An empirical study of 164 employees at seven large‐scale manufacturers in Malaysia's Penang Free Trade Zone suggests that work values, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intention of various generational cohorts differ. Baby Boomers have a higher level of organizational commitment and job satisfaction than their coworkers in Generation X and Generation Y, while Generation Xers have the lowest level of intention to quit. In addition, Baby Boomers have a high level of intrinsic, altruistic, and prestige work values, while Generation Xers have higher intrinsic, extrinsic, social, and prestige work values. In illuminating how organizational outcomes vary by generational cohort, this study suggests ways that human resource professionals can tailor their policies and practices to achieve organizational goals.

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Society in general, and emerging economies in particular, face several challenges related to the rapid rate of technological change, increasing urbanization, and the degradation of the quality of life that results from air and noise pollution caused by road traffic. The apparently simple task of finding a parking space is one of the prime causes of pollution and congestion in inner‐city areas. The so‐called intelligent traffic systems and smart parking systems are believed to be one answer to alleviating this problem. This article evaluates the effectiveness of a smart parking system introduced by the state of Penang in Malaysia. It offers a review of smart parking systems and provides data from a survey of 646 Penang residents concerning the recently launched Penang Smart Parking system. The findings provide new insights and knowledge for the Malaysian government and could be used to identify critical success factors for smart parking systems in other cities.

This study is set to examine factors that influence private higher educational institutions' (PHEIs) participation in the green initiative and how the green initiative impacts on the competitiveness of PHEIs. Researchers developed a framework that addressed top management support, government support, stakeholder pressure, faculty support, and regulation compliance as factors influencing competitiveness, and the mediating role of the adoption of green initiatives on the above relationship. Few studies had been conducted to test the applicability of the above framework in the Malaysian context. A self-administered questionnaire was given to 452 PHEIs in Malaysia, and the data collected was analyzed using SmartPLS software. Findings revealed that top management support, government support, faculty support, and stake holder pressure played an important and significant role in influencing the competitiveness of PHEIs and the adoption of green initiative did mediate the above relationship. Regulatory compliance was not significant in influencing the green initiatives. Additionally, green initiative was found to mediate the relationship between the influencing factors and competitiveness. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings were discussed, and suggestions for future study were given.