Abd Rahman Ahmad

Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Johor Business School, Faculty Member

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Abd Rahman Ahmad is an accomplished academic with over 20 years of experience in the field of lecturing at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. His educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Human Resource Management (BHRM) from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Strategic Management from the International Business School (IBS), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.

As a lecturer, he has demonstrated his proficiency in a diverse range of topics, including strategic planning, management, entrepreneurship, and human resource management. He has shared his knowledge with students from various backgrounds, including undergraduate and postgraduate students. Abd Rahman Ahmad has an excellent track record of teaching and has been recognized for his efforts in the field of education. In addition to his teaching, Abd Rahman Ahmad is actively involved in research in various fields of study. His current research interests include higher education strategic planning, education funding systems, business, and management, among others. He has published a number of research papers in reputable academic journals, and his contributions to the field of research have been recognized by his peers. Overall, Abd Rahman Ahmad is an accomplished academic with a wealth of experience and expertise in both teaching and research. His dedication and contributions to the field of education make him a valuable asset to the academic community.
Phone: +6074533952
Address: Johor Business School, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

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The Effect of Organizational Justice on Job Satisfaction among Secondary School Teachers

Job satisfaction and organizational justice one of the topics which neglected in the context of M... more Job satisfaction and organizational justice one of the topics which neglected in the context of Middle East countries in general and particularly in Iraq. The study aims to find the effect of organizational justice on job satisfaction among secondary schools’ teachers and enrich the body of knowledge in Iraq and the Middle East countries. The study conducted in 8 secondary schools in Heet city province of Anbar, Iraq, 98 valid questionnaires were analysed by SPSS. The results showed the components of organizational justice’s distributive justice and interactional justice are positively affect on job satisfaction. However, distributive justice found a high effect on Job satisfaction. While, Procedural justice found non-significant effect on job satisfaction may because of the environment and policy of public schools in Iraq which is directly related to government policy in case of, promotions, salary and employment etc. This result helps school’s administration to manage the schools ...

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Influential Factors in Construction Industry of Yemen

Delay in the construction industry is a global phenomenon and are considered as one of the most p... more Delay in the construction industry is a global phenomenon and are considered as one of the most persistent problems throughout the world. Its persistence lie in its significant cause to cost overrun which most often than not lead to abandoning the project. Although such in present more in some countries as against others, the construction industry of Yemen is no exception to it. The key controlling features of project success—time, cost, quality and safety—for a project are adversely affected by the impacts of such delays. The time extension in construction projects has many after effects among which the main are time extension, cost overrun, disputes, arbitrations and litigations. Previous studies have mostly emphasized on the major causes or the effects of project delays. The main purpose of this study is to identify the influential factors negatively affecting project successful completion on time. Using a picked set of 33 factors, this investigation at first recognized the key c...

Factors Influencing Behavioral Intention to Use m-Learning and the Mediation Role of User Satisfaction

Homeschool in Malaysia: A Foresight Study

Homeschooling in Malaysia is a form of alternative education that emphasizes quality education ba... more Homeschooling in Malaysia is a form of alternative education that emphasizes quality education based on moral values and beliefs while strengthening family bonds. This alternative form of education is being practiced by a growing number of families in Malaysia. As such, the Ministry of Education has given the green light for intending parents who wish to homeschool their children to do so with prior permission from the Ministry. Local parents homeschool their children for various reasons. This study was undertaken to foresight the trends of parents who homeschool their children in Malaysia. A mixed approach was used in this study. The data collected was analyzed by using impact uncertainty analysis to foresight homeschool in Malaysia. Data was collected from 30 parents who homeschool in Malaysia and 4 of them were also interviewed. Parent left mainstream schooling is mainly due to inadequate curriculum or syllabus, social issues among students, an adverse school environment and conf...

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The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction between Leadership Style and Performance of Academic Staff

-Leadership style (LS) has not been effectively examined in educational institution in developing... more -Leadership style (LS) has not been effectively examined in educational institution in developing countries. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of LS on academic staff performance (ASP) in Iraq. Based on the review, the study proposed that LS and its components; transformational leadership (TFL) and transactional leadership (TSL) will affect ASP. In addition, the study proposed job satisfaction (JS) as a mediator between LS, TFL, TSL, and ASP. Methodology The population of this study is the Iraqi academic staff in Baghdad. A stratified sampling technique was deployed to collect 297 responses from nine universities in Baghdad. The findings showed that LS, TFL and TSL have significant effect on ASP. JS mediated partially the effect of LS, TFL and TSL on ASP. Decision makers are advised to implement the TFL and increase the JS among academic staff.

Job Satisfaction as a Mediator between Transformational Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behaviours

Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCBs) involves voluntary activities which do not form part ... more Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCBs) involves voluntary activities which do not form part of the organizational roles of workers and do not explicitly take into account the formal organizational compensation structure even though they improve the organization's general efficiency. To create a safer working environment and enhance job efficiency, education institutions must embrace and promote the OCBs. When workforce demonstrates OCBs actions, and they will increase their level of engagement and improve the performance of institutions. Such organizations would now be able to fulfil their objectives and better serve society. The purpose of the study to examine the impact of Transformational Leadership (TL) on organizational citizenship behaviours (OCBs), as well as the mediating role of job satisfaction (JS) in the Iraqi primary schools. Data collected from 172 teachers in some selected schools in Al Anbar Governorate through questioners and the data analysed by Smart PLS ...

