An assessment of well-being index for Iskandar Malaysia

This study investigates the importance in distinguishing residents’ expectation, aspiration, and perception resulted from the establishment of Iskandar Malaysia. The success of Iskandar Malaysia shall not only be measured by just a numbers game but rather through alleviating the level of well-being,...

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Main Author:	Ahmad Faizal, Ismail
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng
Published:	2022
Subjects:	HD Industries Land use Labor. HF Commerce.
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/10798/1/Grant%20the%20permission_s93891.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/10798/2/s93891_01.pdf
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spelling	my-uum-etd.107982023-12-10T02:46:29Z An assessment of well-being index for Iskandar Malaysia 2022 Ahmad Faizal, Ismail Abdul Hakim, Roslan Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HD Industries. Land use. Labor. HF Commerce. This study investigates the importance in distinguishing residents’ expectation, aspiration, and perception resulted from the establishment of Iskandar Malaysia. The success of Iskandar Malaysia shall not only be measured by just a numbers game but rather through alleviating the level of well-being, ability to address fair and equitable distribution of wealth among the residents. To ensure a maximum outcome resulted from the usage of public fund and resources, this study act as an added value and must be supported with a strategic measurement and performance indicator originating from the residents’ aspiration and expectation. A qualitative research with a period of two months was conducted from 23rd February till 30th April 2021 involving a total of 2,500 respondents to unleash the most important dimension among the twelve dimensions listed from the residents’ perception and aspiration. It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the outcome from this study which will reveal the actual weightage assigned for each dimension and ultimately to access changes in well-being index for Iskandar Malaysia by using the actual weightage. The analysis reveals that income and economic distribution, housing and health are among the top three dimension and components rated with the highest weightage as compared with the other nine components. The results of the analysis suggest that income and economic distribution have been assigned the actual weightage with a value of 1, while housing is represented with a value of 0.92 and health is represented with a value of 0.83. Through the analysis of existing literature and information based on previous trend and pattern, it can beconcluded that with the adaptation of actual weightage, the Iskandar Malaysia wellbeing index is now serves as a reality check reflected through participatory approach and is dynamically evolve in accordance with the aspiration and expectation of thenresidents. 2022 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/10798/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/10798/1/Grant%20the%20permission_s93891.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/10798/2/s93891_01.pdf text eng public other doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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language	eng eng
advisor	Abdul Hakim, Roslan
topic	HD Industries Land use Labor. HF Commerce.
spellingShingle	HD Industries Land use Labor. HF Commerce. Ahmad Faizal, Ismail An assessment of well-being index for Iskandar Malaysia
description	This study investigates the importance in distinguishing residents’ expectation, aspiration, and perception resulted from the establishment of Iskandar Malaysia. The success of Iskandar Malaysia shall not only be measured by just a numbers game but rather through alleviating the level of well-being, ability to address fair and equitable distribution of wealth among the residents. To ensure a maximum outcome resulted from the usage of public fund and resources, this study act as an added value and must be supported with a strategic measurement and performance indicator originating from the residents’ aspiration and expectation. A qualitative research with a period of two months was conducted from 23rd February till 30th April 2021 involving a total of 2,500 respondents to unleash the most important dimension among the twelve dimensions listed from the residents’ perception and aspiration. It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the outcome from this study which will reveal the actual weightage assigned for each dimension and ultimately to access changes in well-being index for Iskandar Malaysia by using the actual weightage. The analysis reveals that income and economic distribution, housing and health are among the top three dimension and components rated with the highest weightage as compared with the other nine components. The results of the analysis suggest that income and economic distribution have been assigned the actual weightage with a value of 1, while housing is represented with a value of 0.92 and health is represented with a value of 0.83. Through the analysis of existing literature and information based on previous trend and pattern, it can beconcluded that with the adaptation of actual weightage, the Iskandar Malaysia wellbeing index is now serves as a reality check reflected through participatory approach and is dynamically evolve in accordance with the aspiration and expectation of thenresidents.
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title	An assessment of well-being index for Iskandar Malaysia
title_short	An assessment of well-being index for Iskandar Malaysia
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