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The Relative Effects Of Logistics, Coordination And Human Resource On Humanitarian Aid And Disaster Relief Mission Performance, Aida Idris, Saiful Nizam Che Soh Oct 2014

The Relative Effects Of Logistics, Coordination And Human Resource On Humanitarian Aid And Disaster Relief Mission Performance, Aida Idris, Saiful Nizam Che Soh

The South East Asian Journal of Management

Most studies on humanitarian aid and disaster relief (HADR) missions suggest that the quality of logistics, coordination and human resource management will affect their performance. However, studies in developing countries are mainly conceptual and lack the necessary empirical evidence to support these contentions. The current paper thereby aimed to fill this knowledge gap by statistically examining the effects of the abovementioned factors on such missions. Focusing on the Malaysian army due to its extensive experience in HADR operations, the paper opted for a quantitative approach to allow for a more objective analysis of the issues. The results show that there …


Credit Participation And Credit Source Selection Of Vietnam Small And Medium Enterprise, Nguyen Anh Hoang, Toshitsugu Otake Oct 2014

Credit Participation And Credit Source Selection Of Vietnam Small And Medium Enterprise, Nguyen Anh Hoang, Toshitsugu Otake

The South East Asian Journal of Management

This study is an attempt to investigate the motivation behind the decision to participate in the credit market of SMEs from perspectives of behavioral finance and social capital theories. In addition, the study also examines the effect of behavioral finance and social capital factors on the credit source selection among SMEs. This study’s design strategy involves conducting questionnaire surveys to SMEs owners and statistical techniques to analyze the determinants of credit participation and credit source selection of borrowers. The findings showed that personal traits of SMEs owners/managers in terms of behavioral finance factors such as debt and risk attitudes, present …


The Influence Of Perceived Organizational Injustice Towards Workplace Personal Web Usage And Work Productivity In Indonesia, Nur Fathonah, Yanki Hartijasti Oct 2014

The Influence Of Perceived Organizational Injustice Towards Workplace Personal Web Usage And Work Productivity In Indonesia, Nur Fathonah, Yanki Hartijasti

The South East Asian Journal of Management

Workplace personal web usage (WPWU) is an employee’s activity in using internet for non-related task during working hours. It is considered a counterproductive behavior when done excessively because it can interrupt employee’s productivity, but it can increase creativity and eliminate boredom when used in a rational amount. The objective of this study was to prove whether perceived organizational injustice had influence on WPWU which affected work productivity. A total of 222 respondents working in various industries were gathered through web-survey. By using multinomial logistic regression analysis, this study found that high level use of internet for unrelated jobs between 2 …


Leadership Development Experiences Of Women Leaders In State-Owned Enterprises In Indonesia, Yuliana Dewi, Riani Rachmawati Oct 2014

Leadership Development Experiences Of Women Leaders In State-Owned Enterprises In Indonesia, Yuliana Dewi, Riani Rachmawati

The South East Asian Journal of Management

Similar to many other countries in the world, Indonesia has been experiencing the increasing number of women workers participation both in formal and informal sectors. While in formal sector the number of female employees has increased from around 10 millions in 2008 to nearly 13 millions in 2011; in informal sector the figure is even doubled: more than 28 millions in 2008 to more than 30 millions in 2011. However to date, women workers are associated with low-skilled, low-wage workers who work in precarious working environment. Women are seldom hold managerial position both in public and private sector. The proportion …


Open Source System As Innovation In Organizations: A Managerial Perspective On Its Adoption, Noor Ismawati Jaafar, Sharifah Fazlinda Sheikh Yahya Oct 2014

Open Source System As Innovation In Organizations: A Managerial Perspective On Its Adoption, Noor Ismawati Jaafar, Sharifah Fazlinda Sheikh Yahya

