Research and publications
Research projects
Intellectual Capital Information and Information Asymmetry: Decision Usefulness Comparison between the Preparers and Users for IPO Issues
by Too Shaw Warn, Dr Lau Chee Kwong and Dr Wan Fadzilah Wan Yusoff
This project aims to examine the perceived informational content of intellectual capital elements. It will gauge the usefulness of such information in order to close the information asymmetry gap between the preparers and users of IPO documents for firms undergoing listing in the Malaysian securities exchange. A research fund of RM84,500 has been granted for the project.
Other events
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate a number of our academic staff on the recent honours which they have been awarded:
- Professor Chew Ging Lee, Dean of NUBS Malaysia, has been appointed to sit on the judging panel for the Journal Publications category of the 2013 Anugerah Akademik Negara (Malaysian National Academic Awards).
- Dr Nafis Alam, Associate Professor of Finance at NUBS Malaysia, has been appointed as an Editorial Board Member for both the Journal of Asia Business Studies and the International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management. Dr Nafis has also been recognised by the Financial Times as Professor of the Month.
- Dr Avvari Mohan, Associate Professor of Strategic Management at NUBS Malaysia, has been appointed to the board of editors for the Asia Pacific Business Review.
- Dr Carol Hooi, Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and Organisation Behaviour, has been appointed Guest Editor for The International Journal of Management Practice for a special issue dealing with human capital management in Asia.
Journal articles
Do Children Spend Too Much Time in Schools? Evidence from a Longer School Year in Indonesia
By Parinduri, R.A.
This article examines the effect of a longer school year on grade consistency, educational attainment, employability and earnings. It exploits an arbitrary rule that assigned students to a longer school year
in Indonesia in 1978–1979, which fits a fuzzy regression discontinuity design. This study concludes that
a longer school year increases educational attainment and grade consistency, whilst also increasing the
probability of working in formal sectors and earning a higher wage later in life. These results therefore
suggest that school years in Indonesia are not too long. From Economics of Education Review, 41, 89-104
(2014).
The Effects of Relationship Marketing on Share of Business: A Synthesis and Comparison of Models
By Vieira, A. L., Winklhofer, H. and Ennew, C.
This article looks at extensive empirical work on relationship marketing and compares various
conceptualisations in order to give a better understanding of the relational factors that improve a
seller’s objective performance in a business-to-business service context. These conceptualisations link
relational antecedents such as communication, domain expertise, relational value and mutual goals to
relational mediators such as trust, satisfaction, commitment and relationship quality to explore how they
in turn affect a seller’s share of business. From the Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing, 21(2):
85-110, 2014.
Does Human Resource Management (HRM) Facilitate Corporate Entrepreneurship and Organisational Learning Capability in SMEs?
By Hooi, L.W.
This proposed paper aims to present a conceptual framework explaining how HRM intensity affects
corporate entrepreneurship and organisational learning capability in the SMEs in Malaysia. Based on a
theoretical foundation regarding HRM, corporate entrepreneurship and organisational learning capability,
the review seeks to understand the relationship between HRM practices and corporate entrepreneurship
and the relationship between HRM practices and organisational learning capability in SMEs. By focusing on
the relevant concepts in the literature and formulating the propositions of the study, this paper aims to attain
a better understanding of the HRM practices that influence corporate entrepreneurship and organisational learning capability, and therefore contribute towards theory building in HRM research in the small business context. From the Malaysia Labour Review, 8 (1), 69-83, 2014.
The Relationship of Human Resource Function Roles on High Involvement Work Practices and Quality Initiatives in Malaysian Manufacturing Companies
By Poorkaveh, H. and Hooi, L.W.
The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of different human resource function roles on quality implementation and high involvement work practices in manufacturing companies in Malaysia. This study
was carried out in line with achieving total quality management (TQM) and consequently business excellence.
A total of 81 HR and Quality managers completed the online survey questionnaire, which measured the effect
of HR function role on features of high involvement work practices including team work, skill development, communication, performance evaluation, reward and recognition, and empowerment and quality initiatives.
The research proved that the driving and steering roles of HR function have a positive influence on high involvement work practices and quality initiatives. It was also revealed that the steering roles of HR function
have the most positive effect on high involvement work practices and quality initiatives. From the International Journal of Management Practice, 7(3), 275-293, 2014.