Subramaniam Sri Ramalu

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• Doctor of Philosophy
• Professor at Northern University of Malaysia

Purpose This study is the maiden attempt to understand the influence of four specific sources of employee support (SES), on the life insurance agents’ retention (AR) with the mediation of felt obligation (FO) in the context of the life insurance industry. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a quantitative methodology and used the partia...

This paper investigates the affects of Big Five personality and its dimensions on expatriate job performance. Based on sample of 332 expatriates working in Malaysia, personality factor found to be a significant determinant of expatriate job performance in international assignments. Specifically, the results of this study reveal that expatriates in...

This paper investigates the affects of dynamic intercultural competency of cultural intelligence and itsdimensions on expatriate job performance. Based on sample of 332 expatriates working in Malaysia, culturalintelligence found to be a vital intercultural competency that facilitates expatriates job performance ininternational assignments. Specific...

This paper investigates the affects of Big Five personality and its dimensions on expatriate cross-cultural adjustment. Based on sample of 332 expatriates working in Malaysia, personality factor found to be a significant determinant of expatriate cross-cultural adjustment in international assignments. Specifically, the results of this study reveal...

The present study examines Organizational Health (OH) for the definition that has been inexplicably characterized and about whose significance has been a high level of variability in academician’s and practitioners understanding hitherto. The purpose of this paper is to develop constructs and factors influencing OH within the context of the system...

Many policies and regulations have been made by Indonesian Government to enhance the quality of graduates in higher education. Numerous programs have been launched to build the mentality and business awareness of university students such as National Science Fair (PIMNAS), Student Entrepreneur Program (PMW), Student Creativity Program (PKM), Busines...

It is an eye opening scenario that Malaysia turned to be one of the major producer and exporter of palm oil. Malaysia has witnessed a dazzling growth of 10.06% of its production recently from 4.05 million hectares in 2005 in an area of 54,000 hectares. Further, the production has enlarged from 94,000 tons in 1960 to 15 million tons in 2005, or by a...

Oil palm plantations are decisively situated in the various regions of Malaysia where the climatic conditions are appropriate for planting oil palm. One cannot compare the work environment of such plantations with normal office settings. The workers in those plantations are working in remote locations, totally cut off from the other part of the wor...

Entrepreneurial world is trying their best level to attract university graduates across the world. Indonesian culture is still very colonial view that the status of employment is more respectable than being an entrepreneur. In addition, people often perceive that a university degree is much better and more important than a person's ability or skill...

This study establishes the factors influencing Organisational Health (OH), leading to the development of anempirical measurement instrument. Despite the fact that a few firms have understood the significance ofmeasuring health, they mostly do not know precisely what to measure, because of an absence of understandingof what constitutes a set of orga...

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to provide a framework to enhance the understanding of factors that influence the turnover rate among high performers in an organization. The focus of this proposed conceptual framework is the study of the relationship between leadership style, organizational citizenship behaviour, and dysfunctional turnover....

Purpose Recent advances in coaching technology enhanced its accessibility and affordability for a broader population. In the imposing growth of economy and the demand for extensive coaching intervention for executives, artificial intelligence (AI)-based coaching is one of the possible solutions. While the evidence of AI coaching effectiveness is ex...

Executive coaching intervention is undergoing tangible changes, primarily due to and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to systematically review the evidence regarding the determinants of executive coaching effectiveness. Particular attention is paid to aspects of coaching digitalization and new technologies and approaches that coaching p...

Unlike expatriation and repatriation, little is known about re-expatriation phenomenon especially the reasons why repatriates develop a re-expatriation intention after their return from abroad. Drawing on Push-Pull Theory, Theory of Family System and Expectancy Violation Theory, this study aims to examine the direct and indirect effects of host cou...

The migration of talents from one country to another has become a growing concern worldwide. It has been argued that the home country’s economic, political, and social push factors drive the intention to migrate among its talents. This study aims to investigate the direct and indirect effects of home country’s economic (financial difficulties, econ...

Sustainable Land Management (SLM) plays a crucial role in mitigating land degradation and fostering food security. While previous research has primarily concentrated on SLM's scientific application, there remains a lack of insight into the specific challenges encountered in agroforestry practices. Addressing this knowledge gap, our qualitative rese...

Objective: Cybersecurity threats are a growing concern around the world. Research found that the weakest element in the cybersecurity chain is that of the human. The use of security technologies failed to address the problem in instances where employees engage in activities that place themselves and the company at risk. Hence, the role human factor...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between servant leadership and retention of IT professionals with the presence of job embeddedness as a mediating factor. 300 IT professionals employed in five ICT companies participated in this study. The data was collected using the survey method. It is found that job embeddedness mediates...

