COVID-19 and social wellbeing in Malaysia: A case study

Yong, Siew Siew; Sia, Joseph Kee-Ming

doi:10.1007/s12144-021-02290-6

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“…Whereas, a small proportion of these respondents were on campus with limited f2f classes and maximum usage of the online medium for teaching and learning purposes as part of the Ministry of Higher Education’s effort to minimize the risk of Covid-19 infection among students. Online learning is the enabling factor for Malaysia success in combating the pandemic (Yong & Sia, 2021 ).…”

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Technology enhanced learning acceptance among university students during Covid-19: Integrating the full spectrum of Self-Determination Theory and self-efficacy into the Technology Acceptance Model

Rosli

Saleh

2022

Curr Psychol

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This study proposes a unified theoretical model to integrate the full spectrum of Self-Determination Theory, self-efficacy, and the Technology Acceptance Model in understanding the acceptance of technology enhanced learning among university students during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the proposed theoretical model, 7 hypotheses were tested to understand the acceptance of technology enhanced learning. A total of 303 university students participated in this study. The Heterotrait-Monotrait (HTMT) ratio of correlation was applied to measure Discriminant Validity for the Covariance-Based Structural Equation Model. Based on the results, the unified theoretical model provided better insight to understanding acceptance of technology enhanced learning (R 2 = .71). Intrinsic motivation (IM), amotivation, motivation, and technology enhanced self-efficacy (TELSE) were identified as significant determinants of students’ perceived ease of use (PEU). Amotivation, motivation and TELSE were significant determinants of students’ perceived usefulness (PU) towards technology enhanced learning. During the Covid-19 pandemic, students had internalised external regulation and identified regulation. The empirical results also revealed that the relationship between amotivation and PEU were moderated by gender. Gender also played a role in moderating the effects of amotivation and motivation relationships towards PU. However, the relationships between IM and motivation toward PEU and TELSE to PU were vulnerable towards the moderating effects of gender and students' field of study. In conclusion, students’ view on technology acceptance have changed since the pandemic, therefore, their participation in design, development, and implementation of learning resources is much needed than before to improve their psychological motivation.

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confidence: 99%

Technology enhanced learning acceptance among university students during Covid-19: Integrating the full spectrum of Self-Determination Theory and self-efficacy into the Technology Acceptance Model

Rosli

Saleh

2022

Curr Psychol

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“…The survey indicates that self-employed households will experience adverse shocks during a pandemic or other disasters that lead to an economic crisis. The other study conducted by Yong and Sia (2021) revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic has significant impacts on society's wellbeing in Malaysia, the most severe of which are adverse mental health and job unemployment.…”

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The Impact of COVID -19 to the Malaysian Social-Economic and Islamic Banks, and the Role of Maqasid Shariah

Zain¹,

Ibrahim²

2022

IJSSR

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The COVID-19 outbreak is a global health issue that has hit countries around the globe. This pandemic has further been detrimental to the world’s socio-economies. The many restrictions implemented to curb the spread of the virus, such as the Movement Control Order (MCO), have resulted in socio-economic constraints that harm the commercial activities of individual businesses as well as corporate organisations. The MCO has also been alleged to negatively affect people’s mental health due to its impact on decreasing household income and exacerbating poverty. The banking sector is not immune to the pandemic’s effect, as reflected in its financial performance. As a result, the Malaysian government responded by announcing stimulus packages for businesses and retail sectors. At the same time, the financial institution through the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) remains committed to helping households and businesses. Thus, this paper aims to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the performance of Islamic banking institutions from a socio-economic lens by comparing the first and second-quarter profits of the years 2019 and 2020. This study also looks into the roles of Maqasid Shariah and its application during the pandemic. Content analysis was applied as a tool for data collection from related websites, news and quarterly financial reports to analyse the performance of the banks. Analysis of the quarterly financial reports found that bank profit demonstrated a steep decline during the second quarter of the said period, constant with the middle of the MCO time frame. The study also found that the analysed banks reported non-financial performance reflected by Maqasid Shariah measures. This finding indicates that Islamic banks are responding to the need of society to ease the burden of adverse financial impacts on customers. Therefore, this research implicates that various parties have played their role and continue to do so in mitigating the consequences of COVID-19. This role emphasises the value of achieving Maqasid Shariah to maintain societal wellbeing and in helping the country implement sustainable growth plans. Accordingly, this study can function as a guide and serve as a lesson to all parties in reducing the effect of the current pandemic and any other shocks, including natural disasters and the financial and economic outcomes of the recession.

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“…The Prime Minister of Malaysia then announced a movement control order (MCO) as an effort to curb the spread of the pandemic. Although initially the countermeasures and policies were useful to contain the pandemic, which prompted the Malaysian government to ease restrictions under MCO, a local election in Sabah incidentally prompted the second wave of COVID-19 in Malaysia [4]. Fortunately, the vaccines for the virus have been developed and are distributed all over the globe to curb the pandemic as soon as possible.…”

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COVID-19 awareness among undergraduates in a private university

Tan

Ong

Leow

2022

IJPHS

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Since the first declaration of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in December 2019, the pandemic has brought some significant lifestyle changes among the people across the globe. There might be some underestimation in the severity level of COVID-19 among younger people, specifically around the age group of undergraduates. This study evaluated the awareness level of Malaysian undergraduates towards COVID-19 in Malaysia via an online survey hosted in a COVID-19 awareness roadshow event. This study highlighted the importance of high awareness level of the pandemic among undergraduates and their impact towards managing the spread of the pandemic to the vulnerable population. The respondents were information technology (IT) undergraduates from Multimedia University Melaka Campus, Malaysia. The overall awareness level of the undergraduates is high. Most respondents had a clear understanding on the effects of personal hygiene and personal protective equipment to avoid getting infected with COVID-19, as well as where to go if they got infected with the coronavirus. Most respondents also showed decent knowledge in identifying the basic symptoms of COVID-19. These findings give an insight into the COVID-19 awareness level among undergraduates and may help the policymakers and university managements to control the spread of COVID-19 and other emerging infections.

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COVID-19 and social wellbeing in Malaysia: A case study

Cited by 27 publications

References 41 publications

Technology enhanced learning acceptance among university students during Covid-19: Integrating the full spectrum of Self-Determination Theory and self-efficacy into the Technology Acceptance Model

Technology enhanced learning acceptance among university students during Covid-19: Integrating the full spectrum of Self-Determination Theory and self-efficacy into the Technology Acceptance Model

The Impact of COVID -19 to the Malaysian Social-Economic and Islamic Banks, and the Role of Maqasid Shariah

COVID-19 awareness among undergraduates in a private university

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