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Ngah, A., Kamalrulzaman, N., Ibrahim, F., Osman, N & Ariffin, N. (2021). The effect of soft skills, ethics, and value on the willingness of employers to continue recruiting UMT graduates.Management Science Letters , 11(5), 1689-1698.
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Abdul Hamid, M. S, Islam, R., & Abdul Manaf, N. H. (2014). Malaysian graduate's employability skills enhancement: an application of the importance-performance analysis. Journal for Global Business Advancement, 7(3), 181-197.
Abu Samah, I. H, Abashah, A. and Saraih, U. N. (2018). Perceived confidence and quality: Perception of employers to-wards fresh graduates: A Study in Malaysia. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(3), 437-440.
Ali, I. M., Kamarudin, K., Suriani, N. A., Saad, N. Z., & M Affandi, Z. A. (2016). Perception of employers and educators in accounting education. Procedia Economics and Finance, 54-63.
AlMunifi, A. & Aleryani, A. (2019). Knowledge and skills level of graduate civil engineers employers and graduates' per-ceptions. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, 9(1), 84-101.
Anderson, J. C., & Gerbing, D. W. (1988). Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach. Psychological Bulletin, 103(3), 411–423.
Ariffin, S., Yusof, J. M., Putit, L., & Shah, M. I. A. (2016). Factors influencing perceived quality and repurchase intention towards green products. Procedia Economics and Finance, 37, 391–396.
DeConinck, J. B. (2015). Outcomes of ethical leadership among sales people. Journal of Business Research, 68(5), 1086-1093.
De Guzman, A. B., & Choi, K. O. (2013). The relations of employability skills to career adaptability among technical school students. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 82(3), 199–207.
Demirtas, O. & Akdogan, A. A. (2015). The effect of ethical leadership behavior on ethical climate, turnover intention, and affective commitment. Journal of Business Ethics, 130(1), 59-67.
Fernandez, F., & Liu, H. (2019). Examining relationships between soft skills and occupational outcomes among U.S. adults with and without university degrees. Journal of Education and Work, 32(8), 650-664.
Finch, D. J., Hamilton, L. K., Baldwin, R., & Zehner, M. (2013). An exploratory study of factors affecting undergraduate employability. Education + Training, 55(7), 681–704.
Franke, G., & Sarstedt, M. (2019). Heuristics versus statistics in discriminant validity testing: a comparison of four pro-cedures. Internet Research, 431–447. https://doi.org/10.1108/IntR-12-2017-0515
Fuller, C. M., Simmering, M. J., Atinc, G., Atinc, Y., & Babin, B. J. (2016). Common methods variance detection in busi-ness research. Journal of Business Research, 69(8), 3192–3198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.12.008
Gefen, Rigdon, Straub, Gefen, D., Rigdon, E. E., & Straub, D. (2011). An Update and Extension to SEM Guidelines for Administrative and Social Science Research. MIS Quarterly, 35(2), iii-A7.
Green, S. B. (1991). No Title. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 26(3), 499–510.
Hafaz Ngah, A., Jeevan, J., Haqimin, N., Salleh, M., Tae, T., Lee, H., Marsila, S., & Ruslan, M. (2020). Willingness to Pay for Halal Transportation Cost: The Moderating Effect of knowledge on the Theory of Planned Behavior. Journal of Environmental Treatment Techniques, 2020(1), 13–22. http://www.jett.dormaj.com
Hair, J. F., Risher, J. J., Sarstedt, M., & Ringle, C. M. (2019). When to use and how to report the results of PLS-SEM. In European Business Review (Vol. 31, Issue 1, pp. 2–24). Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1108/EBR-11-2018-0203
Hair, J., Hollingsworth, C. L., Randolph, A. B., & Chong, A. Y. L. (2017). An updated and expanded assessment of PLS-SEM in information systems research. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 117(3), 442–458. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-04-2016-0130
Hill, R., & Petty. G. C. (1995). A new look at selected employability skills: A factor analysis of occupational work ethic. Journal of Vocational Educational Research, 20(4), 59-73.
Hinchliffe, G. W., & Jolly, A. (2011). Graduate identity and employability. British Educational Research Journal, 37(4), 563-584.
