Consumer Behaviour issues have become more heterogeneous because of cultural differences. This phenomenon makes it progressively important to understand factors impacting it. As such, this study examined the determinants of consumer buying Behaviour among Saudis and expatriates living in Riyadh; this study discovered the role of price, motivation, perceived culture importance and religious orientation toward consumer buying Behaviour. The study utilises survey questionnaire for data collection from car agencies in Saudi Arabia. The data is analysed using Partial Least Squares (PLS-SEM) technique to test the hypotheses of the study. The empirical findings confirmed the direct relationship between price, motivation, perceived culture importance and consumer buying Behaviour. Besides, price and perceived culture importance were found significantly related to religious orientation. However, contrary to the hypotheses, it is found that the mediating role of religious orientation in the relationship between price, motivation, perceived culture importance and consumer buying Behaviour is not supported. The result is discussed in the context of addressing consumer buying Behaviour in Saudi Arabia.

Purpose: This paper examines the relationship between top management support and knowledge transfer and sharing in Multimedia Super Corridor MSC status organizations, using trust as a mediator. A theoretical model was tested through a survey carried out by 132 middle managers in MSC status organizations in Malaysia. Methodology: Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was employed for data analysis. Results: The obtained results show that the top management support will facilitate knowledge transfer and sharing. Implications: The empirical evidence confirmed that the direct and indirect relationships between top management support, trust and knowledge transfer, and sharing were found to be fully supported, including the relationship between trust and knowledge transfer and sharing. Finally, trust fully mediates the relationship between top management support and knowledge transfer and sharing.

This study examines the direct effects of staff conduct, communication, access to service, and credibility on satisfaction towards telecommunication services in Malaysia. The study took place in a public university to see whether the lecturers are happy with the services provided by the telecommunication firms. There are a total of 100 responses to the questionnaire developed. The data is analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) through AMOS. The goodness of fit indices of the revised structural model indicate adequate fit (GFI: 0.915, RMSEA: 0.048, Ratio: 1.21, P-value: 0.158). The regression parameter estimates show four significant relationships between credibility and staff conduct (β=0.295, P-value=0.003 and C.R=2.93), credibility and communication (β=0.76, P-value=0.000 and C.R=8.996), satisfaction and access to service (β=0.316, P-value=0.000 and C.R=3.673) and satisfaction and credibility (β=0.945, P-value=0.035 and C.R=2.05). The result is discussed in the context of improving telecommunication services in Malaysia.

Public Universities in Malaysia offer many programs to their students and use e-learning or VLE as their platform, mostly enrolling distance learning students. The study explores the relationship between the influence of Diversity in the methods of presentation and classroom environment on virtual learning. This study is a quantitative type of research that seeks to explain relationships among variables. The study will use statistical analysis such as PLS-SEM. This study looks at variables at a specific point in the data collection process. The findings of these studies indicated that the communication environment towards the virtual learning environment has a significant positive relationship. However, Diversity in presentation methods in the virtual learning environment is insignificant. This study provides insights into the virtual learning environment, particularly in the Malaysian context, discusses implications for Diversity in the presentation and classroom environment methods, and offers recommendations for future research.

Global political and financial entities have witnessed many scandals linked to leaders’ unethical behavior. Previous research suggests that the susceptibility of leaders to act in an unethical way is rooted in various individual, organizational, and social factors. However, unethical leadership is scarcely examined in the context of African countries. This study explores the role of poor leadership skills and qualities in eliciting unethical leadership behavior in Algerian public organizations. Using an exploratory qualitative approach, 15 leaders and managers were included in series of in-depth interviews. The results of the data analysis revealed that poor leadership skills and competencies are critical antecedents of unethical leadership behavior within Algerian public organizations. This study contributes to the ongoing research efforts that seek to identify and minimize the causes of unethical behaviors of leaders across sectors and disciplines. This study provides insights into the construct of unethical leadership and how individual, organizational, and social factors predict leaders’ unethical behavior. While there are many studies on the issue of unethical leadership, research on the potential role of poor leadership skills in eliciting unethical behavior is scarce, especially in Algeria. This study found that there is a strong link between skills and competencies of leaders and their ethical behavior within organizational settings.