Norashikin Hussein

Learning Organization Culture, Organizational Performance and Organizational Innovativeness in a Public Institution of Higher Education in Malaysia: A Preliminary Study

Abstract The existence of learning organization culture has been proven to influence growth and development of an organization. This study explores the level of learning organization culture and its associations with organizational performance, and organizational innovativeness among academics in a Public Institution of Higher Education in Malaysia (PIHE). Statistical results obtained from 40 academics indicate significant positive associations between all variables. Continuous learning was found to be the highest correlated with organizational performance while collaboration and team learning was found to be highly associated with organizational innovativeness. Detail of results, implications of study, and future research are discussed.

Academic Dishonesty Among Business Students: A Descriptive Study of Plagiarism Behavior

The advents of technology have reshaped the way people live, work and communicate. This high-tech development is also observed in the process of teaching and learning especially in higher learning institution. Aligned with the use of technology in institutions of higher education, a growing concern of academic dishonesty issue has emerged. This paper aims to investigate the reasons students engaged in plagiarism and their level of awareness towards plagiarism activity. A total of 99 sets of questionnaires were collected from students of a degree business program in a public university in Malaysia. The findings indicate that the level of awareness among students on plagiarism is high. However, that does not stop them from engaging with plagiarism having easy access of the internet and the fact that they have a habit of doing last minute work. Different perceptions between genders on plagiarism were also investigated and discussed.

Academic Dishonesty Among Business Students: Cheating Acts and Proposed Ways to Reduce Cheating Behavior

Cheating is not a new phenomenon but a well-known type of academic dishonesty that occur among students regardless level of education in both private and public universities. In order to produce a first-class quality of manpower in the future, academic field plays an important role in shaping the students. Previous studies found that business students cheat more than their non-business-student peers. To date, there is limited evidence on cheating and guidelines to prevent cheating behaviour among business students especially in Malaysian context. Thus, the objectives of the study are: (1) to identify the cheating engagement acts commonly used by business students; and (2) to determine the most efficient ways to reduce cheating behavior among business students. A total of 120 sets of questionnaire survey were collected across 4 academic programs offered by the faculty of a public university in Malaysia. The findings revealed that most of the students used extra help during exam. Furthermore, it was suggested that cheating behaviour can be reduced through code of ethics, public campaign and increased supervision. Implications and future research directions are discussed.

Organizational Innovativeness as Predictors to Organizational Performance of Public Universities in Malaysia

The transformation of Public Institutions of Higher Education (PIHE) in Malaysia to become competitive at the international level brings up the need to improve the organizational performance level among the academicians. This comes together with the development and implementation of organizational innovativeness in the education industry. This article firstly assessed the level of organizational performance and organizational innovativeness among the academicians in Malaysian PIHEs. Secondly, organizational innovativeness is assessed whether it may have any influence on organizational performance using correlation and multiple regression analyses. Using samples of 88 academicians taken from various public universities in Peninsular Malaysia, the level assessment found that both variables are moderate. The highest correlation was found between organizational innovativeness with development target and characteristics. The highest Beta value in multiple regressions was also found between organizational innovativeness with development target and characteristics followed by curriculum planning, and reputation. Implications and further research suggestions are discussed in this paper.