Convergence of global and traditional managers’ characteristics: a case of senior management of cooperatives in Malaysia

Senior management plays a very significant role to enhance the profitability of cooperatives. Unlike traditional companies, which are regulated by the Commission of Companies Malaysia, cooperatives are regulated by the Cooperative Commission of Malaysia. Malaysian cooperative managers may need to a...

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Main Authors:	Ismail, Yusof, Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Inderscience Enterprises 2010
Subjects:	HF5549 Personnel management
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spelling	iium-29612011-10-06T06:27:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2961/ Convergence of global and traditional managers’ characteristics: a case of senior management of cooperatives in Malaysia Ismail, Yusof Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi HF5549 Personnel management Senior management plays a very significant role to enhance the profitability of cooperatives. Unlike traditional companies, which are regulated by the Commission of Companies Malaysia, cooperatives are regulated by the Cooperative Commission of Malaysia. Malaysian cooperative managers may need to adjust to changing global business environment to remain competitive in the economy. This paper attempts to investigate the perceptions of cooperatives’ senior management towards managerial roles and global skills, and aggregate the two sets of dimensions into broader categories. Factor analysis of the responses from 133 cooperative managers surveyed suggests that Malaysian cooperative managers are expected to have three composite skills labelled as cultural adaptability, public relations, and human development. Inderscience Enterprises 2010-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/2961/1/JIBED050103_ISMAIL.pdf Ismail, Yusof and Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi (2010) Convergence of global and traditional managers’ characteristics: a case of senior management of cooperatives in Malaysia. Journal of International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, 5 (1). pp. 49-62. ISSN 1549-9324 http://www.inderscience.com/storage/f632512189114107.pdf 10.1504/JIBED.2010.035196
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description	Senior management plays a very significant role to enhance the profitability of cooperatives. Unlike traditional companies, which are regulated by the Commission of Companies Malaysia, cooperatives are regulated by the Cooperative Commission of Malaysia. Malaysian cooperative managers may need to adjust to changing global business environment to remain competitive in the economy. This paper attempts to investigate the perceptions of cooperatives’ senior management towards managerial roles and global skills, and aggregate the two sets of dimensions into broader categories. Factor analysis of the responses from 133 cooperative managers surveyed suggests that Malaysian cooperative managers are expected to have three composite skills labelled as cultural adaptability, public relations, and human development.
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author	Ismail, Yusof Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi
author_facet	Ismail, Yusof Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi
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title	Convergence of global and traditional managers’ characteristics: a case of senior management of cooperatives in Malaysia
title_short	Convergence of global and traditional managers’ characteristics: a case of senior management of cooperatives in Malaysia
title_full	Convergence of global and traditional managers’ characteristics: a case of senior management of cooperatives in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Convergence of global and traditional managers’ characteristics: a case of senior management of cooperatives in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Convergence of global and traditional managers’ characteristics: a case of senior management of cooperatives in Malaysia
title_sort	convergence of global and traditional managers’ characteristics: a case of senior management of cooperatives in malaysia
publisher	Inderscience Enterprises
publishDate	2010
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Convergence of global and traditional managers’ characteristics: a case of senior management of cooperatives in Malaysia

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