Economics, Social Sciences and Information Management

Ford Lumban Gaol, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, Indonesia. Fonny Hutagalung, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• Preface; Keynote speakers; Social economics: Strategic use of context integration capabilities of the industrial designer; Ethnic prejudice and tolerance in national literature; Exploring the use of ‘Wiggio’ to support online collaborative learning for adult learners; Resilience and family functioning among young adults in Malaysia; The role and function of the counseling psychologist in a hospital setting; Implementation of information and communication technology in Islamic University of Indonesia; Estimation of innovative potential: Spatio-dynamic approach; The mediating effects of self-esteem on the relationship between parenting styles and academic achievement of form four students in Klang Valley; Delinquency: Does religion play a vital role in misbehaviour? The evolution of society and the development of literature; Characterizing the university sector in Chile through cluster analysis; Determinants of job performance among state-owned charity organizations employee: Evidence from Malaysia; Necessity of the introduction of the progressive income tax system: A case of Latvia; Green entrepreneurship proclivity among Generation Y nascent entrepreneurs of Malaysia; Traffic congestion classification using data mining techniques; Why brain drain? Malaysian experience; The relation of work culture towards job satisfaction and job performance among teachers in vocational college; Mining Malaysian Board forums for asynchronous communication; Mismatch between housing affordability and affordable houses in Malaysian property market: A review; School readiness among Indigenous children; Developing a systematic assessment system for the LINUS program; Perception of sexual harassment among women employees: Implications for counseling services in organizations; Volatility and co-movement in staple food commodities prices using DCC framework; Issues in urban poverty and its relation to juvenile issues identification; Online games in pre-service teacher training: A proposed framework; Design and development of an Islamic education instructional multimedia for Malaysian secondary schools; Mobile learning for teaching and learning Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM): A review of literature; Internet-based products in Islamic commercial banks in Indonesia; Usage of video clips in teaching science for primary school students in Malaysia; Employment scenario for persons with disabilities through Person with Disabilities Act of 2008