Asian Social Science
Vol. 8, No. 13, November 2012
Table of Contents
Articles
| Reconsidering the Indirect Elections for the Head of Region, Response towards the Current Direct Democration Mechanism System in Indonesia | |
| Muhadam Labolo, Muhammad Afif Hamka | p1 |
| Sociological Indicators of Ethical Attitude toward Ethnic Humor: An Empirical Study on Persian Jokes | |
| E. F. Haghish, Arash Heydari, Robert Biegler, Gerit Pfuhl, Ali Teymoori | p9 |
| The History of Corporate Rescue in the UK | |
| Mei Yang, Xiaobing Li | p21 |
| Development Policy in Thailand: From Top-down to Grass Roots | |
| Matthew Kelly, Phattaraphon Yutthaphonphinit, Sam-ang Seubsman, Adrian Sleigh | p29 |
| Evaluating Factors Influencing Consumer Satisfaction towards Online Shopping in China | |
| Xiaoying Guo, Kwek Choon Ling, Min Liu | p40 |
| Social Demographic Factors That Influence Transformational Leadership Styles among Top Management in Selected Organizations in Malaysia | |
| Kabeer Abdullahi Mohammed, Jamilah Othman, Jeffrey Lawrence D Silva | p51 |
| The Essential Elements Underlying Formation of Tourist Friendly Destination Concept: Analysis in Micro Level | |
| Ahmad Nazrin Aris Anuar, Habibah Ahmad, Hamzah Jusoh, Mohd Yusof Hussain | p59 |
| Trade-offs, Compromise and Democratization in a Post-authoritarian Setting | |
| Paul James Carnegie | p71 |
| Educators’ Perceptions of Peer Harassment among Rural Day Secondary Schools Pupils in Gweru, Zimbabwe | |
| Nothabo Shoko | p80 |
| Obstacles of Organizational Learning and Self-transcendence: Theoretical Research Based on Chinese Family Business | |
| Mengyun Wu, Chuanming Chen | p89 |
| Association between Children’s Age, Numbers of Siblings and Mental Health | |
| Shin-Ling Wu, Rohani Abdullah, Sakineh Mofrad | p95 |
| Staff Rationalisation in Public Sector: A Case Study of Nigerian Postal Service Nipost Sokoto Territory | |
| Anwar Ali Shah G. Syed, Noman Abid Lakhani, Lawal Muhammad Anka, F. M. Shaikh | p99 |
| Impact of Consumer Awareness and Knowledge to Consumer Effective Behavior | |
| Suraiya Ishak, Nur Faridah M. Zabil | p108 |
| Language Learning Strategy Use of Saudi EFL Students in an Intensive English Learning Context | |
| Eid Alhaisoni | p115 |
| ‘Writing’ Requirement in an Electronic Age and Policy Issues | |
| Rokiah Kadir | p128 |
| Ideological and Moral Construction in Building of New Socialist Countryside | |
| Xiaorong Mi | p134 |
| Modelling the Long Run Determinants of Domestic Private Investment in Nigeria | |
| Kazeem Bello Ajide, Olukemi Lawanson | p139 |
| Ethnic Plurality and Nation Building Process: A Comparative Analysis between Rukun Negara, Bangsa Malaysia and 1Malaysia Concepts as Nation Building Programs in Malaysia | |
| Mujibu Abd Muis, Badrul Azmier Mohamed, Azlan Abdul Rahman, Zaherawati Zakaria, Nazni Noordin, Jennifah Nordin, Mahazril Aini Yaacob | p153 |
| Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS School-based Programme Delivery on Behaviour Change for Sustainable Development among Zimbabwean ‘O’ Level Secondary School Students | |
| Muguwe Emely | p161 |
| Recreational Program and Its Association with Job Satisfaction | |
| Fadzilah Akmal, Fakhrul Anwar Zainol, Maslina Mansor, Zaharah Ghazali | p172 |
| English Language Proficiency Levels and Needs of International Postgraduate Students: Implications and Recommendations | |
| Marlyna Maros, Siti Hamin Stapa, Mohamad Subakir Mohd Yasin | p181 |
| An Analysis of Causes for Loss of Cultural Rights of Migrant Workers | |
| Qiang Zhang | p188 |
| The Influence of Culture on Financial Reporting Quality in Malaysia | |
| Hafiza Aishah Hashim | p192 |
| A Conceptual Study on the Relationship between Service Quality towards Customer Satisfaction: Servqual and Gronroos’s Service Quality Model Perspective | |
| Muhammad Sabbir Rahman, Abdul Highe Khan, Md. Mahmudul Haque | p201 |
| The Self-translator as Cultural Mediator: In Memory of Jabra Ibrahim Jabra | |
| Nibras A. M. Al-Omar | p211 |
| Individual Differences as Antecedents of Counterproductive Work Behaviour | |
| Sarah Waheeda Muhammad Hafidz | p220 |
| Bachelor of Education in Service Teacher Trainees’ Perceptions and Attitudes on Inclusive Education in Zimbabwe | |
| Mandina Shadreck | p227 |
| Reading for Pleasure as a Means of Improving Reading Comprehension Skills | |
| Shazila Abdullah, Puteri Rohani Megat Abdul Rahim, Roszainora Setia, Razita Mohamad, Norliana Ghazali, Elangkeeran Sabapathy, Gopala Krishnan Sekharan Nair, Mohan K. Muniandy, Ramachandran Theethappan, Wan Aida Wan Hassan, Nor Syamimi Iliani Che Hassan | p233 |
| Involvement in Agro-tourism Activities among Fishermen Community in Two Selected Desa Wawasan Nelayan Villages in Malaysia | |
| Mahazan Muhammad, Azimi Hamzah, Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril, Jeffrey Lawrence D Silva, Sulaiman Md. Yassin, Bahaman Abu Samah, Neda Tiraieyari | p239 |
| Feasibility in Comparison of Originality | |
| Xiaofei Wang | p244 |
| The Antecedents of Green Purchase Intention among Malaysian Consumers | |
| Ooi Jen Mei, Kwek Choon Ling, Tan Hoi Piew | p246 |
| The Different Views on Life between Daoism and Destructive Cult | |
| Weijia Zeng | p264 |
| Identity Styles, Mental Health and Socio-economic Status of Iranian Late Adolescents | |
| Alireza Ghorbani, Haslinda Binti Abdullah, Sakineh Jomenia | p269 |
| Structural Relationship of Learning Environment, Learning Approaches, and Generic Skills among Engineering Students | |
| Saemah Rahman, Seri Bunian Mokhtar | p280 |
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