Hulland, J., Baumgartner, H., & Smith, K. M. (2017). Marketing survey research best practices: evidence and recommendations from a review of JAMS articles. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 46(1), 92–108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-017-0532-y
Ismail, M. H. (2012). Kajian Mengenai Kebolehpasaran Siswazah di Malaysia: Tinjauan dari Perspektif Majikan. Prosiding PERKEM VII, 2(2010), 906 – 913.
Izogo, E. E., Elom, M. E., & Mpinganjira, M. (2020). Examining customer willingness to pay more for banking services: the role of employee commitment, customer involvement and customer value. International Journal of Emerging Markets. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-10-2019-0850
Kavanagh, M. H., & Drennan, L. (2008). What skills and attributes does an accounting graduate need? Evidence from student perceptions and employer expectations. Accounting & Finance, 48(2), 279–300.
Kee, C. P., Ahmad, F., Ibrahim, F., & Nie, K. S. (2012). Correlating graduate marketability dimensions with measurements of University-student relationship. Asian Social Sciences, 8(6), 63-73.
Khan, K., Abbas, M., Gul, A., & Raja, U. (2013). Organizational Justice and Job Outcomes: Moderating Role of Islamic Work Ethic. Journal of Business Ethics, 126(2), 235–246.
Krish, P., Meerah, T. S. M., Osman, K., & Ikhsan, Z. (2012). Are UKM Graduates Ready to Face the Challenges of the Job Market? Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 59, 584–590.
Lievens, F. & Sackett, P. R. (2012). The validity of interpersonal skills assessment via situational judgment tests for predicting academic success and job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97(2), 460-468.
Loi, R., Lam, L.W., Ngo, H.Y. & Cheong, S.-i. (2015). Exchange mechanisms between ethical leadership and affective commitment. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 30(6), 645-658.
MacKenzie, S. B., & Podsakoff, P. M. (2012). Common Method Bias in Marketing: Causes, Mechanisms, and Procedural Remedies. Journal of Retailing, 88(4), 542–555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretai.2012.08.001
McMurray, S., Dutton, M., McQuaid, R., & Richard, A. (2016). Employer demands from business graduates. Education and Training, 58(1), 112–132.
Mohamad, S. F., Ying, L. L., Othman, M., Ungku Zainal Abidin, U. F., Che Ishak, F. A., & Abu Bakar, A. Z. (2020). Demanded competencies of the entry-level position in the restaurant industry: Employers' perspectives. International Journal of Academic Research in Business & Social Sciences, 823-835.
Mohd Abd Wahab, A. W. A. B., & smail, N. A. S. (2014). Communication skills and its impact on the marketability of UKM graduates. International Journal of Higher Education, 3(4), 64 – 71.
Murtaza, G., Abbas, M., Raja, U., Roques, O., Khalid, A., & Mushtaq, R. (2014). Impact of Islamic Work Ethics on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors and Knowledge-Sharing Behaviors. Journal of Business Ethics, 133(2), 325–333.
Ngah, A. H., Gabarre, S., Eneizan, B., & Asri, N. (2020). Mediated and moderated model of the willingness to pay for halal transportation. Journal of Islamic Marketing.
Ngah, A. H., Rahimi, A. H. M., & Norzalita, A. A. (2018). The influence of electronic word of mouth on theory of reasoned action and the visit intention to the world monument fund site. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 9(11), 1277–1282.
Ngah, A. H., Ramayah, T., Ali, M. H., & Khan, M. I. (2019). Halal transportation adoption among pharmaceuticals and comestics manufacturers. Journal of Islamic Marketing, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/JIMA-10-2018-0193
Ngah, A. H., Thurasamy, R., Aziz, N. A., Ali, H., & Khan, M. I. (2019). Modelling the adoption of halal warehousing services among halal pharmaceutical and cosmetic manufacturers. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, 14(6), 103–116.
Ngah, A. H., Zainuddin, Y., & Thurasamy, R. (2014). Contributing factors of Halal warehouse adoption. Management and Technology in Knowledge, Service, Tourism & Hospitality, 89–94.
Ndung' u, V. (2014). An investigation into the influence of culture on employability and work ethic, and the role of tertiary educators on graduate preparedness in Botswana. European Scientific Journal, 10(SI), 99-107.
Neroorkar, S., & Gopinath, P. (2020). Impact of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) on the employability of graduates—a study of government ITIs in Mumbai. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 72(1), 23-46.
