Empowerment, Expectations, Priorities and Attitudes Toward Development

Samah, Asnarulkhadi Abu; Sahharon, Hamizah; Yassin, Sulaiman; Samah, Bahaman Abu; Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Mohamed

doi:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s4p469

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“…However, students' willingness to practice environmental practices is still low. The findings of this study are in line with the study of Abu Samah (2008) who stated that students have a good awareness of environmental problems but this awareness is not translated into actual practice.…”

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confidence: 84%

Effects of Environmental Awareness on Green Practices: A Study Among Homestay Operators in Selangor

Yusof¹,

Mansor²,

Awang³

et al. 2020

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Homestay is a human-oriented service industry. This industry partially contributes to environmental issues, especially through its day-to-day operations which involve the consumption of resources such as water and energy. Increasing tourist arrivals will also add on to the impact on the environment. In recent times, demand from consumers for eco-friendly accommodation has increased. However, some accommodation managers still operate in an outdated manner and do not fully recognise or fully appreciate the demands and environmental values associated with their business. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the level of green practices among homestay operators based on the level of awareness about the environment. This study used quantitative methods where a questionnaire was distributed to randomly selected respondents consisting of 210 homestay operators from 16 homestays in Selangor that are registered with the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia. The analysis for this study used Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software for descriptive and inferential analysis such as T test and ANOVA; as well as AMOS software to build a Structured Equation Model (SEM). Results indicate that there is no significant relation between homestay operators' awareness and green practices.

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Section: Literature Reviewsupporting

confidence: 84%

Effects of Environmental Awareness on Green Practices: A Study Among Homestay Operators in Selangor

Yusof¹,

Mansor²,

Awang³

et al. 2020

IJARBSS

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“…This implies that the rural youths find Facebook useful to feel connected even among close friends and its access usage through multiple gadgets have assisted in their frequent use of Facebook. The multiplicity of digital communication could in fact heighten the rural youth community's attitudes to engage in community development by empowering them through the use of Facebook, just as Abu Samah et al (2015) have mentioned that the rural communities are ready for local development, but they highly need support from the Village Development and Security Committees (JKKK) to enforce the use of digital technology. Therefore, it is recommended that Facebook be used as a medium to empower the village community by getting the relevant parties to involve as they mostly befriended people who they encounter daily on Facebook.…”

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“…Some youths cannot afford monthly internet subscriptions; therefore, the Malaysian government established 1Malaysia Wireless Village Programme in 2011 with the support from Universal Service Provision (USP). The provision of internet and the diffusion of innovation as mentioned by Abu Samah et al (2015), could aid in rural empowerment as the community's awareness of self-development is high, however, their knowledge regarding community building was still low. Scholars have suggested that the use of technology could benefit rural youths in community building and social bonding.…”

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Facebook usage pattern among rural youths of 1Malaysia Wireless Village

Sahharon¹,

Bolong²,

Omar³

2018

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The aim of this study is to discover the pattern of Facebook usage among the rural youths of 1Malaysia Wireless Village in Malaysia. Technology Acceptance Model and the Theory of Social Categorization were used to further explain their Facebook usage and the benefits of Facebook functionality in attaining a virtual community among rural youths to make them feel social bonding. This study is quantitative in nature and a survey method was adopted by using a questionnaire to collect the data. Results show that rural youths would continuously use multiple platforms to get connected to Facebook. The rural youths of 1Malaysia Wireless Village have a high Facebook usage acceptance and have frequently used the five main Facebook functionalities; such as group, conversation, sharing, identity and reputation to sustain their interpersonal relationships between close and distant friends. Several recommendations were made to ensure positive utilization of Facebook in enhancing the social context of rural youths' social interaction.

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Empowerment, Expectations, Priorities and Attitudes Toward Development

Cited by 2 publications

References 9 publications

Effects of Environmental Awareness on Green Practices: A Study Among Homestay Operators in Selangor

Effects of Environmental Awareness on Green Practices: A Study Among Homestay Operators in Selangor

Facebook usage pattern among rural youths of 1Malaysia Wireless Village

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