Public-sector services have an economic as well as a political role in Sri Lanka. They deliver services that promote justice, development and democratic law and policy, helping the reconstruction of the country after its long civil war (1983–2009). However, the sector is considered relatively inebcient, preventing the public from reaping the optimu...

This chapter discusses the emergence of a new category of expatriates, namely self-initiated expatriates. In particular, the demand for self-initiated academic expatriates has increased tremendously over the years in tandem with the globalization of the higher education sector across the globe. Hence, this chapter aims to provide greater understand...

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine the influence of home country economics push factors on the intention to migrate among professionals, the mediating effect of psychological distress. Methodology: This paper explores the effect of home country economics push factors on intention to migrate through previous literature. Results: This st...

Indonesian Islamic banks should strengthen their legitimacy in the eyes of stakeholders. For this reason, they must satisfy the stakeholders' expectations. Consequently, stakeholder identification is crucial. Previous studies have classified stakeholders of Indonesian Islamic banks into seven types. However, with the increase in the number of Islam...

Although qualitative research becomes more widely accepted, however, its role in management studies is still underrepresented. This is because qualitative research requires an understanding of philosophy, terminology and theories which often presents conflicting perspectives. However, it should be noted that various qualitative research approaches...

This study focuses on the role of High Impact Entrepreneurship Educational Practices (HIEEP) in turning students from job seekers into job creators. The main objective of this study is to examine the direct and indirect effects of the Entrepreneurship Internship Program, Business Incubation Program and Entrepreneurial Supportive Environment on Entr...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the direct and indirect effects of authentic leadership on organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) with the presence of psychological capital as a mediating factor. Design/methodology/approach This quantitative research was conducted among 396 front-line employees in six public sector organization...

The manufacturing sector in Malaysia is categorized as one of the dangerous work sectors with a high accident record. The use of heavy machinery, unsafe working conditions, and hazardous materials handling is among the causes of many work-related accidents recorded among factory workers. In addition, the lack of safety training and low safety manag...

Purpose of the study: This study is carried out to examine the effects of High Impact Entrepreneurship Educational Practices (HIEEPs) namely Entrepreneurship Internship Program, Business Incubation Program and Entrepreneurial Supportive Environment on Entrepreneurial Self-Employment among business school students from three public Higher Education...

Corruption is a form of dishonesty or criminal offence, which more likely is undertaken by a person or organization with a position of authority. Indeed, slowly it becomes a risk which crucial to be managed properly as it has the potential to affect the outcome with an element of compromised eventually.In curbing the developmental risk of corruptio...

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an integrated software package which has been adopted extensively by numerous organizations to survive in this technology-driven era. There are several studies that have investigated the critical factors for the success of ERP. However, some organizations are facing issues to get the desired benefits even after...

Cultural intelligence (CQ) has received considerable research attention in studies on expatriates. However, most of the studies on this have been conducted on business expatriates, neglecting other types of expatriates, such as self-initiated expatriate academics. The growing number of expatriate academics taking up faculty positions in universitie...

The purpose of the present research is to investigate the influence of green supply chain management practices on the operational performance of the textile manufacturing industry in Pakistan. The study analyzed three main determinants of green supply chain management practices, i.e., green purchasing, eco-design and environmental cooperation with...

This study examines the influence of enterprise resource planning (ERP) quality dimensions on organizational performance using the theoretical lens of dynamic capability theory by taking business process change capability as a mediator in the relationship of ERP system quality dimensions and Organizational Performance. Respondents were information...

This study examines the value of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in the industrial sector including the manufacturing, service and retail organizations in Pakistan. The Research model is based on the resource-based view (RBV) theory by linking ERP use, collaboration as an ERP capability and ERP value, where collaboration mediates the...

measurement of reliability and validity of OCBE and authentic leadership

Measurement model of the Authentic leadership and OCBE

Much of the scholarly concentration on leadership behaviours and the effect of this leadership dichotomy on various organizational and individual outcomes stems from the extensive belief that it improve the efficiency and the effectiveness of the organization. However, more research studies on authentic leadership and organizational Citizenship Beh...

This paper reports the procedure ofthe assessment of measurement model and the structural model of the reflective constructs by using newly origin second generation multivariate statistical technique of PLS-SEM(Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Model). As a conceptual paper, it highlighted the differences between the concepts of covariance...

