Muhammad Safizal Abdullah

Safety Culture Behaviour in Electronics Manufacturing Sector (EMS) in Malaysia: The Case of Flextronics☆

Abstract The prevention of work-related injury and illness is of crucial importance to employees, industry and society as a whole. Corporate safety culture is now generally accepted as having a strong influence over workplace accidents and injuries. After implementation of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in the organization, there have been an improvement in term of safety in the workplace. However, there are still some cases of accident being reported even after the organizations’ management provided training, introducing stricter rules and regulation regarding safety, and provides proper equipment to employee. Hence, the study is carried out in order to examine the effect of employees’ attitude and subjective norm toward safety culture behaviour in organization. The study was conducted in manufacturing service industry in Malaysia, and data collection was done at Flextronics Penang Sdn Bhd, a company in the northern part of Malaysia. Data were collected through 196 survey questionnaires distributed to operators (90 respondents), technician (52 respondents) and engineer (27 respondents) in Flextronics Penang Sdn Bhd. The results showed that safety culture behaviour is significantly influenced by employees attitude and subjective norm. Based on the findings, several recommendations are being put forward in order to improve the safety culture behaviour among employees in the organization. For future research in the same area, it is being recommended to include management commitment, leadership, safety education, and training under scrutiny in order to understand its relationship with safety culture behaviour among employees.

The Effect of Islamic Work Ethics on Organizational Commitment

Abstract Islamic work ethics is a concept of ethics that is based on Islamic teaching and principle which rely on faith. Meanwhile, organizational commitment is related to employees’ attachment and behaviour towards organization. A structural model was constructed to test the effects of Islamic work ethics on organizational commitment. 156 respondents from randomly selected SMEs that involved in retail trade textile service located in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Johor were given six-point Likert scale questionnaire. The study found that the structural model is acceptable in term of validity and reliability thus can be used to measure the relationship between two variables. The study also found that Islamic work ethics affects organizational commitment and its three dimensions; affective, normative and continuance commitment.

The Awareness and Implementation of Green Concepts in Marketing Mix: A Case of Malaysia

Abstract The concept of green marketing has become the buzzword in the last decade as a result of dramatic increase in environmental consciousness worldwide. Consumers are increasingly realizing the importance of protecting the environment through product choice while companies are increasingly considering the impact of their activities to the environment. This study will looked at the level of awareness on green product concepts among marketing managers and whether there is a connection between their awareness with convictions in their day to day operations. A survey on personal care products manufacturers in peninsular Malaysia was carried out to fulfill the objectives of this study. The main finding was there is significant relationship between managers awareness on green concepts and the practice of green programs or activities at a company. The study also found correlation between managers awareness and the implementation of green concepts in companys marketing mix. In response to the overall findings of the study, several recommendations were made.