Nickson, D., Warhurst, C., Commander, J., Hurrell, S. A., & Cullen, A. M. (2011). Soft skills and employability: Evidence from UK retail. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 33(1), 65–84.
Oyedele, A., Saldivar, R., Hernandez, M. D., & Goenner, E. (2018). Modeling satisfaction and repurchase intentions of mobile smart wristbands: the role of social mindfulness and perceived value. Young Consumers, 19(3), 237–250.
Parasuraman, A., Zeithaml, V. A., and Berry, L. L. (1988). SERVQUAL: A multiple-item scale for measuring consumer perceptions of service quality. Journal of Retailing, 64(1), 14-40.
Podsakoff, P. M., MacKenzie, S. B., Lee, J. Y., & Podsakoff, N. P. (2003). Common Method Biases in Behavioral Research: A Critical Review of the Literature and Recommended Remedies. In Journal of Applied Psychology (Vol. 88, Issue 5, pp. 879–903). https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.88.5.879
Rasul, M. S., Ismail, M. Y., Ismail, N., Rajuddin, M. R., and Abdul Rauf, Singh, G. K.G., & Singh, S. K. G. (2008). Malay-sian graduates' employability skills. UniTAR e-Journal, 4(1), 15-45.
Shareef, R. A. & Atan, T. (2019). The influence of ethical leadership on academic employees' organizational citizenship behavior and turnover intention: Mediating role of intrinsic motivation. Management Decision, 57(3), 583-605.
Tasquier, G., & Pongiglione, F. (2017). The influence of causal knowledge on the willingness to change attitude towards climate change: results from an empirical study. International Journal of Science Education, 39(13), 1846-1868.
Tufail, U., Ahmad, M. S., Ramayah, T., Jan, F. A., & Shah, I. A. (2016). Impact of Islamic work ethics on organisational citizenship behaviours among female academic staff: the mediating role of employee engagement. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 12(3), 693–717.
Venkatesh, V., Thong, J. Y. L., and Xu, X. (2012). Consumer acceptance and use of information technology: extending the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology. MIS Quarterly, 36(1), 157-178.
Weinberger, Y., & Shonfeld, M. (2020). Students’ willingness to practice collaborative learning. Teaching Education, 31(2), 127-143.
Abd Aziz, N., Muslichah, I., & Ngah, A. H. (2020). Understanding factors influencing community life satisfaction towards sustainable heritage tourism destination: The case of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, 15, 37–51.
Abdul Hamid, M. S, Islam, R., & Abdul Manaf, N. H. (2014). Malaysian graduate's employability skills enhancement: an application of the importance-performance analysis. Journal for Global Business Advancement, 7(3), 181-197.
Abu Samah, I. H, Abashah, A. and Saraih, U. N. (2018). Perceived confidence and quality: Perception of employers to-wards fresh graduates: A Study in Malaysia. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(3), 437-440.
Ali, I. M., Kamarudin, K., Suriani, N. A., Saad, N. Z., & M Affandi, Z. A. (2016). Perception of employers and educators in accounting education. Procedia Economics and Finance, 54-63.
AlMunifi, A. & Aleryani, A. (2019). Knowledge and skills level of graduate civil engineers employers and graduates' per-ceptions. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, 9(1), 84-101.
Anderson, J. C., & Gerbing, D. W. (1988). Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach. Psychological Bulletin, 103(3), 411–423.
Ariffin, S., Yusof, J. M., Putit, L., & Shah, M. I. A. (2016). Factors influencing perceived quality and repurchase intention towards green products. Procedia Economics and Finance, 37, 391–396.
DeConinck, J. B. (2015). Outcomes of ethical leadership among sales people. Journal of Business Research, 68(5), 1086-1093.
De Guzman, A. B., & Choi, K. O. (2013). The relations of employability skills to career adaptability among technical school students. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 82(3), 199–207.
Demirtas, O. & Akdogan, A. A. (2015). The effect of ethical leadership behavior on ethical climate, turnover intention, and affective commitment. Journal of Business Ethics, 130(1), 59-67.
Fernandez, F., & Liu, H. (2019). Examining relationships between soft skills and occupational outcomes among U.S. adults with and without university degrees. Journal of Education and Work, 32(8), 650-664.
Finch, D. J., Hamilton, L. K., Baldwin, R., & Zehner, M. (2013). An exploratory study of factors affecting undergraduate employability. Education + Training, 55(7), 681–704.
