Proceedings of the Colloquium on Administrative Science and Technology: CoAST 2013

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Leadership Development Initiatives to Ensure Succession Planning Effectiveness....Pages 1-10
Batek Phrases for Biodiversity Researchers: A Preliminary Language Descriptive Analysis....Pages 11-18
The Cabotage Policy: Is It Still Relevant in Malaysia?....Pages 19-28
Does Cuteness Sell? A Content Analytic Study of Children Portrayal in Press Advertisement....Pages 29-40
A Data-Driven Study of the English Lexical Verbs Some Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence in Learners’ Academic Writing....Pages 41-50
Critical Factors in Organizational Change and Employee Performance....Pages 51-59
Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction in a Natural Monopoly Company....Pages 61-68
Work Happiness and Intention to Leave of ICT Professionals in Malaysia: An Exploratory Study....Pages 69-77
Conceptualizing the Influence of the Islamic Value System on Quality Management Effectiveness....Pages 79-89
Project Management Technical Reference Framework for the Malaysian Construction Industry....Pages 91-98
Criteria Overview for Functional Performance Evaluation Pertaining to Refurbished Historical Building....Pages 99-106
Social Construction of Body Image in Overweight and Obese Adolescents: Preliminary Findings....Pages 107-117
Generation and Composition of Solid Waste in University Campus....Pages 119-126
Implicating the Undergraduate Studio Learning Through Establishing a new ‘Content Making’ Framework....Pages 127-133
Islamic Financial System Epidemic....Pages 135-147
Significant Aspects of Wedding Ring Designs Among Malay Couples in the Malaysian Jewellery Industry....Pages 149-155
The Relationship Among Academic Achievement, General Life Satisfaction and General Health....Pages 157-165
Malay Traditional Kitchen Furniture: A Form and Function....Pages 167-179
Malay Women in Postpartum Period: Food Beliefs and Practices....Pages 181-189
Shariah Stock Screening Methodology: A Comparison Between Shariah Advisory Board of Securities Commission Malaysia and International Index Providers....Pages 191-202
Participation of Malaysia Under the Montreal Protocol and the Kyoto Protocol....Pages 203-214
Performance Profiling of Malaysian Junior Tennis Players....Pages 215-225
Policing the Peace Keeper....Pages 227-235
Quantifying Social Media Sentiment in Predicting the Malaysian 13th General Elections....Pages 237-243
Share Prices’ Reaction to Dividend Announcement: A Study on the Listed Local Commercial Banks in Bursa Malaysia....Pages 245-254
The Surrogacy Saga....Pages 255-261
Understanding Behavior of Users in Delivering and Receiving Entertainment News via Accessing Web Portals....Pages 263-274
Wife Battering—A Malaysian Perspective....Pages 275-283
YAP signature in Kelantan Malay and Jawa Malay subethnic groups in Peninsular Malaysia....Pages 285-295
Trust in Business Relationships of Retailers and Suppliers....Pages 297-309
Success Factors of Implementing Green Building in Malaysia....Pages 311-323
Determining the Selection Criteria for Expatriates: Through the Eyes of Malaysian HR Practitioners....Pages 325-334
Roles and Tasks for Malaysian Entry Level Construction Managers....Pages 335-347
Crowdsourcing and Cloud Computing: Outsourcing and Backsourcing Alternatives for e-Government Services....Pages 349-360
The Influence of Governance Mechanisms and Fraud Incidences on Perceived Ethical Culture in Malaysian Companies....Pages 361-372
CSR Practices and Customer Loyalty: The Mediating Role of Corporate Image....Pages 373-382
Skills Retention in Basic Offshore Safety and Emergency Training (B.O.S.E.T)....Pages 383-390
The Views of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah on the Religious Rights of Non-Muslims in Ahkam Ahl al-Dhimmah....Pages 391-401
Development of Conceptual Framework for Assessing the Effectiveness and Impact of Industrialised Building System (IBS) Training on Contractors....Pages 403-413
The Belief of an Application of Kokka Wood as Accessories in the Muslim Community....Pages 415-422
A Qualitative Study on the Determinants of Islamic Credit Card Ownership and Usage....Pages 423-435
Integration of Malay Motifs into Jewelry Design Toward Exclusive Products....Pages 437-442
The Eco-Technology of British Colonial Buildings: The ‘Western’ and ‘Eastern’ Architectural Elements of Crag Hotel and Woodside Cottage, Penang Hill....Pages 443-451
Transfer of Development Right (TDR) as a Tool in Heritage Building Conservation in Kuala Lumpur....Pages 453-462
Adaptive Re-Use of Heritage Buildings in Malaysia—A Case Study of Penaga Hotel in Penang....Pages 463-477
Factors Driving Change in Management Accounting Practices: Malaysian Survey Evidence....Pages 479-490
Punctuated Governmental Regulatory Requirements in Islamic Finance Industry....Pages 491-497
Exploring the Relationship Between Leadership Style, Knowledge Management Practices, and Innovative Behavior....Pages 499-507
Office Environment and Office Productivity Relationship: An Empirical Study....Pages 509-517
The Effect of Shared Values, Trust, and Commitment on Information Sharing in Business Relationships....Pages 519-531
Strength Properties of Sustainable Palm Oil Fuel Ash (POFA)—Stabilized Landfill....Pages 533-544