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Understanding Factors that Affect Level of  Oral Communication Apprehension between Accounting and Non Accounting Students: A literature Review


   Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2015     Pages 1-4
Shahida Shaharuddin, Farah Amalina MD Nawi, Maslina Mansor 

DOI:10.xxxx/xxxxxxx.2015.1036538
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In the global and dynamic business world, accountants are expected to have more than academic knowledge. One of the important skills needed by the employer is effective communication. However, prior research find that there is a trait to that which known as Communication Apprehension (CA). Most studies show that accounting students suffer higher level of CA as compared to non-accounting students. Accordingly, this paper aims to review existing research to discover the factors that affect the level of CA among accounting and non-accounting students. It is believed that gender, course major and English competency is among factors that contribute to the high level of CA. This study is expected to contribute to the discipline of knowledge, especially in the field of social science by focusing on the current issues and challenges in educational environment. It is also assisting to improve skills in the areas of teaching, learning and also help to improve accounting curriculum.

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Shaharuddin, S., Nawi, F. A. M., & Mansor, M.(2015). Understanding factors that affect level of oral communication apprehension between accounting and non-accounting students: A literature review. International Journal of Business and Administrative Studies

Banking Fragility Sector Index and Determinants: A Comparison between Local Based and Foreign Based Commercial Banks in Malaysia


   Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2015     Pages 5-17
NORYATI AHMAD, NURUL FARHANA MAZLAN

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A series of crises have led to banks’ liabilities and assets side into being fragile and ultimate in a bankruptcy state. It is pertinent that banks are able to recognize the early distress stage and identify factors influencing their fragility. Thus, this paper attempts to track the trend of the bank fragility of locally-based and foreign-based commercial banks operating in Malaysia using the Banking Sector Fragility (BSF) Index. In addition, using the constructed Banking Fragility Sector Index, this paper also intends to identify the determinants of the bank fragility of these groups of banks. The study covers the period between 1996 until 2011. A sample of seven local-based commercial banks and eight foreign-based commercial banks are identified. Information gathered from the BSF index constructed indicates that the local-based commercial banks are in more fragile phase during the financial crisis of 1997 relative to the world crisis of 2008. On the contrary, foreign –based commercial banks operated in Malaysia are hardly affected by the financial crisis of 1997. In fact, the world crisis of 2008, particularly between 2010 until 2011 appears to have an impact on these banks. The estimated results of the Pooled Ordinary Least Square (POLS) regression model suggest that asset quality management, management quality and sensitivity to the market risk are the main factors of bank fragility for local-based commercial banks while foreign-based commercial banks are not affected by any of the determinants. Macroeconomic factors (interest rate and gross domestic product) are not the cause of bank fragility for both groups of banks.

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Ahmad, N., & Mazlan, N. F. (2015). Banking fragility sector index and determinants: a comparison between
local-based and foreign-based commercial banks in Malaysia. International Journal of Business and Administrative Studies

Economic Burden of Psoriasis: A Review of Literature


   Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2015     Pages 18-22
NOR AZMANIZA AZIZAM, ANIZA ISMAIL, SAPERI SULONG, NORAZIRAH MD NOR, ZAFAR AHMED

DOI:10.xxxx/xxxxxxx.2015.1036538
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Abstract

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that primarily affects the skin and joints. Although the disease is known to be non-life threatening, psoriasis patients usually need lifelong care, which equals lifetime expenses. Many cost analysis studies on psoriasis have not been comprehensive in calculating both its direct and indirect costs, and there are very limited studies on the economic burden of this disease in Asian countries. Therefore, a systematic literature review was done to gain a comprehensive understanding of the economic burden of psoriasis throughout the world. Observational studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in the period 2000 to 2014 and reporting on the direct and indirect costs of psoriasis was included. The search for literatures in the PUBMED database using keyword “economic burden of psoriasis”, “direct cost” and indirect cost” has produced 182 articles. Of all the articles identified, 37 reports studies have met the inclusion criteria. Direct costs were found to be higher than indirect costs, with hospitalization, medication prescription, travel, and treatment costs as significant aspects. Loss of productivity and wage (indirect costs borne by the patient) is not uncommon among psoriasis patients, accounting for 30-50% of the total cost, with an average of 2.2 work hours lost due to psoriasis. The limited information on such cost analysis justifies the need for future studies that address the cost of psoriasis therapies so as to provide the necessary transparency to guarantee reasonable medical care that takes into account the cost-benefit ratio and the best outcome for the patient’s quality of life.