Much of the scholarly concentration on leadership behaviours and the effect of this leadership dichotomy on various organizational and individual outcomes stems from the extensive belief that it improve the efficiency and the effectiveness of the organization. However, more research studies on authentic leadership and organizational Citizenship Beh...

The ultimate goal of any service industry is to provide quality services to its customers. Applying industry models of supply chain management in higher education institutions (HEIs), this study aims to examine the impact of various resources on expatriate academics' outcomes. Internationalisation of higher education sector has created the need to...

Festival has been a good medium to boost tourism. It attracts tourist locally and internationally to a certain destination. Thus, it catalysts the growth of tourism sector of the destination. In Malaysia, there are various festivals celebrated every year. Several vital aspects of festivals are service quality, perceived value, trust, destination lo...

In the pace of globalization, the recruitment of academic self-initiated expatriates is a common phenomenon. Little is known on the factors influence their performance. Using a sample of 114 self-initiated academic expatriates employed in HEIs in northern region of Malaysia, the results of this study have revealed that self-efficacy, cross-cultural...

p>This conceptual paper sheds light on re-expatriation intention among self-initiated academic expatriates who have completed their international assignments, and returned their home country and then intended to re-expatriate to have another experience in the host country by their own initiatives. Cultural similarity and social network characterist...

In the last three decades, the security issues have been raised in the state of the Punjab (Pakistan) which ultimately leads to the breakdown of the country's economy. However, the purpose of this paper is to determine the effect of the training and development and technological advancement on the performance of Punjab police (Pakistan) with the mo...

In the last three decades, the security issues have been raised in the state of the Punjab (Pakistan) which ultimately leads to the breakdown of the country's economy. However, the purpose of this paper is to determine the effect of the political interference on the performance of Punjab police (Pakistan) with the moderating role of organizational...

In the last three decades, the security issues have been raised in the state of the Punjab (Pakistan) which ultimately leads to the breakdown of the country’s economy. However, the purpose of this paper is to determine the effect of the political interference on the performance of Punjab police (Pakistan) with the moderating role of organizational...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of safety participation as a mediator in the relationship between the six facets of safety management practices (i.e. management commitment, safety training, worker’s involvement, safety communication and feedback, safety rules and procedures, and safety promotion policies) and safety complia...

The objective of this study is to investigate the influence of social support on student's inclination toward entrepreneurship. It also aims to test whether gender can moderate the relationship between SS and entrepreneurial intention among business students in Indonesia. Quantitative analysis was conducted using SPSS version 22. This study conveni...

Safety at work is one of the key issues in many organizations. This is because accidents and injuries in the workplace can cost the organization financially and non-financially. Although workplace safety has been widely investigated, less attention is given to the small and medium enterprises. Such neglect is unfortunate because many accidents and...

The construction industry has been generally perceived as being an unsafe and dangerous place of work due to frequent occupational injuries (and fatalities). However, to date, there is no systematic effort in determining the degree of safety and health in this industry. Data on occupational safety and health in this industry are available only in t...

There are many researchers contributed to study the role of social support systems in grooming young graduate to become entrepreneurs. However, these findings are topic specific not integrating varied models proposed by various authors in entrepreneurship. Many aspects like family, peer group, educational institutions, etc. have keen role in acting...

There are many researchers contributed to study the role of social support systems in grooming young graduate to become entrepreneurs. However, these findings are topic specific not integrating varied models proposed by various authors in entrepreneurship. Many aspects like family, peer group, educational institutions, etc. have keen role in acting...

There are quite a few instruments exists in the literature to measure the concepts of entrepreneurial orientation of university students. Meanwhile, the employed variables and their appropriateness to contextualize the topic within industries and the education sectors, have created confusion. These variances evidently may be observed and applicable...

We examined the influence of human resource practices on interpersonal deviance at work through job satisfaction. A survey was carried out among 372 manufacturing employees of various occupational levels in manufacturing companies in the northern region of Malaysia. We collected data by distributing questionnaires to participants, with the assistan...

Analysts cite several reasons for the decline of Nokia, Motorola & Blackberry which include wrong product strategy, market mis-alignment, improper customer orientation, untimely investment etc. However, looking at from the Resource-Based View (RBV), the researchers identify few catalytic elements, which arguably augmented an unfavourable situation...

The study examines the relationships between transformational leadership style, knowledge management and organizational structure using a field study of 255 administrators in one public University in Malaysia. The findings of this study reveal that transformational leadership style is a vital in promoting knowledge management practices in an organi...

