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Employment outcomes for persons with disabilities have been studied in a Malaysian work setting. Drawing from theories on Ambivalence Response Amplification, Exchange, and Norms of Career Mobility, a conceptual model has been proposed for employment outcomes. The study has brought out eight propositions about the relationship between organizational experiences and employment outcomes with particular reference to persons with disabilities. Source: ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behavior; Jan2008, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p7-22, 16p.  Authors: Chooi Hwa, Ang Magdalene, Ansar Mahfooz A & Jantan Muhamad.  [Download]
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Although the population in Malaysia is still not considered elderly in Asia, the number of elderly population has recorded a steady increase since the early 1990’s. Findings from the Department of Statistics’ 2000 Census reveal an increase in the percentage of elderly from 5.9 per cent in 1991 to 6.2 per cent (about 1.5 million) in 2000. This is a clear indication that demographic ageing is taking shape in Malaysia.

Author: Wong, ChayNee.  Publication: MIERScan, 17 April 2006.  [Download]

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In fact, for a country without an ideology, the depth to which daily life in Malaysia has been politicised is dumbfounding – until one remembers that the issue of Malay rights, accompanied by a steady process of Islamisation, could not but have over the decades configured all major decision-making processes. It is therefore all the more amazing that the current administration under Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi, heir to this veritable tradition of sophisticated statecraft, should be handling the present spate of public demonstrations in the capital of Kuala Lumpur in such a clumsy manner.  Publication: Opinion Asia, 14 Dec 2007.  Author:  Ooi, Kee Beng.  [Download]
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The article asks: how the Internet contributes and enhances the struggles and development of civil society in Malaysia? It argues that the social conditions of restriction and suppression provoke the use of Internet as a mean of social action. Virtual space is providing new forms of political participation that feel fulfilling, effective and connected. In the virtual world we have another kind of discourse which is decentralized in its nature and totally different from the real world.  Publication: 4th International Malaysian Studies Conference; 3-5 August 2004, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi.  Author: Tan, Lee Onloi.  [Download]
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The charging of Lena Hendry in September 2013 by the Malaysia government is seen as an effort to limit access to information and alternative views particularly those highlighting human rights violations and alternative perspectives. This violates individual, civil society and public rights to information, opinion and expression.

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