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Azizam, N. A., Ismail, A., Sulong, S., NOR, M. N., & Ahmed, Z. (2015). Economic burden of psoriasis: A Review of literature. International Journal of Business and Administrative Studies

Impact of Capital Structure on Firm’s Profitability with Reference to Companies Listed on MSM (Muscat Securities Market)


   Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2015     Pages: 23-28
CHINTHA SAM SUNDAR, FATMA NASSER SAID AL HARTHI

DOI:10.xxxx/xxxxxxx.2015.1036538
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Capital structure is known as one of the most complicated part of corporate finance . A firm’s capital structure consists of a mixture of debt and equity that are used to finance the company’s assets as well as projects. Capital structure of a company is impacting the profitability of a company. This is analyzed in this research document with reference to 10 selected companies from the Muscat Securities Market (MSM). This analysis is done by analyzing the financial statements of these companies for the latest 5 years. To support this analysis, other secondary data are also used in the testing processes. As a result of this study, a conclusion will be drawn which states that there is no significant impact on the profitability of the companies through the changes in the capital structure of the companies, while the study has identified few other elements with significant impact.

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Sundar, C. S., & Al Harthi, F. N. S. (2015). Impact of capital structure on firm’s profitability with reference to companies listed on MSM (Muscat Securities Market). International Journal of Business and Administrative Studies


Stress Management and Oncology Nurse Behaviors: An Association in Nursing Profession


   Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2015     Pages: 29-34
NOR INTAN SHAMIMI A. A, MUMTAZ AHMAD

DOI:10.xxxx/xxxxxxx.2015.1036538
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Workplace stress which is associated with some superfluous behaviour has consequently affected negatively on human’s health status. The researcher has identified several types of behaviours that were closely in nursing profession namely turnover, absenteeism, presenteeism and violence. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between workplace stress and oncology nurse behaviours. This study was initiated to resolve the behaviour issue among nurses especially those involved in treating chronic disease patient. The data collection method used in this study was initiated by designing a questionnaire. After a few weeks, the researchers collected all the answered questionnaires. It has been disseminated using convenience method, by definition, is one of the most common methods of sampling that go under various titles. It often uses the respondents that are easily accessible (Malim & Halim, 2011). From the findings, stress emanated more from turnover, absenteeism and presenteeis .In conclusion, the stress intervention measures should also focus on stress prevention for individuals. Future research is needed to highlight the role of health care employees especially for this critical unit and position in health care delivery.

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Nor Intan Shamimi, A. A., & Ahmad, M. (2015). Stress management and oncology nurse behaviours: An
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Transformational Leadership and Its Impact to Lecturers Intellectual Capital Factors in Telkom Economics and Business School Telkom University


   Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2015     Pages: 35-41
YULIANI RACHMA PUTRI

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Telkom Economics and Business School is an institution with various experience of changes, started from the initial status as independent institution under the Education Foundation to the part of Telkom University. As the consequence, there has been a transformation process in management as well as in leadership. Due to these changes, the style of leadership in Telkom Economics and Business School can be categorized as transformational leadership style. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of transformational leadership style in Telkom Economics and Business School towards the factors of Lecturers’ intellectual capital. The intellectual capital is the most important thing that should be owned by the lecturers. The sampling technique used in this study is saturated sampling method with 68 permanent lecturers in Telkom Economics and Business School who already have a service life of more than two years as the respondents. The analytical method used is a simple linear regression. The results show that transformational leadership style according to the judgment of the faculty is in the good category with the score of 63.95%, while the intellectual capital factors perceived by the lecturers are in good category as well with the score of 67.34%. Meanwhile, the results of the analysis indicate that transformational leadership style in Telkom Economics and Business School has a significant influence on the lecturers’ intellectual capital factors of 40.3%.

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Putri, Y. R. (2015).Transformational leadership and its impact to lecturers intellectual capital factors in Telkom economics and business school Telkom University. International Journal of Business and Administrative Studies


Sustainable Electronic Court Records Risk Management: Conceptions and Development of Framework


   Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2015     Pages: 42-48
WAN SATIRAH WAN MOHD SAMAN, NURAISYAH CHUA ABDULLAH, NORHAYATI BABA, NORSHILA SHAIFUDDIN, WAN NOR HALIZA WAN MOKHTAR

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Abstract

Telkom Economics and Business School is an institution with various experience of changes, started from the initial status as independent institution under the Education Foundation to the part of Telkom University. As the consequence, there has been a transformation process in management as well as in leadership. Due to these changes, the style of leadership in Telkom Economics and Business School can be categorized as transformational leadership style. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of transformational leadership style in Telkom Economics and Business School towards the factors of Lecturers’ intellectual capital. The intellectual capital is the most important thing that should be owned by the lecturers. The sampling technique used in this study is saturated sampling method with 68 permanent lecturers in Telkom Economics and Business School who already have a service life of more than two years as the respondents. The analytical method used is a simple linear regression. The results show that transformational leadership style according to the judgment of the faculty is in the good category with the score of 63.95%, while the intellectual capital factors perceived by the lecturers are in good category as well with the score of 67.34%. Meanwhile, the results of the analysis indicate that transformational leadership style in Telkom Economics and Business School has a significant influence on the lecturers’ intellectual capital factors of 40.3%.