Entrepreneurial orientation is one of the main factors that is very essential for any newcomer to start up their own business or venture. Many studies among entrepreneurial orientation have been conducted to identify the principal factors which affect their ability to be engaged in own business. A qualitative study has been conducted to identify th...

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Innovation is no more an option for companies, as the competitive spirit in the market place is increasing with the global consumer pressure. With the fast and furious change which technology is bringing in to all walks of life, innovation becomes the critical success factor for technology companies. Firms which desire to sustain organizational hea...

Identification of resources that will be a source of competitive advantage is not a simple task for today's firms, since many of the characteristics attributed to them can only be intuitively perceived. The available competence frameworks capture the competence requirements for a family of clear and present jobs. In a fast moving business world of...

Malaysia had emphasized on human capital development in the 9th and 10th Malaysia Plan, promoting lifelong learning culture. Educational institutions worldwide has always placed great emphasis on the factors governing the performance of students in the Open Distance Learning (ODL) study. A mounting number of universities, as well as colleges, have...

The establishment of United Nation Security Council has witnessed the increase in international peace keeping missions to maintain peace and security among conflicting countries. In the modern peace keeping missions, adaptive performance has been identified as a critical dimension of job performance for military leaders. Military leaders not only w...

Human resource management practices HRMP is an important issue related to the performance. The importance of HRM primarily stems from the fact that selecting the right leaders, modern training, and high motivation can facilitate environmental adaptation, thus improving adaptive performance. Researchers focus on strategies for the implementation of...

This study examines the role of cultural intelligence in the relationship between openness personality and job performance from work role transition perspective. This study uses hierarchical regression analysis to test the hypotheses in a sample of 332 expatriates from Malaysia. The results show that the variance in job performance attributable to...

This paper investigates the relationship between cultural intelligence and job performance, and the mediating role of cross-cultural adjustment in that relationship. Based on sample of 332 expatriates working in Malaysia, cultural intelligence predicts job performance, and both the interaction and work adjustment mediates the relationship. The find...

This study examines the relationship between service quality (SQ) and the level of student’s satisfaction (SS) using a field study of 100 undergraduate students in one of the university in Malaysia. The findings of this study reveals that SQ is a vital factor that determines the level of SS. Specifically, the result of this study reveals that the b...

This study examines the relationship between perceived cultural similarity and job performance among expatriates in Malaysia. Drawing from cultural similarity hypothesis, we propose that the perceived cultural similarity between the host and home country is an important boundary condition that determines expatriate job performance. Survey results f...

This study investigates the effects of cultural intelligence (CQ) and its dimensions on cross-cultural adjustment (CCA) and job performance in a sample of 332 expatriates working in Malaysia. The findings of this study reveal that CQ is a vital cross-cultural competency that facilitates expatriates CCA and job performance in international assignmen...

This paper investigates the relationship between personality and job performance, and the mediating role of cross-cultural adjustment (CCA) in that relationship. Based on sample of 332 expatriates working in Malaysia, personality predicts job performance, and both the interaction and work adjustment mediates the relationship. The findings of this s...

This paper investigates the relationship between personality and job performance, and the mediating role of cross-cultural adjustment (CCA) in that relationship. Based on sample of 332 expatriates working in Malaysia, personality predicts job performance, and both the interaction and work adjustment mediates the relationship. The findings of this s...

The study examines the relationship between cultural intelligence (CQ) and crosscultural adjustment (CCA) using a field study of 332 expat iates in Malaysia. The findings of this study reveal that CQ is a vital cross-cultural competency that facilitates expatriates CCA in international assignment. Specifically, the result of this study reveals that...

Increasing interest in multiple forms of nonacademic intelligences in addition to the well-established intelligent quotient (IQ) to explain individual success has triggered a need for clear establishment of the theoretical and empirical connection among these constructs. As such, this article explores the interrelationship that exists among three f...

Problem statement: Studies on cultural intelligence (CQ) have been recently initiated dramatically in an effort to determine how they were related to positive life outcomes. While past findings showed positive correlations to various aspects of life outcomes, clear establishments of the theoretical and empirical connections of CQ on cross-cultural...

In the pace of globalization, it is crucial that individuals have the knowledge and skills to effectively face the challenges and requirements of a “global village”. It is believed that cultural intelligence (CQ) explains why some individuals are more capable at navigating culturally diverse environments than others. Prior research has indicated th...