Muhamad Khalil Omar

Social Media Usage, Perceived Team-Efficacy and Knowledge Sharing Behaviour among Employees of an Oil and Gas Organisation in Malaysia

Abstract Knowledge is an important intangible asset to an organisation. It may contribute to the organisation long term success. The intention of this study is to find the causative factor that may affect the knowledge sharing behaviour in the organisation, specifically in oil and gas organisation in Malaysia. Thus for that, this study has come up with the factor on social media usage and perceived team-efficacy. In just one decade, social media have become extremely popular among the citizens today. It has revolutionized the life of many people and attracted much attention. The knowledge sharing can be enhanced if team members believe in their collaboration capability to effectively execute their teamwork. Thus this study investigates whether social media usage and perceived team may encourage people to share their knowledge or otherwise. As a result from this study, it has proven that there is a positive relationship between social media usage and knowledge sharing behaviour. While on the other hand, the perceived team-efficacy do not have the significant contribution to knowledge sharing behaviour.

Job Selection Preferences of Accounting Students in Malaysian Private Universities

Abstract The purpose of this descriptive study is to investigate the factors affecting job selection preferences of accounting student in Malaysian private universities. The independent variables which were chosen are starting salary, gender, employer reputation and working environment. This research seeks to identify whether starting salary, gender, employer reputation and working environment are vital to accounting student in Malaysian private universities when choosing or selecting a job in future. In order to observe these factors, 200 students, specifically students who enrolled in accounting field from few of the private universities in Malaysia were surveyed. The data collection is tested using IBM SPSS Statistics software. The research findings showed that three factors, which are starting salary, employer reputation and working environment, have significant relationship with job selection preferences while gender variable are not significantly related to the dependent variable. The findings of this study has implication on the employers and educators by providing guidance to them of what a fresh graduate prefers when selecting job or career. Besides, the findings will assist universities to have better knowledge about career preferences to come out with curriculum for the accounting program which can boost accounting students to choose accountant as their profession. Not only that, professional bodies such as Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) can identify factors that affect the decision of these accounting students in selecting their career so that they can formulate various strategies to accomplish a desired number of accountants by 2020.

Transfer of Training and Its Relationship with Reasons for Participation and Realization Factors – A Study of ICT Training Among Teachers of a Public Secondary School in Malaysia

In this technological era, computers are used to solve various problems. One use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Teaching and Learning (T & L) is through the use of computers. It was observed that an increasing number of schools in Malaysia are now undertaking training to develop skills in the use of ICT in teaching and other school activities, including classroom management. Therefore, to ensure that teachers bring their skills to actual classroom teaching, transfer of training among teachers who attended the ICT training program is very important as they need to transfer the learned knowledge to their students. Hence, this study is aimed to determine the effects of the reasons for ICT training participation and factors obstructing realization of ICT training towards the transfer of training among teachers. Based on eighty teachers surveyed in a public secondary school of Malaysia found that both reasons for participation and realization factors were significantly related with transfer of training among teachers who had attended ICT training. This study therefore indicates that careful considerations should be taken in ensuring interference issues being handled properly in designing ICT training among teachers so that transfer of training be achieved successfully.