Vol. 8, No. 13 (2012), Asian Social Science

• • 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
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• • 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
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• • The History of Corporate Rescue in the UK
  • •  Mei Yang   
    •  Xiaobing Li   
    • p21
    •  PDF 
      
• • Development Policy in Thailand: From Top-down to Grass Roots
  • •  Matthew Kelly   
    •  Phattaraphon Yutthaphonphinit   
    •  Sam-ang Seubsman   
    •  Adrian Sleigh   
    • p29
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• • Evaluating Factors Influencing Consumer Satisfaction towards Online Shopping in China
  • •  Xiaoying Guo   
    •  Kwek Choon Ling   
    •  Min Liu   
    • p40
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• • 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
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• • 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
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• • Trade-offs, Compromise and Democratization in a Post-authoritarian Setting
  • •  Paul James Carnegie   
    • p71
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• • Educators’ Perceptions of Peer Harassment among Rural Day Secondary Schools Pupils in Gweru, Zimbabwe
  • •  Nothabo Shoko   
    • p80
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• • Obstacles of Organizational Learning and Self-transcendence: Theoretical Research Based on Chinese Family Business
  • •  Mengyun Wu   
    •  Chuanming Chen   
    • p89
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• • Association between Children’s Age, Numbers of Siblings and Mental Health
  • •  Shin-Ling Wu   
    •  Rohani Abdullah   
    •  Sakineh Mofrad   
    • p95
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• • 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
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• • Impact of Consumer Awareness and Knowledge to Consumer Effective Behavior
  • •  Suraiya Ishak   
    •  Nur Faridah M. Zabil   
    • p108
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• • Language Learning Strategy Use of Saudi EFL Students in an Intensive English Learning Context
  • •  Eid Alhaisoni   
    • p115
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• • ‘Writing’ Requirement in an Electronic Age and Policy Issues
  • •  Rokiah Kadir   
    • p128
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• • Ideological and Moral Construction in Building of New Socialist Countryside
  • •  Xiaorong Mi   
    • p134
    •  PDF 
      
• • Modelling the Long Run Determinants of Domestic Private Investment in Nigeria
  • •  Kazeem Bello Ajide   
    •  Olukemi Lawanson   
    • p139
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• • 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
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• • Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS School-based Programme Delivery on Behaviour Change for Sustainable Development among Zimbabwean ‘O’ Level Secondary School Students
  • •  Muguwe Emely   
    • p161
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• • Recreational Program and Its Association with Job Satisfaction
  • •  Fadzilah Akmal   
    •  Fakhrul Anwar Zainol   
    •  Maslina Mansor   
    •  Zaharah Ghazali   
    • p172
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• • English Language Proficiency Levels and Needs of International Postgraduate Students: Implications and Recommendations
  • •  Marlyna Maros   
    •  Siti Hamin Stapa   
    •  Mohamad Subakir Mohd Yasin   
    • p181
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• • An Analysis of Causes for Loss of Cultural Rights of Migrant Workers
  • •  Qiang Zhang   
    • p188
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• • The Influence of Culture on Financial Reporting Quality in Malaysia
  • •  Hafiza Aishah Hashim   
    • p192
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• • 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
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• • The Self-translator as Cultural Mediator: In Memory of Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
  • •  Nibras A. M. Al-Omar   
    • p211
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• • Individual Differences as Antecedents of Counterproductive Work Behaviour
  • •  Sarah Waheeda Muhammad Hafidz   
    • p220
    •  PDF 
      
• • Bachelor of Education in Service Teacher Trainees’ Perceptions and Attitudes on Inclusive Education in Zimbabwe
  • •  Mandina Shadreck   
    • p227
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• • 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
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• • 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
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• • Feasibility in Comparison of Originality
  • •  Xiaofei Wang   
    • p244
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• • The Antecedents of Green Purchase Intention among Malaysian Consumers
  • •  Ooi Jen Mei   
    •  Kwek Choon Ling   
    •  Tan Hoi Piew   
    • p248
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• • The Different Views on Life between Daoism and Destructive Cult
  • •  Weijia Zeng   
    • p264
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• • Identity Styles, Mental Health and Socio-economic Status of Iranian Late Adolescents
  • •  Alireza Ghorbani   
    •  Haslinda Binti Abdullah   
    •  Sakineh Jomenia   
    • p269
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• • Structural Relationship of Learning Environment, Learning Approaches, and Generic Skills among Engineering Students
  • •  Saemah Rahman   
    •  Seri Bunian Mokhtar   
    • p280
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