Bahtiar Mohamad
Biographic Data
| ID | 6760780 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bahtiar Mohamad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bahtiar |
| FAMILY NAME | Mohamad |
| SIGNATURE | MOHAMAD B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northern University of Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0828-3194 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mapping the landscape of mindfulness research in educational workplaces
This study provides a systematic mapping of the intellectual structure of mindfulness research within educational workplaces from 2020 to 2024. Despite growing interest, a critical gap exists in understanding how this scholarship addresses systemic, organizational factors alongside individual well-being. A bibliometric and conceptual analysis was conducted on 242 peer-reviewed publications sourced from Scopus and ERIC. Using VOSviewer, we perform…
Barriers to Integration
Migrant workers are vital to Malaysia’s economy but face marginalization, which hinders their intercultural communication competence (ICC). This study examines how sensation seeking (SES), attitude towards other cultures (ATC), and motivation to engage (MTE) influence ICC, with marginalization (MGZ) as a moderator. Based on a PLS-SEM analysis of 309 workers in key sectors, ATC emerges as the strongest predictor. Marginalization weakens the SES-IC…
Lessons learned in transition
This study conducts a bibliometric analysis to explore the dynamics of educational management during the transfer of schools to Provincial Administrative Organizations (PAOs) as part of Thailand’s decentralization efforts. The primary aim is to identify key themes, trends, and influential works that shape the discourse surrounding this policy shift. Using a dataset of 190 publications and authors’ keyword co-occurrence data, the study examines tr…
Dearth of Media reportage of environmental issues in Nigeria
Environmental degradation has become a significant challenge of our time, from the rising temperature emanating from the depletion of the Ozone layer, shrinking of forest reserves, flooding, and pollution, to man-made disasters that affect the environment. The world, especially the global south, including Africa (Nigeria), has continued to experience multiple consequences emanating from exacerbated environmental woes. The media plays a massive ro…
Exploring the changing of name as a socio-cultural adaptation strategy of the Javanese Diaspora in Sabah Borneo—Malaysia
This research explores the evolution of personal names within the Diaspora Jawa Sabah (DJS) community, focusing on how historical events, social changes, and cultural practices have influenced DJS names, particularly after Sabah joined Malaysia in 1963. Using content analysis and in-depth interviews, the study investigates the migration history and cultural factors shaping the linguistic aspects of DJS names in Sabah. The findings reveal four key…
From Clicks to Carts
Internet celebrities are rapidly reshaping economics and marketing dynamics on online platforms such as live streaming. This trend has made influencers a crucial marketing technique for many businesses. This study focuses on influencers and their characteristics, engaging in a comprehensive discussion of their complex relationships. It hypothesizes that the three key characteristics of celebrity influencers—similarity, professionalism, and intera…
Designing and assessing experiential learning pedagogy for an intercultural communicative competence training module
Intercultural communicative competence (ICC) is crucial for future workers in the global job market, where many feels unprepared to communicate effectively with culturally diverse colleagues. Therefore, university students must develop this skill to stay competitive. Experiential learning pedagogy, focused on ICC training, can enhance final-year students’ abilities, offering an alternative to traditional teaching methods. To examine the effective…
Measuring Malaysian youth leadership competencies
A multi-stage approach to develop an empirically-validated instrument is developed in this study to assess the Malaysian youth leadership competencies through a multi-dimensional set of individual cognitive-affective constructs that have an influence on the youth leadership competencies. Also, an initial item pool is developed through an extensive literature review and a dimensional structure is tested via focus group interview. Then, the first s…
Internal crisis communication
Over the past decade, internal crisis communication (ICC) has experienced significant advancements and transformations due to various factors, including technological developments, changing communication landscapes, and the increasing need for effective crisis management within organizations. Crises have impacted organizations differently worldwide, placing management under tremendous pressure to communicate their decisions to employees and provi…
Intercultural communicative competence among Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia
Millions of Indonesian migrant workers have sought employment in Malaysia during the last three decades. Many of them are skilled and unskilled laborers, and their incorporation into the host society's labor market has the potential to improve their own quality of life while also contributing significantly to the country's economy. However, Indonesian migrant workers encounter numerous problems in their professional and personal lives. Therefore,…
Intercultural communication competence among migrant workers in Malaysia
Intercultural communication competence (ICC) has been identified as an important area of study, given today's increasing diversity in many societies. While it is acknowledged that there are already ICC studies and models available in the literature, most, if not all, address the ICC of expatriates or sojourners. Studies, as well as models that specifically address the ICC of migrant workers, are scanty. Hence, this study intends to highlight the …
