Proceedings of the 2nd Advances in Business Research International Conference

This book contains the refereed proceedings of the 2nd Advances in Business Research International Conference (ABRIC2016). Chapters in the book address the theme of Advancing Knowledge, Connecting the World, reflecting on the emerging issues in various business management fields and the interconnections of multiple disciplines for creating knowledge advancement. Papers were carefully reviewed and selected and grouped into four main themes: economic and finance, marketing and communications, management, and information technology in business. The book serves as a helpful resource for students and researchers of business management, especially in understanding issues and cases of business in emerging economies and markets.

Internal marketing and employees performance: relating marketing strategies in human resource efforts. - Individual entrepreneurial orientation and talent retention of engineers: a pilot survey. - Entrepreneurial orientation of technology-based smes in malaysia. - Financial literacy of entrepreneurs in the small and medium enterprises. - Customers intention to purchase halal cosmetics and personal care products: the moderating role of religiosity. - Factors that contribute towards opportunity creation and identification orientation. - The influence of intellectual capital and corporate entrepreneurship towards small and medium enterprises (smes) sustainable copetitive advantage: building a conceptual framework. - The 11^th malaysia health plan: demand for investigation on health consumers intention towards national web-based health information service. - The effects of e-service quality on users satisfaction: a case of e-filing at lhdn. - exchange

rate exposure: doesinternational involvement matter? . - Shock and volatility transmission between oil prices and stock returns: case of oil-importing and oil-exporting countries. - Effect of cash holding towards firm s efficiency: moderating effect of earning quality. - Revisiting exchange rate exposure: a case study of malaysia and singapore. - the impact of reducing tick size on malaysian s stock market liquidity. - Predicting the financial fragility in malaysia. - Measuring bank stability: a comparative analysis between islamic and conventional banks in malaysia. - The effect of religiosity, financial knowledge, and financial behaviour on financial distress among undergraduate students. - Effects of intellectual capital on microfinance institutions performance. - an analysis of house price index as the alternative pricing benchmark for islamic home financing. - Global digital divide: inter-regional study on the impact of ict diffusion on economic growth. - The mediating role of emotional exhaustion on the relationship between job factors and turnover intention among service employees. - Factors influencing the loyalty of employee in relation to organisational climate from an islamic perspective. - Determinants of generation y engagement in electronic word of mouth. - empowering knowledge sharing in business. - The relationship between job stress and quality of life among working adults. - The influence of team characteristics on team performance among employees at selected telecommunication companies. - Escalator accidents: causes and users behaviour empirical study of kuala lumpur users. - Factors relating to employee engagement: a case study in a selected bank. - the influence of employee empowerment on organizational citizenship behavior. - Employee engagement determinants and employee retention: a study among generation y employees in malaysia. - A conceptual study on the factors influencing behavioural intention to use mobile health application among young women in malaysia. - Translation and anadaptation of work-related attitude questionnaire in cross-cultural survey research. - Influence of knowledge sharing on job performance : a case study of national audit department (nad). - The impact of knowledge management on employee' s sense of well-being. - Leadership styles and employee satisfaction among police officers at bukit aman: a case study.