The South East Asian Journal of Management

This study identifies the factors that have a direct effect on a manager's decision towards Open Source System (OSS) enterprise system adoption in Malaysia. Using the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework, the research is initiated by inviting the managers in Malaysian organizations who implemented OSS. A survey was conducted via online OSS social communities and by sending emails to shortlisted public. A total of 124 managers from 124 organizations responded to the survey and the results showed that four out of six factors were found significant in this study. In the technological context, ‘perceived relative advantage’, ‘perceived compatibility and trialability’ and ‘perceived …


Cross-Border Mergers And Acquisitions In China: A Test Of The Free Cash Flow Hypothesis, Yane Chandera, Lukas Setia Atmaja Jul 2014

Cross-Border Mergers And Acquisitions In China: A Test Of The Free Cash Flow Hypothesis, Yane Chandera, Lukas Setia Atmaja

The Indonesian Capital Market Review

This research investigates whether Chinese cross-border investments have positive impact on shareholders wealth and whether the amount of bidders’ free cash flow influences the shareholder returns resulted from the acquisitions. The sample is based on 77 top Chinese cross-border investments during the years 2005-2009 with each deal value of minimum US$100 million. The assessments of acquisition abnormal returns are based on the event study methodology (Brown & Warner, 1985). Cross-sectional regression analysis is used to determine the bidding firms factors which significantly affect the returns. Factors are examined using OLS with White’s heteroscedasticity-corrected standard errors, since the assumption of homoscedasticity …


Analysis The Efficiency And Productivity Of Indonesian Pharmaceutical Public Companies Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Dewi Hanggraeni Jul 2014

Analysis The Efficiency And Productivity Of Indonesian Pharmaceutical Public Companies Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Dewi Hanggraeni

The Indonesian Capital Market Review

As one of the biggest medicines market in the South East Asia, the pharmaceutical industry in Indonesia has a huge potential market. However, the majority supply of raw materials has been imported. Besides, regulations of the Health Ministry and the Trade Ministry have still hampered most players in Indonesia pharmaceutical industry. Therefore, this study used Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models to analyze efficiency and productivity change in the Indonesian pharmaceutical industry between 2006 and 2011, listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange and also supported by applying efficiency financial ratio. This study finds that the decision for the most relatively efficient …


Pengaruh Traksi Manual Cervical Terhadap Nyeri Leher Akibat Disc Migration, Safrin Arifin Jun 2014

Pengaruh Traksi Manual Cervical Terhadap Nyeri Leher Akibat Disc Migration, Safrin Arifin

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

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Factors That Influence The Dissemination Of Knowledge In Technology Transfer Among Malaysian Manufacturing Employees, Mughaneswari Ap Sahadevan, Mohd Haniff Jedin Apr 2014

Factors That Influence The Dissemination Of Knowledge In Technology Transfer Among Malaysian Manufacturing Employees, Mughaneswari Ap Sahadevan, Mohd Haniff Jedin

The South East Asian Journal of Management

The meaning of technology transfer is so wide but mostly involving some form of technology-related exchange. However, in this particular paper, technology transfer is consider as a concept to examine the process of disseminating knowledge and skills that a person owned to another person in order to generate higher productivity with new approach of producing a particular product or service. Although, many researchers have explored the evolution of technology transfer, nonetheless some drivers are yet to be explored in a Malaysian manufacturing industry. This study, therefore attempts to determine the relationship between absorptive capacity, transfer capacity, communication motivation and learning …


The Effect Of Post-Purchase Perceived-Value Towards The Relationship Quality Of Hajj And Umrah Travel Agencies In Indonesia, Kiki Oktora, Adrian Achyar Apr 2014

The Effect Of Post-Purchase Perceived-Value Towards The Relationship Quality Of Hajj And Umrah Travel Agencies In Indonesia, Kiki Oktora, Adrian Achyar

The South East Asian Journal of Management

One out of four people in the world is a Moslem, and Indonesia ranks first on the biggest Moslem population in the world. Hundreds of thousands of people go to Makkah each year to make Hajj (pilgrimage). Hajj and Umrah travel agencies as providers of Hajj and Umrah packages are becoming important in Indonesia, as their number is about two hundred agencies. However, there has been little discussion about Hajj and Umrah, especially on Hajj and Umrah travel agencies. The purpose of this paper is to identify the relationships of post-purchase perceived-value to relationship quality, which consists of satisfaction, commitment, …


