Proceedings of the 2nd Advances in Business Research International Conference

Professor Dr. Fauziah Nordin is a professor of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior. Born in Selangor, Malaysia in 1958, Professor Nordin received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Northern Illinois University in 1983, USA, followed by a Masters in Business Administration degree from Western Illinois University, USA in 1985. In 1999, she received a PhD in Human Resource Management from Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Professor Nordin has been with University Teknologi MARA for slightly more than 30 years. Dr. Abdul Kadir Othman is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA. Currently, he is heading the Centre for Postgraduate and Professional Studies at the faculty. Holding this position requires him to ensure that the postgraduate students have quality educational experience that can be used in their job or to differentiate themselves from the rest of the applicants when entering intothe job market. In doing so, he is responsible to ascertain that the curriculum is up-to-date and comparable with other universities, the facilities are sufficient, the academic staff are highly qualified and the activities are adequately challenged. He obtained his Diploma in Public Administration from Universiti Teknologi MARA before continuing his Bachelor Degree in Corporate Administration and graduated in 1998. He then pursued his Master at Malaysian Graduate School of Management of Universiti Putra Malaysia and was conferred MSc in Management in 2001. He obtained his PhD in the field of organizational psychology in 2009 from Universiti Teknologi MARA. He is an active researcher and has received several national grants and contract research from leading organizations such as CFM, MTM and MPC.Dr. Erne Suzila Kassim, received her Bachelor Degree from Indiana University in Bloomington, USA, majoring in Economics and Sociology. Upon her graduation, she workedas a Quality Engineer and was responsible for managing the Total Airport Management Solutions for the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). She then studied for MSc in Information Technology and also a PhD in Information Technology, mainly specializing in digital innovations. She has been awarded with research grants for projects among others in the fields of e-learning, green IT, e-commerce and IT for micro-enterprises. She has written for numerous journal articles and conferences proceedings, and collaborated with Said Business School, University of Oxford for a book project and Tribhuvhan University, Nepal for a research in social commerce. Currently, she also serves as a reviewer for multiple international conferences and academic journals. Erne teaches courses in information systems and IT project management, focusing on pervasive technology, and the risks and quality management of business applications projects. Her research interests include social networking, business intelligence analytics for improving customer equity and big data for halal applications. Erne has experiences in leading and managing research and academic programs at the university, holding various positions as Head of Program, Research Coordinator, Internal Auditor and Head of Department. Erne is currently a Fellow at the Institute of Halal Management and Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA.

• Internal marketing and employees’ performance: relating marketing strategies in human resource efforts.- Individual entrepreneurial orientation and talent retention of engineers: a pilot survey.-    Entrepreneurial orientation of technology-based smes in malaysia.-  Financial literacy of entrepreneurs in the small and medium enterprises.- Customers’ intention to purchase halal cosmetics and personal care products: the moderating role of religiosity.- Factors that contribute towards opportunity creation and identification orientation.- The influence of intellectual capital and corporate entrepreneurship towards small and medium enterprises’ (smes) sustainable copetitive advantage:  building a conceptual framework.- The 11th malaysia health plan: demand for investigation on health consumers’ intention towards national web-based health information service.- The effects of e-service quality on users’ satisfaction: a case of e-filing at lhdn.- exchangerate exposure: doesinternational involvement matter?.-  Shock and volatility transmission between oil prices and stock returns: case of oil-importing and oil-exporting countries.- Effect of cash holding towards firm’s efficiency: moderating effect of earning quality.- Revisiting exchange rate exposure: a case study of malaysia and singapore.- the impact of reducing tick size on malaysian’s stock market liquidity.- Predicting the financial fragility in malaysia.- Measuring bank stability: a comparative analysis between islamic and conventional banks in malaysia.- The effect of religiosity, financial knowledge, and financial behaviour on financial distress among undergraduate students.- Effects of intellectual capital on microfinance institutions’ performance.- an analysis of house price index as the alternative pricing benchmark for islamic home financing.- Global digital divide: inter-regional study on the impact of ict diffusion on economic growth.- The mediating role of emotional exhaustion on the relationship between job factors and turnover intention among service employees.- Factors influencing the loyalty of employee in relation to organisational climate from an islamic perspective.- Determinants of generation y engagement in electronic word of mouth.- empowering knowledge sharing in business.- The relationship between job stress and quality of life among working adults.- The influence of team characteristics on team performance among employees’ at selected telecommunication companies.- Escalator accidents: causes and users behaviour empirical study of kuala lumpur users.- Factors relating to employee engagement: a case study in a selected bank.- the influence of employee empowerment on organizational citizenship behavior.- Employee engagement determinants and employee retention: a study among generation y employees in malaysia.- A conceptual study on the factors influencing behavioural intention to use mobile health application among young women in malaysia.- Translation and anadaptation of work-related attitude questionnaire in cross-cultural survey research.- Influence of knowledge sharing on job performance : a case study of national audit department (nad).- The impact of knowledge management on employee's sense of well-being.- Leadership styles and employee satisfaction among police officers at bukit aman: a case study.