E-Proceeding by Faradillah Iqmar Omar
Cyberspace with various Internet applications has provided opportunities to women online entrepre... more Cyberspace with various Internet applications has provided opportunities to women online entrepreneur to increase their social contact with others which eventually became their patrons, agents or suppliers. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which digital inclusion and support system affect the empowerment of online women entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Further, the objective of the study was to identify the relationship between the factors of digital inclusion and support system towards the empowerment of women online entrepreneurs. The respondents of the study included 402 women online entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 to 50, who were involved in online business. This study employed quantitative approach for collecting data, in the form of online survey and face-to-face interviews. Using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze the data, the result revealed that 76 % of the participants used WhatsApp frequently as the main Internet application in running their business. They were also actively communicating with their customers and suppliers via online. By using the multiple regression analysis, the study found that the communication bonding was the main contributor to the empowerment of women online entrepreneurs. Besides, the result also revealed there was a significant relationship between support system and empowerment of women online entrepreneurs and it has contributed about 19 percent to the variant. Therefore, the results of this study showed that digital inclusion and support system had a significant relationship towards empowerment of women online entrepreneur.
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Digital inclusion is the ability of individuals and groups of people to access and use the inform... more Digital inclusion is the ability of individuals and groups of people to access and use the information and communication technology (ICT) in various aspects in line with the development of the latest technological revolution. The study examines the practice of digital inclusion in the entrepreneurial sector and explains the extent to which and how this digital inclusion occurs among entrepreneurs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Klang Valley (Shah Alam and Kuala Lumpur) areas. The preliminary survey was conducted using a quantitative method. Sets of questionnaires were used as data collection on 100 respondents comprising entrepreneurs (SMEs) aged 18 to 55. A sample selection was determined earlier by following the set criteria as in the current SME guidelines. Four digital domains of digital inclusion that have been identified are: 1) social networking, 2) information seeking, 3) e-commerce and 4) advertising and marketing. The descriptive analysis using frequency, percentage and mean were used to illustrate the results and objectives of the study. The findings show that majority of the respondents has used ICT in less than three years. The instruments reliability tests showed that most of the items were reliable and reached the Cronbach's Alpha value of 0.93. In terms of the digital inclusion, the result shows that they used ICT in seeking new customers, seeking information about similar products, doing online transaction with suppliers and to advertise their product in the web. In sum, the study found that most of entrepreneurs used ICT actively and got involved with the online system for their business development.
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Information Technology and Communication (ICT) actively growing until global level. This developm... more Information Technology and Communication (ICT) actively growing until global level. This development also involves ICT usage in areas of business that become one of the sources in national economic growth. Malaysian Government had conducted various initiatives to support ICT usage in business among entrepreneurs. The Industrial Revolution 4.0 become catalyst to a new business environment that based on the ICT platform. This study carried out to understand affective need that found in the Uses and Gratification Theory elements in influencing ICT usage among Malay women entrepreneurs. Qualitative approach has been used by interview profoundly women entrepreneurs around Negeri Sembilan and Bangi. The result found between affective need elements which influence ICT usage among informants is because it is easy to use, the difference in experience facing by entrepreneurs while using ICT applications and tools and the process of delivering fast and easy information. Study also found that informants use ICT in business to improve access to clients and other entrepreneurial partner. Additionally, reliance to ICT had become something important in increasing business performance to achieve optimum level. This study give implication to ICT usage among Malay women entrepreneurs especially to increase digital economy and to be prepared for the industrial revolution 4.0.
Keywords: Effectiveness, Ease to Use, Differences, Information Delivering, Women Entrepreneurs.
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Digital inclusion is the ability of individuals and groups of people to access and use the inform... more Digital inclusion is the ability of individuals and groups of people to access and use the information and communication technology (ICT) in various aspects in line with the development of the latest technological revolution. The study examines the practice of digital inclusion in the entrepreneurial sector and explains the extent to which and how this digital inclusion occurs among entrepreneurs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Klang Valley (Shah Alam and Kuala Lumpur) areas. The preliminary survey was conducted using a quantitative method. Sets of questionnaires were used as data collection on 100 respondents comprising entrepreneurs (SMEs) aged 18 to 55. A sample selection was determined earlier by following the set criteria as in the current SME guidelines. Four digital domains of digital inclusion that have been identified are: 1) social networking, 2) information seeking, 3) e-commerce and 4) advertising and marketing. The descriptive analysis using frequency, percentage and mean were used to illustrate the results and objectives of the study. The findings show that majority of the respondents has used ICT in less than three years. The instruments reliability tests showed that most of the items were reliable and reached the Cronbach's Alpha value of 0.93. In terms of the digital inclusion, the result shows that they used ICT in seeking new customers, seeking information about similar products, doing online transaction with suppliers and to advertise their product in the web. In sum, the study found that most of entrepreneurs used ICT actively and got involved with the online system for their business development.
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The advent of new technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), big data, data mining, peer-to-p... more The advent of new technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), big data, data mining, peer-to-peer (P2P), and consumer-to-consumer (C2C) adds to the way entrepreneurs use technology in their business. This study attempts to identify the current domains of digital inclusion of entrepreneurs particularly for small and medium businesses in Malaysia through literature reviewing. Currently, the domains of digital inclusion do not add up to the inclusion of this new technologies by the entrepreneurs and some of the technologies used had become obsolete. Furthermore, doing business without the Internet is a must nowadays for higher and speedier market coverage. Therefore, the issue of digital divide is no longer an excuse for a businessman. Several business domains of the digital inclusion had been identified in the literatures. They are social networking, entertainment, business information search, e-commerce, business website, advertising and e-marketing. In this preliminary analysis, these domains are divided in such a way so as to distinguish the different used of techniques in business or marketing. Suggestions for future research are also included.
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The purpose of this study is to examine the usage of social media among foundation students and t... more The purpose of this study is to examine the usage of social media among foundation students and to show how the usage of social media in a campus environment can produce outcomes for the students. Two variables were used; usage and outcomes. Relationships between the usage of social media and gender were also examined. In this study, a survey was administered to a sample consisted of 185 foundation students at KUIS on social media usage, the purpose of social media usage and the outcomes of social media in academic performance. The results indicated that all of the sampled foundation students used at least one form of social media website. The findings disclosed that a positive relationship exists between the purpose of social media usage and its outcomes on students' academic performance.
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Keywords: Effectiveness, Ease to Use, Differences, Information Delivering, Women Entrepreneurs.
Keywords: Effectiveness, Ease to Use, Differences, Information Delivering, Women Entrepreneurs.