The Influence Of Sponsor-Event Congruence In Sponsorship Of Music Festivals, Penny Hutabarat, Gita Gayatri Apr 2014

The Influence Of Sponsor-Event Congruence In Sponsorship Of Music Festivals, Penny Hutabarat, Gita Gayatri

The South East Asian Journal of Management

This paper focuses the research on the Influence of Sponsor-Event Congruence toward Brand Image, Attitudes toward the Brand and Purchase Intention. Having reviewed the literatures and arranged the hypotheses, the data has been gathered by distributing the questionnaire to 155 audiences at the Java Jazz Music Festival, firstly with convenience sampling and then snowballing sampling approach. The analysis of data was executed with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The result shows the sponsor-event congruence variable has a positive impact toward brand image and attitudes toward the brand sponsor. Brand Image also has a positive impact toward purchase intention; in contrary attitudes …


Influence Of Brand Equity And Movieliking Can Override Impact Of Misleading Brand Placement Toward Brand Attitudes, Adi Zakaria Afiff, Westi Noria Furi, Denyza Wahyuadi Metroprawiro Apr 2014

Influence Of Brand Equity And Movieliking Can Override Impact Of Misleading Brand Placement Toward Brand Attitudes, Adi Zakaria Afiff, Westi Noria Furi, Denyza Wahyuadi Metroprawiro

The South East Asian Journal of Management

The starting point of this study is the phenomenon termed misleading brand placement, a condition found where the brand placement in a movie depict the brand in a time where the brand has not yet exist, providing the brand an older age. As the brand used in the brand placement is a brand with high brand equity, the combination of older age and high brand equity is suspected to give a higher evaluation of the brand. To test these suspicions, 3 experiments were conducted to see the influence of consumer knowledge of the misleading brand placement, brand equity and movie …


Households Perceptions On Factors Affecting Resilience Towards Natural Disasters In Indonesia, Viverita Viverita, Ratih Dyah Kusumastuti, Zaäfri Ananto Husodo, Lenny Suardi, Dwi Nastiti Danarsari Apr 2014

Households Perceptions On Factors Affecting Resilience Towards Natural Disasters In Indonesia, Viverita Viverita, Ratih Dyah Kusumastuti, Zaäfri Ananto Husodo, Lenny Suardi, Dwi Nastiti Danarsari

The South East Asian Journal of Management

Most areas in Indonesia are prone to natural disasters. Learning the lessons from the Aceh Tsunami in 2004, areas with high risks of natural disasters are in the process of preparing themselves for such an unexpected event, by increasing their resilience. The objective of this study is to shed more lights on factors affecting the resilience from two sources namely, existing literatures and the application of disaster management in four disaster-prone areas in Indonesia -Padang, Sleman, Cilacap, and Palu. To enrich our analysis, we collect data from the field to compare the preparedness and to get insights on people’s perceptions …


Cointegration And Causality Between Financial Development And Economic Growth: Evidence From Morocco, Abdellatif Chatri, Abdelouahab Maaruf Jan 2014

Cointegration And Causality Between Financial Development And Economic Growth: Evidence From Morocco, Abdellatif Chatri, Abdelouahab Maaruf

The Indonesian Capital Market Review

The debate on the relationship between economic growth and financial development has been steadily growing in these recent years. However, the existing theoretical and empirical literature provides conflicting views in this respect. This Headline topic proposes an empirical investigation of the nature of this relationship in the Moroccan context. More precisely, it explores the cointegrating and the causality issue between economic growth and financial development. The later is measured by largely used indicators. In particular, we use capital market proxy, in addition to the traditional indicators of financial intermediation. The findings show that financial development explains significantly the growth, but …