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Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 23 (1) Mar. 2015 Contents Foreword i Nayan Deep S. Kanwal Invited Article Life-Long Education for the Global Workforce in the Socio-Engineering Age iii Namita Arora and Vijay K. Arora Regular Articles Informal Learning in Malaysian Banks: Evidence and Scenarios 1 Khoo, S. L. The Parallel Quest for Identity in Hedayat’s The Blind Owl and 21 Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury Pedram Lalbakhsh and Pouria Torkamaneh The Relationship between Personality Types and the Type of Correction 35 in EFL Writing Skill Nasrin Shokrpour and Shadab Moslehi 2015 23 (1) Mar. Vol. Architectural Changes and Motivational Factors for Post-Earthquake 47 House Transformation in Lar City, Iran Mohammad Parva, Kamariah Dola and Farzad Pour Rahimian Conceptualising Malaysian Labour Law Syllabus Through Economic 67 Analysis of Law: A Trans-disciplinary Approach Kamal Halili Hassan Modelling Neighbourhood Satisfaction of Residents in High-And 85 Medium-Density Neighbourhoods of Lagos City, Nigeria Stephen Enyinnaya Eluwa and Ho Chin Siong Student Activism and The 13th Malaysian General Election: The Second 105 Civil Society Wave After 1969 Mohd. Fauzi B Fadzil and Ku Hasnita Ku Samsu VOL. 23 (1) MAR. 2015 Students’ Islamic Personality on Amanah: A Structural 129 Modelling Approach Tekke, M., Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham, Adnan, M.A.M. and Othman, N. Pertanika Editorial Oce, Journal Division Oce of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (R&I) 1st Floor, IDEA Tower II UPM-MTDC Technology Centre Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/ E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +603 8947 1622 / 1619 Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities About the Journal Pertanika is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of original papers, and it serves as a forum for practical approaches to improving quality in issues pertaining to tropical agriculture and its related fields. Pertanika began publication in 1978 as the Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science. In 1992, a decision was made to streamline Pertanika into three journals to meet the need for specialised journals in areas of study aligned with the interdisciplinary strengths of the university. The revamped Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities (JSSH) aims to develop as a pioneer journal for the Social Sciences with a focus on emerging issues pertaining to the social and behavioural sciences as well as the humanities, particularly in the Asia Pacific region. Other Pertanika series include Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science (JTAS); and Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology (JST). JSSH is published in English and it is open to authors around the world regardless of the nationality. It is currently published four times a year i.e. in March, June, September and December. Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Goal of Pertanika Our goal is to bring the highest quality research to the widest possible audience. Quality We aim for excellence, sustained by a responsible and professional approach to journal publishing. Submissions are guaranteed to receive a decision within 12 weeks. 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Aims and Scope Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities aims to provide a forum for high quality research related to social sciences and humanities research. Areas relevant to the scope of the journal include: Accounting, Agricultural & resource economics, Anthropology, Communication, Community and peace studies, Design and architecture, Disaster and crisis management, Economics, Education, Extension education, Finance, Gerontology, Hospitality and tourism, Human ecology, Human resource development, Language studies (education, applied linguistics, acquisition, pedagogy), Language literature (literary & cultural studies), Management, Marketing, Psychology, Safety and environment, Social and behavioural sciences, Sociology, Sustainable development, and Ethnic relations. Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Editorial Statement Pertanika is the official journal of Universiti Putra Malaysia. The abbreviation for Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities is Pertanika J. Soc. Sci. Hum. JSSH Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities AN INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EDITORIAL BOARD Mohd. Shahwahid Hj. Othman 2015-2017 Economics, Natural Resource & Abdul Mansur M. Masih Elias @ Ilias Salleh Muzafar Shah Habibullah Environmental Economics, Economics Economics, Econometrics, Finance, Architectural Science, Sustainable Economics, Monetary Economics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Tropical Design, Thermal Comfort, Banking, Macroeconomics, Universiti Valuation Minerals, Saudi Arabia. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. Malaysia. Alan Maley Patricia Matusky CHIEF EXECUTIVE EDITOR English Language Studies, Teaching of Gong-Soog Hong Music, Ethnomusicology, Malay and English Language and Literature, Leeds Economics, Consumer and Family Indonesian language, Literature and Nayan Deep S. Kanwal Metropolitan University, UK. Sciences, The Ohio State University, USA. Culture, Grand Valley State University, Environmental Issues – Landscape USA. Ali Reza Kaldi Jacqueline Pugh-Kitingan Plant Modelling Applications Medical Sociology, Sociology of Music, Ethnomusicology, Borneo and Samsinar Md.Sidin Development Ageing, Gerontology, Papua New Guinea Studies, Universiti Management Studies, Marketing, UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS University of Social Welfare and Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia. Consumer Behaviour, Universiti Putra Rehabilitation, Tehran, Iran. Malaysia, Malaysia. COMMITTEE James R. Stock Aminah Ahmad Management Studies, Marketing, Shameem Rafik-Galea Mohd Azmi Mohd Lila, Chair Sociology, Gender and Development, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, English Language Studies, Linguistics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. Quantitative Method, University of South Applied Linguistics, Language and Florida, USA. Communication, Universiti Putra EDITORIAL STAFF Bee-Hoon Tan Malaysia, Malaysia. English Language Studies and Applied Jayakaran Mukundan Journal Officers: Shamsher Mohamad Linguistics, with Special Research Interest English Language Studies, Teaching Kwan Lee Yin, ScholarOne in e-learning and Learning Support, English as a Second Language (TESL), Ramadili Mohd Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. Finance, Corporate Governance, The Kanagamalar Silvarajoo, ScholarOne English Language Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. Global University of Islamic Finance Brian Tomlinson (INCEIF) Malaysia. Editorial Assistants: English Language Studies, The Jayum A. Jawan Siti Juridah Mat Arip Evaluation, Adaptation and Sociology, Politics and Government, Stephen J. Hall Development, Leeds Metropolitan Civilization Studies, Universiti Putra English Language Studies, Linguist, Zulinaardawati Kamarudin University, UK. Malaysia, Malaysia. Teacher Educator, TESOL, Centre for Norhafizah Abd Rani English Language Studies, Sunway Deanna L. Sharpe Jonathan Newton University, Malaysia. Economics, Consumer and Family Classroom-based Second Language COPY EDITORS Economics, Personal Finance, The Acquisition, Language Teaching Stephen J. Thoma University of Missouri, Columbia, USA. Methodology, the Interface of Culture Phsycology, Educational Psychology, The Doreen Dillah and Language in Language Teaching and University of Alabama, USA. Crescentia Morais Dessy Irawati Learning, and Language/Communication International Business Management, Training and Material Design for the Swee-Heng Chan Strategic Management, Economic Multicultural Workplace, Victoria English Language Studies, Universiti PRODUCTION STAFF Geography, Globalization and University of Wellington, New Zealand. Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. Pre-press Officer: Development Studies, Industrial Dynamics and Knowledge Transfer, Marcus Bion GRIFFIN Turiman Suandi Nik Khairul Azizi Nik Ibrahim Radboud University, the Netherlands Human Ecology, Anthropology, Tropical Psychology, Youth Development and and EduPRIME the consulting, the Agriculture, Fisheries, Cultural Learning Volunteerism, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Layout & Typeset: Netherlands. Solutions, USA. Malaysia. Sarwani Padzil Mary Susan Philip Victor T. King Noor Sholihah Mohd Daud English Language Theatre in Malaysia Anthropology / Southeast Asian Studies and Singapore; Postcolonial Theatre, White Rose East Asia Centre, University WEBMASTER University of Malaya, Malaysia. of Leeds, UK. Mohd Nazri Othman PUBLICITY & PRESS RELEASE INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Magdalene Pokar (ResearchSEA) 2013-2016 Carolyn Graham Handoyo Puji Widodo Mohamed ARIFF EDITORIAL OFFICE Music,
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