Papers by Nadzirah Mohammed
Malaysia is one of the twelve megadiverse (or mega biodiversity) countries in the world and marin... more Malaysia is one of the twelve megadiverse (or mega biodiversity) countries in the world and marine parks are part of the biodiversity components. The establishment of marine parks is to systematically protect and manage the marine ecosystem which can acknowledge Malaysia as a nature hub. However, tourism activities have adverse effects on the marine ecosystem. There were also negative reviews from the tourists on the landscape, services, and safety and security of the marine parks in Malaysia. Accordingly, positive environmental behaviour amongst the tourists plays a pivotal role in sustaining the success of marine parks. Addressing that, this study aimed to examine the influence of destination attractiveness, place attachment, activity involvement, and place satisfaction on environmentally responsible behaviour amongst tourists in marine parks. This study performed a questionnaire survey which involved on-site respondents in selected marine parks in Malaysia, namely Pulau Tioman, P...
Journal of Nusantara Studies (JONUS), 2020
Background and Purpose: The aim of this paper is to evaluate public acceptance toward Islamic ban... more Background and Purpose: The aim of this paper is to evaluate public acceptance toward Islamic banking system in Malaysia by using the market structure analysis as proposed in industrial organizational studies. The structural approach framework was used to evaluate the nature and changes of market concentration in the Malaysian Islamic and conventional deposit markets. Methodology: The well-known market concentration measure, namely concentration ratio (CR) is calculated to study the changes in saving behaviour among depositors in both banking markets. The concentration ratios of deposits for both banking markets are evaluated by using the banking firms’ level data for the period 1997–2016. Pearson and Spearman correlation analysis was also used to investigate the relationship between the total deposits and bank-specific variables. Findings: It is found that interest or profit rate paid to the depositors are the factor that greatly affect the depositors’ choice of banks to save t...
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Papers by Nadzirah Mohammed