrak Syarikat korporat melalui inisiatif Tanggungjawab Sosial Korporat (TSK) telah dikenal pasti sebagai salah satu penyumbang kepada program pembangunan komuniti. Justeru itu berbagai-bagai usaha telah dilaksanakan bagi menggalakkan inisiatif ini. Namun begitu sejauh manakah inisiatif TSK dapat menyumbang kepada pembangunan ekonomi komuniti? Ar...