Franke, G., & Sarstedt, M. (2019). Heuristics versus statistics in discriminant validity testing: a comparison of four pro-cedures. Internet Research, 431–447. https://doi.org/10.1108/IntR-12-2017-0515
Fuller, C. M., Simmering, M. J., Atinc, G., Atinc, Y., & Babin, B. J. (2016). Common methods variance detection in busi-ness research. Journal of Business Research, 69(8), 3192–3198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.12.008
Gefen, Rigdon, Straub, Gefen, D., Rigdon, E. E., & Straub, D. (2011). An Update and Extension to SEM Guidelines for Administrative and Social Science Research. MIS Quarterly, 35(2), iii-A7.
Green, S. B. (1991). No Title. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 26(3), 499–510.
Hafaz Ngah, A., Jeevan, J., Haqimin, N., Salleh, M., Tae, T., Lee, H., Marsila, S., & Ruslan, M. (2020). Willingness to Pay for Halal Transportation Cost: The Moderating Effect of knowledge on the Theory of Planned Behavior. Journal of Environmental Treatment Techniques, 2020(1), 13–22. http://www.jett.dormaj.com
Hair, J. F., Risher, J. J., Sarstedt, M., & Ringle, C. M. (2019). When to use and how to report the results of PLS-SEM. In European Business Review (Vol. 31, Issue 1, pp. 2–24). Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1108/EBR-11-2018-0203
Hair, J., Hollingsworth, C. L., Randolph, A. B., & Chong, A. Y. L. (2017). An updated and expanded assessment of PLS-SEM in information systems research. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 117(3), 442–458. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-04-2016-0130
Hill, R., & Petty. G. C. (1995). A new look at selected employability skills: A factor analysis of occupational work ethic. Journal of Vocational Educational Research, 20(4), 59-73.
Hinchliffe, G. W., & Jolly, A. (2011). Graduate identity and employability. British Educational Research Journal, 37(4), 563-584.
Hulland, J., Baumgartner, H., & Smith, K. M. (2017). Marketing survey research best practices: evidence and recommendations from a review of JAMS articles. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 46(1), 92–108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-017-0532-y
Ismail, M. H. (2012). Kajian Mengenai Kebolehpasaran Siswazah di Malaysia: Tinjauan dari Perspektif Majikan. Prosiding PERKEM VII, 2(2010), 906 – 913.
Izogo, E. E., Elom, M. E., & Mpinganjira, M. (2020). Examining customer willingness to pay more for banking services: the role of employee commitment, customer involvement and customer value. International Journal of Emerging Markets. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-10-2019-0850
Kavanagh, M. H., & Drennan, L. (2008). What skills and attributes does an accounting graduate need? Evidence from student perceptions and employer expectations. Accounting & Finance, 48(2), 279–300.
Kee, C. P., Ahmad, F., Ibrahim, F., & Nie, K. S. (2012). Correlating graduate marketability dimensions with measurements of University-student relationship. Asian Social Sciences, 8(6), 63-73.
Khan, K., Abbas, M., Gul, A., & Raja, U. (2013). Organizational Justice and Job Outcomes: Moderating Role of Islamic Work Ethic. Journal of Business Ethics, 126(2), 235–246.
Krish, P., Meerah, T. S. M., Osman, K., & Ikhsan, Z. (2012). Are UKM Graduates Ready to Face the Challenges of the Job Market? Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 59, 584–590.
Lievens, F. & Sackett, P. R. (2012). The validity of interpersonal skills assessment via situational judgment tests for predicting academic success and job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97(2), 460-468.
Loi, R., Lam, L.W., Ngo, H.Y. & Cheong, S.-i. (2015). Exchange mechanisms between ethical leadership and affective commitment. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 30(6), 645-658.
MacKenzie, S. B., & Podsakoff, P. M. (2012). Common Method Bias in Marketing: Causes, Mechanisms, and Procedural Remedies. Journal of Retailing, 88(4), 542–555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretai.2012.08.001
McMurray, S., Dutton, M., McQuaid, R., & Richard, A. (2016). Employer demands from business graduates. Education and Training, 58(1), 112–132.