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Using balanced scorecard to measure and align corporate social responsibility for competitive advantage

Balanced Scorecard (BSC) translates an organization s mission and strategy into a comprehensive s... more Balanced Scorecard (BSC) translates an organization s mission and strategy into a comprehensive set of performance measures and provides the framework for strategic measurement and management. BSC is currently being used worldwide as a tool for implementing enterprise strategy. Meanwhile, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can become a potent tool for the company to realize enhanced reputation and brad value, increased operational efficiency, improved sales and customer loyalty as well as the ability to attract and retains quality workforce. This researcher tried to demonstrate the relationship between BSC as a tool for managing and communicating CSR For the purpose of that, the researcher using four (4) main perspectives in BSC which is financial perspective, internal business process perspective, learning and growth perspective and customer perspective. BSC can be used to align and measure CSR to create competitive advantage by helping organizations strategically manage the ali...

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Mediating roles of attitude on intention to use M-learning among students at Malaysian technical universities

Mobile technology is changing the learning platform. Learning using mobile devices via m-learning... more Mobile technology is changing the learning platform. Learning using mobile devices via m-learning can occur anywhere and at anyplace without the face to face traditional learning. Higher education institutions around the world will need to consider how to make the most of these new opportunities to be competitive in the marketplace. Researchers advocated that there is a need to investigate students' attitudes towards m-learning. Thus, this study has been carried out to investigate the mediating role of attitude on intention to use m-learning. Technology acceptance model (TAM) was adopted the research framework. A total of 400 duly completed survey questionnaires was collected via purposeful structured random sampling and self-administrated survey questionnaire. The level of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and attitude towards the intention to use m-learning were all rated at high level. The hypotheses formulated were tested using SPSS AMOS. It was found that perceiv...

An Examination of the Implementation Federal Government Strategic Plans in Malaysian Public Universities

The National Higher Education Strategic Plan beyond 2020 announced in 2007 has outlined the seven... more The National Higher Education Strategic Plan beyond 2020 announced in 2007 has outlined the seven thrust to transform Malaysian higher education system in achieving the world class standard and to make Malaysia as the hub of higher education in Southeast Asia. Indeed this plan also addresses the funding reforms which create a challenge for the public universities to achieve the government objectives. Together with the strategic plan, the Malaysian Government has also introduced funding reforms. The findings from both methods quantitative and qualitative data show that the funding reforms would not affected the implementation of government strategic plans. However, there were several issues that the government need to consider in order the execution of the government strategic plans can generate beneficial outcomes.

format_quoteThe Malaysian government allocates 90% of higher education funding and contributes 2.7% of GDP for education, notably higher than regional peers like Thailand and India.format_quote

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A Review of Traditional Cost System versus Activity Based Costing Approaches

Organizational justice and job performance of academic staff at public universities in Iraq

SKYLINE BUSINESS JOURNAL

Job performance is one of the most critical subjects in literature due to its crucial role in the... more Job performance is one of the most critical subjects in literature due to its crucial role in the success of organizations. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of organizational justice on job performance among academic staff. The study employed a quantitative method to analyse the data collected at three Iraqi public universities located in Baghdad by using questionnaires. Stratified sampling technique was used to ensure the equal distribution of the samples among the three universities’ academic staff. Only 197 responses were valid to be analysed by using Smart PLS. The findings showed that distributive justice and interactional justice positively impacted on academic performance and ability to increase the performance, while procedural justice did not impact on academic performance. However, distributive justice had a higher impact on the job performance of academic staff compared to interactional justice. The findings of this study imply that decision-makers at universities should pay more attention to the fair distribution of resources, payment, promotion and training to increase job performance.

The Practices and Factors Affecting the Implementation of Integrated Cattle and Oil Palm Farming System in Malaysia

Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews

Purpose of the study: The Malaysian government had encouraged the adoption of integrated cattle a... more Purpose of the study: The Malaysian government had encouraged the adoption of integrated cattle and oil palm farming systems (ICOFS) since the year 1998. This is due to large areas of land suitable for ICOFS in Malaysia that can be well utilized. The efforts made in increasing the demand for meat nationwide and growing dependency on imported meat are among the reasons that ICOFS has become significant to be implemented today. Apart from that, Malaysia needs to increase the self-sufficiency level of national meat production to 32.7% by 2020 as stated in the National Agri-Food Policy 2011-2020. Despite this, only a small number of farmers have adopted ICOFS in Malaysia and less is known so far about the farmer's attitudes towards the ICOFS in Malaysia. Methodology: Therefore, this study aimed to explore the current practice as well as factors affecting and constraints to the adoption of ICOFS in Malaysia. Interviews of four selected experts in ICOFS were held to examine the curren...

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Industry Revolution 4.0 and Job Creation for the University Students

International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering

The Industrial Revolution brought a radical change to the world, from the agricultural-based econ... more

Adoption of Integrated Farming System of Cattle and Oil Palm Plantation in Malaysia

Advanced Science Letters

Factors Impacting Research Productivity of Academic Staff at the Iraqi Higher Education system

International Business Education Journal, 2020

Research productivity is a vital element in enhancing the university ranking and, it is an import... more Research productivity is a vital element in enhancing the university ranking and, it is an important metric to measure the performance of academic staff. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors impacting research productivity of academic staff at Cihan University Erbil, Iraq. A survey was carried out among 87 academic staff randomly selected at the university to determine the impact of Fund, Collaboration, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and Job Satisfaction on Research Productivity. The data was analyzed by using Smart PLS 3.2.9. The results indicated that Fund, Collaboration, ICT and Job Satisfaction had positive and significant impact on Research Productivity, although Fund has the highest impact on Research Productivity. The implication of this study is the management of universities should pay greater attention on research funding opportunities, rewarding collaboration among researchers, enabling ICT and improving job satisfaction to boost research ...