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Issues and challenges in evaluating community impact study on knowledge transfer program: researchers' reflection

Knowledge Transfer Program (KTP) is Malaysian government’s initiative to transfer the required skills and knowledge from higher education institutions to the community. Evaluation of the KTP is part of the agenda to examine the impacts of the KTP on society. This study is among the pioneer researche...

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Main Authors: Madon, Zainal, Surif, Misni, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi, Muhammad, Mahazan, Sulaiman, Abdul Hadi
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Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/93935/
https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/10649/Issues-and-Challenges-in-Evaluating-Community-Impact-Study-on-Knowledge-Transfer-Program-Researchers-Reflection
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spelling my.upm.eprints.939352023-04-12T04:11:28Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/93935/ Issues and challenges in evaluating community impact study on knowledge transfer program: researchers' reflection Madon, Zainal Surif, Misni Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Muhammad, Mahazan Sulaiman, Abdul Hadi Knowledge Transfer Program (KTP) is Malaysian government’s initiative to transfer the required skills and knowledge from higher education institutions to the community. Evaluation of the KTP is part of the agenda to examine the impacts of the KTP on society. This study is among the pioneer researches to analyze the issues in conducting the community impact study. The study adopted qualitative research design using researcher’s reflexivity approach. A total of 16 KTP communities’ projects for the first rolling (2011 – 2013) were examined. The findings indicate that there are five core issues that emerged through the reflexive process of conducting the study. They include absence of database, timeframe, multiple beneficiaries and poor assessment of community needs. These issues equally are important for stakeholders, researchers and practitioners. Few recommendations are also put forward to improve the community project evaluation in the future. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2021-07-23 Article PeerReviewed Madon, Zainal and Surif, Misni and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi and Muhammad, Mahazan and Sulaiman, Abdul Hadi (2021) Issues and challenges in evaluating community impact study on knowledge transfer program: researchers' reflection. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11 (15). 229 - 244. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/10649/Issues-and-Challenges-in-Evaluating-Community-Impact-Study-on-Knowledge-Transfer-Program-Researchers-Reflection 10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i15/10649
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description Knowledge Transfer Program (KTP) is Malaysian government’s initiative to transfer the required skills and knowledge from higher education institutions to the community. Evaluation of the KTP is part of the agenda to examine the impacts of the KTP on society. This study is among the pioneer researches to analyze the issues in conducting the community impact study. The study adopted qualitative research design using researcher’s reflexivity approach. A total of 16 KTP communities’ projects for the first rolling (2011 – 2013) were examined. The findings indicate that there are five core issues that emerged through the reflexive process of conducting the study. They include absence of database, timeframe, multiple beneficiaries and poor assessment of community needs. These issues equally are important for stakeholders, researchers and practitioners. Few recommendations are also put forward to improve the community project evaluation in the future.
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author Madon, Zainal
Surif, Misni
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Muhammad, Mahazan
Sulaiman, Abdul Hadi
spellingShingle Madon, Zainal
Surif, Misni
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Muhammad, Mahazan
Sulaiman, Abdul Hadi
Issues and challenges in evaluating community impact study on knowledge transfer program: researchers' reflection
author_facet Madon, Zainal
Surif, Misni
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Muhammad, Mahazan
Sulaiman, Abdul Hadi
author_sort Madon, Zainal
title Issues and challenges in evaluating community impact study on knowledge transfer program: researchers' reflection
title_short Issues and challenges in evaluating community impact study on knowledge transfer program: researchers' reflection
title_full Issues and challenges in evaluating community impact study on knowledge transfer program: researchers' reflection
title_fullStr Issues and challenges in evaluating community impact study on knowledge transfer program: researchers' reflection
title_full_unstemmed Issues and challenges in evaluating community impact study on knowledge transfer program: researchers' reflection
title_sort issues and challenges in evaluating community impact study on knowledge transfer program: researchers' reflection
publisher Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
publishDate 2021
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/93935/
https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/10649/Issues-and-Challenges-in-Evaluating-Community-Impact-Study-on-Knowledge-Transfer-Program-Researchers-Reflection
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