Mohamad, S. F., Ying, L. L., Othman, M., Ungku Zainal Abidin, U. F., Che Ishak, F. A., & Abu Bakar, A. Z. (2020). Demanded competencies of the entry-level position in the restaurant industry: Employers' perspectives. International Journal of Academic Research in Business & Social Sciences, 823-835.
Mohd Abd Wahab, A. W. A. B., & smail, N. A. S. (2014). Communication skills and its impact on the marketability of UKM graduates. International Journal of Higher Education, 3(4), 64 – 71.
Murtaza, G., Abbas, M., Raja, U., Roques, O., Khalid, A., & Mushtaq, R. (2014). Impact of Islamic Work Ethics on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors and Knowledge-Sharing Behaviors. Journal of Business Ethics, 133(2), 325–333.
Ngah, A. H., Gabarre, S., Eneizan, B., & Asri, N. (2020). Mediated and moderated model of the willingness to pay for halal transportation. Journal of Islamic Marketing.
Ngah, A. H., Rahimi, A. H. M., & Norzalita, A. A. (2018). The influence of electronic word of mouth on theory of reasoned action and the visit intention to the world monument fund site. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 9(11), 1277–1282.
Ngah, A. H., Ramayah, T., Ali, M. H., & Khan, M. I. (2019). Halal transportation adoption among pharmaceuticals and comestics manufacturers. Journal of Islamic Marketing, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/JIMA-10-2018-0193
Ngah, A. H., Thurasamy, R., Aziz, N. A., Ali, H., & Khan, M. I. (2019). Modelling the adoption of halal warehousing services among halal pharmaceutical and cosmetic manufacturers. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, 14(6), 103–116.
Ngah, A. H., Zainuddin, Y., & Thurasamy, R. (2014). Contributing factors of Halal warehouse adoption. Management and Technology in Knowledge, Service, Tourism & Hospitality, 89–94.
Ndung' u, V. (2014). An investigation into the influence of culture on employability and work ethic, and the role of tertiary educators on graduate preparedness in Botswana. European Scientific Journal, 10(SI), 99-107.
Neroorkar, S., & Gopinath, P. (2020). Impact of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) on the employability of graduates—a study of government ITIs in Mumbai. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 72(1), 23-46.
Nickson, D., Warhurst, C., Commander, J., Hurrell, S. A., & Cullen, A. M. (2011). Soft skills and employability: Evidence from UK retail. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 33(1), 65–84.
Oyedele, A., Saldivar, R., Hernandez, M. D., & Goenner, E. (2018). Modeling satisfaction and repurchase intentions of mobile smart wristbands: the role of social mindfulness and perceived value. Young Consumers, 19(3), 237–250.
Parasuraman, A., Zeithaml, V. A., and Berry, L. L. (1988). SERVQUAL: A multiple-item scale for measuring consumer perceptions of service quality. Journal of Retailing, 64(1), 14-40.
Podsakoff, P. M., MacKenzie, S. B., Lee, J. Y., & Podsakoff, N. P. (2003). Common Method Biases in Behavioral Research: A Critical Review of the Literature and Recommended Remedies. In Journal of Applied Psychology (Vol. 88, Issue 5, pp. 879–903). https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.88.5.879
Rasul, M. S., Ismail, M. Y., Ismail, N., Rajuddin, M. R., and Abdul Rauf, Singh, G. K.G., & Singh, S. K. G. (2008). Malay-sian graduates' employability skills. UniTAR e-Journal, 4(1), 15-45.
Shareef, R. A. & Atan, T. (2019). The influence of ethical leadership on academic employees' organizational citizenship behavior and turnover intention: Mediating role of intrinsic motivation. Management Decision, 57(3), 583-605.
Tasquier, G., & Pongiglione, F. (2017). The influence of causal knowledge on the willingness to change attitude towards climate change: results from an empirical study. International Journal of Science Education, 39(13), 1846-1868.
Tufail, U., Ahmad, M. S., Ramayah, T., Jan, F. A., & Shah, I. A. (2016). Impact of Islamic work ethics on organisational citizenship behaviours among female academic staff: the mediating role of employee engagement. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 12(3), 693–717.
Venkatesh, V., Thong, J. Y. L., and Xu, X. (2012). Consumer acceptance and use of information technology: extending the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology. MIS Quarterly, 36(1), 157-178.
Weinberger, Y., & Shonfeld, M. (2020). Students’ willingness to practice collaborative learning. Teaching Education, 31(2), 127-143.