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Determinants of subjective well-being: perspectives of Malay Muslims / Nor Hafizah Mohamed Harith and Hazizan Md. Noon

In modern and industrialized societies, the level of quality of life or life style is measured objectively by economic parameters such as income inequality rate, literacy rate and life expectancy. Many economists believe that money buys happiness, and so, income is the sole measure of well-being. Ec...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Harith, Nor Hafizah, Md. Noon, Hazizan
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Administrative Science & Policy Studies (FASPS), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam 2018
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Quality of life
Community centers. Social centers
Neighborhoods
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spelling my.uitm.ir.425622021-02-26T03:58:16Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/42562/ Determinants of subjective well-being: perspectives of Malay Muslims / Nor Hafizah Mohamed Harith and Hazizan Md. Noon Mohamed Harith, Nor Hafizah Md. Noon, Hazizan Quality of life Community centers. Social centers Neighborhoods In modern and industrialized societies, the level of quality of life or life style is measured objectively by economic parameters such as income inequality rate, literacy rate and life expectancy. Many economists believe that money buys happiness, and so, income is the sole measure of well-being. Economists typically equate economic development with per capita income or product, and they usually measure inequality and poverty in terms of real income or consumptions. However, in the early 1970s, Easterlin found that happiness, from the perspective of SWB, does not seem to rise systematically with income. Indeed, this finding seems to be in contradiction with the basic assumption of many economists. Therefore, it is important to provide an insight into the issue on how significant the meaning of happiness or life satisfaction among people. Thus, the main objective of this study is to determine the meaning of well-being among the Malay Muslim respondents. The study adopted a qualitative approach that involved 16 people who worked in University MARA Technology Shah Alam. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis and NVivo 9 was utilized as data management software. Results of the study shows that the themes were centered on 1) the need of spiritual need 2) the economic satisfaction needs & 3) the social needs. The study also revealed significant impacts to policy implications in Malaysia. Faculty of Administrative Science & Policy Studies (FASPS), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/42562/1/42562.pdf Mohamed Harith, Nor Hafizah and Md. Noon, Hazizan (2018) Determinants of subjective well-being: perspectives of Malay Muslims / Nor Hafizah Mohamed Harith and Hazizan Md. Noon. Journal of Administrative Science, 15 (3). ISSN 1675-1302 http://jas.uitm.edu.my
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topic Quality of life
Community centers. Social centers
Neighborhoods
spellingShingle Quality of life
Community centers. Social centers
Neighborhoods
Mohamed Harith, Nor Hafizah
Md. Noon, Hazizan
Determinants of subjective well-being: perspectives of Malay Muslims / Nor Hafizah Mohamed Harith and Hazizan Md. Noon
description In modern and industrialized societies, the level of quality of life or life style is measured objectively by economic parameters such as income inequality rate, literacy rate and life expectancy. Many economists believe that money buys happiness, and so, income is the sole measure of well-being. Economists typically equate economic development with per capita income or product, and they usually measure inequality and poverty in terms of real income or consumptions. However, in the early 1970s, Easterlin found that happiness, from the perspective of SWB, does not seem to rise systematically with income. Indeed, this finding seems to be in contradiction with the basic assumption of many economists. Therefore, it is important to provide an insight into the issue on how significant the meaning of happiness or life satisfaction among people. Thus, the main objective of this study is to determine the meaning of well-being among the Malay Muslim respondents. The study adopted a qualitative approach that involved 16 people who worked in University MARA Technology Shah Alam. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis and NVivo 9 was utilized as data management software. Results of the study shows that the themes were centered on 1) the need of spiritual need 2) the economic satisfaction needs & 3) the social needs. The study also revealed significant impacts to policy implications in Malaysia.
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author Mohamed Harith, Nor Hafizah
Md. Noon, Hazizan
author_facet Mohamed Harith, Nor Hafizah
Md. Noon, Hazizan
author_sort Mohamed Harith, Nor Hafizah
title Determinants of subjective well-being: perspectives of Malay Muslims / Nor Hafizah Mohamed Harith and Hazizan Md. Noon
title_short Determinants of subjective well-being: perspectives of Malay Muslims / Nor Hafizah Mohamed Harith and Hazizan Md. Noon
title_full Determinants of subjective well-being: perspectives of Malay Muslims / Nor Hafizah Mohamed Harith and Hazizan Md. Noon
title_fullStr Determinants of subjective well-being: perspectives of Malay Muslims / Nor Hafizah Mohamed Harith and Hazizan Md. Noon
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of subjective well-being: perspectives of Malay Muslims / Nor Hafizah Mohamed Harith and Hazizan Md. Noon
title_sort determinants of subjective well-being: perspectives of malay muslims / nor hafizah mohamed harith and hazizan md. noon
publisher Faculty of Administrative Science & Policy Studies (FASPS), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam
publishDate 2018
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/42562/1/42562.pdf
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