Monday, December 6, 2010

Parellel Session VII

Parallel Session VII (A)
Macroeconomics

Date: 15 December 2010
Time: 0800 - 0930
Venue: Peninjau Hall [Level 2]


CHAIRPERSON
Tuck-Cheong Tang

SPEAKERS

1.        Crime and Peniaphobia
Siti Nur Zahara Hamzah, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Evan Lau, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

2.        Rationality of Business Operational Forecasts: Evidence from Malaysian Distributive Trade Sector
Chin-Hong Puah, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Shirly Siew-Ling Wong, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Shazali Abu Mansor, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

3.        Personal Saving and Personal Disposable Income in the US (1950-2008): An Econometric Analysis
Oguz Yildirim, Northwestern University, SCS, USA

4.        Macroeconomic Impacts of Recent Oil Price Shocks in a Small Open Economy: The Case of Malaysia
Mansor H. Ibrahim, Universiti Putra Malaysia

5.        Wagner’s Law versus Keynesian Hypothesis in Malaysia: An Impressionistic View
Tuck-Cheong Tang, Monash University Sunway campus















Rapporteur: Shirly Siew-Ling Wong
Parallel Session VII (B)
Financial Market Efficiency

Date: 15 December 2010
Time: 0800 - 0930
Venue: Bakong Room [Level 2]


CHAIRPERSON
Kian-Ping Lim

SPEAKERS

1.        Trade Openness and the Informational Efficiency of Emerging Stock Markets
Kian-Ping Lim, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Jae H. Kim, La Trobe University, Australia

2.        Day-of-the-week Effects: Evidence from the Chinese Stock Markets
Ricky Chee-Jiun Chia, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Venus Khim-Sen Liew, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Syed Azizi Wafa Syed Khalid Wafa,  Universiti Malaysia Sabah

3.        Revisiting the Efficient Market Hypothesis? Evidence from Bangladesh Stock Market
Qaiser Munir, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Zakariya Belkhamza, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Fumitaka Furuoka, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

4.        Can Market Integration Explain Market Inefficiency at the Industry Level?
Kui-Guan Tai, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Chee-Wooi Hooy, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Kian-Ping Lim, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

5.        Branch Level Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions and Its Determinant: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis in Assam, India
Gopal Kumar Sarma, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Saundarjya Borbora, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India










Rapporteur: Arunnan Bala Subramaniam
Parallel Session VII (C)
Organizational Behaviour
Date: 15 December 2010
Time: 0800 - 0930
Venue: Lambir Room [Level 1]


CHAIRPERSON
May-Chiun Lo

SPEAKERS

1.       A Study of Workplace Stress and Its Relationship with Job Satisfaction among Officers in the Banking Sector
Kartinah Ayupp, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Ming-Nguok Tiong, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

2.       Investigation of Job Satisfaction Determinants and Its Relationship with Employee Turnover Intention in Banking Sector of Pakistan
Muhammad Shahid Iqbal,  COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad Pakistan
Muhammad Ishfaq Khan, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad Pakistan
Qaisar Abbas, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad Pakistan

3.       The Relationship between Employee Empowerment and Trust in their Leader: A Study in UiTM Segamat Johor
Fazlin Natasya Abdul Halim, Universiti Teknologi MARA
Noraishah Kamarolzaman, Universiti Teknologi MARA

4.       Relationship between Bases of Power and Employees’ Job Stress in Financial Sector in Malaysia
May-Chiun Lo, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
T. Ramayah, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Wei-Tak Liew, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak















Rapporteur: Siti Aisyah bt. Ya’kob

Parallel Session VII (D)
Technology Management & Business Strategy
Date: 15 December 2010
Time: 0800 - 0930
Venue: Luak Room [Level 1]


CHAIRPERSON
Zorah Abu Kassim

SPEAKERS

1.        Comparing the Characteristics of Strategy  Charting and Technology Roadmapping
Choy-Leong Yee, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Kenny Guan-Cheng Teoh, Universiti Putra Malaysia

2.        A Study on the Use of Technology Roadmapping among Manufacturing Firms
Choy-Leong Yee, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Kenny Guan-Cheng Teoh, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Hui-Hui Chua, Universiti Putra Malaysia

3.        Integrated Business Strategy for Internationalization Process: Case Study on Korean Companies Enter China Consumer Electronic Market
Jing-Wen Lee, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Lawrence Arokiasamy, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

4.        The Strategic Management of Shipping Documentation and Forwarding for World Class Competitiveness in International Business – with Focus on the Sultanate of Oman, the GCC and Zimbabwe
Faustino Taderera, Ministry of Higher Education, Sultanate of Oman
Anwar Khamis Abdullah Al Sheyadi, Ministry of Higher Education, Sultanate of Oman
Amal S Alalawi, Ministry of Higher Education, Sultanate of Oman
More Chinakidzwa, Harare Institute of Technology, Zimbabwe
Kudzayi Ziki, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe 

5.      Museum and Its Roles in Promoting Cultural and Historical Learning to Young Visitors: An Exploratory Study about Its Use of ICT
Rohaya Mohd-Nor, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Constance Rinen Justin Wah, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Nurul Izza Abdul Malek, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak







Rapporteur: Constance Rinen Justin Wah