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Mohd Saman, W. S. W., Abdullah, N. C., Baba, N., Shaifuddin, N., & Mokhtar, W. N. H. W. (2015). Sustainable electronic court records risk management: Conceptions and development of framework. International Journal of Business and Administrative Studies

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Interactive effect of psychological capital and underemployment on turnover intentions.

 

 

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Mean S.D 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Gender 1.26 .34
2. Procedural Justice 2.25 .52 .05 (.70)
3. Distributive Justice 3.24 1.26 .06 .44** (.70)
4. Interactional Justice 3.29 .43 -.23* .35** .30** (.70)
5. Performance 4.22 .68 .07 .32** .24** .47** (.70)
6. Citizenship Behaviors 4.22 1.37 -.02 .32** .32** .39** .32** (.70)

           

Note. N = 352; Cronbach’s alphas presented in parenthesis;

p < .1, * p <  .05,  ** p < .0

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Investment Decisions Risk Taking Behaviors

 

Β ∆R² β ∆R²
Step 1
   Gender .05 .00 -.00 .00
Step 2
Propensity for Risk .28*** .08*** .15* .06***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note. N = 350; Gender was coded as “1” for male and “2” for female

*** p < .001


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Review Time: The journal strives to provide developmental and constructive feedback to authors within approximately five weeks. The peer-review process usually takes four weeks depending upon the manuscript size and availability of the editorial members. However, the initial quality of the manuscript can dramatically influence both the efficiency and effectiveness of review process. The better developed a manuscript and the ideas it contains, the easier it will be to review, and provide timely feedback to authors. We therefore encourage authors to ask scholarly colleagues to review their work prior to submission to the IJBAS.

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The submissions made to the conferences organized by our associated organizations generally do not go through peer-review process because the submissions made to our associated conferences already go through a rigorous review process. For manuscripts already presented at our associated conferences, the action editor usually makes a decision for possible acceptance, rejection or revision.

 

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IJBAS uses APA style guide for in-text Citations, Tables, Figures/Images, References, and Appendixes. All submissions are required to be formatted according to the guidelines available here. The action editor may return manuscripts that do not commensurate with the formatting guidelines to the authors for revision prior to submission to the full review process.

 

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Adrian Wekulo Mukhebi-Department of Business and Economics, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Kenya.

Mihir Kumar RoyDepartment of Business Administration, City University, Bangladesh.

Amelita M. BorlonganDepartment of Business and Economics, Centro Escolar University Makati, Philippines.

Nagendra AmbedkarDepartment of Public policy, Law & Governance, Central University of Rajasthan, India.

Namakula Amaal Kinene NserekoBusiness Administration Department, Kampala University, Uganda.

Levi Kabagambe BategekaBusiness Administration Department, Makerere University Business School, Uganda.

Iqbal Thonse Hawaldar- Business Administration Department, Kingdom University, Bahrain.

Munawar Hameed Department of Accounting- Higher and Nizwa Colleges of Technologies, Oman.

Nani Gopal Das-Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Awadh Amir Binhazim-Department of Business Administration, Technical University of Mombasa, Kenya.

Chun-Liang Chen-Department of Creative Industry Design, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taiwa.

Bandula Jayathilake P.MDepartment of Business Management, Rajarata University, Sri Lanka.

Dennis A. Sandoval– Department of Accounting and Finance, Manuel L. Quezon University, Philippines.

Neel Mani Prasad Verma-Department of Economics, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India.

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International Journal of Business and Administrative Studies (IJBAS) is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal that is committed to advancing the field of business. Studies from different fields of business including organizational behavior, marketing, accounting, finance, strategic management, human resource management, applied psychology, and consumer behavior are published by us.  IJBAS contributes to the field of business by publishing original theoretical studies, empirical investigations that use a variety of empirical methods (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, field, laboratory, meta-analysis and combination), comprehensive review articles, and studies relevant to business education. Six issues are published in a year by IJBAS.

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