Anthroponymy evolution of Javanese diaspora names in Malaysia (social onomastics study)
The personal name of the Malaysian Javanese Diaspora (MJD) grows and develops along with the history of dynamic life, thought, social, and cultural developments. This research specifically aims to reveal and explain the process of anthroponymy evolution of the Javanese-Malaysia diaspora personal name system from historical, social, cultural, and linguistic characteristics aspects and the meaning of personal names that developed due to the cultura…
A Visual Identity-Based Approach of Southeast Asian City Branding
Cities and places had been progressively being marketed as brands by using the concept of ‘City Branding', which is a unique idea. The scholars of ‘City Branding’ believed that the concept of branding helps the city in marketing activities. A city metaphorically could be seen as an entity given the advantage to display its visual characteristics to tourists, visitors, and residents. Unique visual identity such as iconic architecture and graphic d…
Structural Model for the Antecedents and Consequences of Internal Crisis Communication (ICC) in Malaysia Oil and Gas High Risk Industry
A considerable amount of literature has concluded that employee relations has always been overlooked in the area of crisis communication. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the antecedents of internal crisis communication (ICC) that include safety culture, supportive environment, social media usage, management commitment and the consequences on the other hand comprising affective commitment, perceived organizational support, and e…
Association of online political participation with social media usage, perceived information quality, political interest and political knowledge among Malaysian youth
Although, many researches have described the younger generation to be diverse and active in politics of today, this segment of the population has not been well-acknowledged in the decision-making of politics. This involvement in politics is crucial as it helps in building confidence and skill acquirement that are relevant such as teamwork and effective communication. Hence, the study aims to further investigate their participation in politics and…
Precautionary Behavior Toward Dengue Virus Through Public Service Advertisement
The study examines the role of a health-related promotional campaign launched in Pakistan in the context of advertising campaign to improve precautionary behavior toward dengue virus (PBDV). The focus of this study is to investigate the mediation of individual’s attention, information surveillance, elaboration, and also the moderation of demographic features (e.g., gender, educational level, and dengue affected survival) in the relationship betwe…
Developing a Strategic Model of Internal Crisis Communication
The internal aspects of crisis communication have been identified as a growing area of research in crisis management; however, there remains a paucity of empirical studies dedicated to this dimension of crisis communication. The objective of this study is to examine the influence of social media usage, leadership, crisis responsibility, and error management culture on internal crisis communication. In addition, this study investigates how interna…
Relationships Differentiation
This research examines how Malaysian managers and employees interpret and embody leader–member relationships differentiation. To analyze this question, we conducted a thematic analysis of top management, middle management and supporting dialogue group discussions. Results showed that leader–member relationships differentiation is a symbol that is essential for the creation and sustenance of leader’s conceptual skills, communication openness, resp…
Superior–Subordinate Communication Dimensions and Working Relationship
This paper attempts to investigate the Western proposition on the communication preferences of male and female employees in a Malaysian organization. Based on the literature, Western scholars suggest that male employees prefer working communication with their superior that will allow them to accomplish their jobs. On the other hand, female employees prefer relationship communication with their superior in order to maintain and develop their relat…
Developing a Strategic Model of Internal Crisis Communication
The internal aspects of crisis communication have been identified as a growing area of research in crisis management; however, there remains a paucity of empirical studies dedicated to this dimension of crisis communication. The objective of this study is to examine the influence of social media usage, leadership, crisis responsibility, and error management culture on internal crisis communication. In addition, this study investigates how interna…
Superior–Subordinate Communication Dimensions and Working Relationship
This paper attempts to investigate the Western proposition on the communication preferences of male and female employees in a Malaysian organization. Based on the literature, Western scholars suggest that male employees prefer working communication with their superior that will allow them to accomplish their jobs. On the other hand, female employees prefer relationship communication with their superior in order to maintain and develop their relat…
Relationships Differentiation
This research examines how Malaysian managers and employees interpret and embody leader–member relationships differentiation. To analyze this question, we conducted a thematic analysis of top management, middle management and supporting dialogue group discussions. Results showed that leader–member relationships differentiation is a symbol that is essential for the creation and sustenance of leader’s conceptual skills, communication openness, resp…
Developing a Strategic Model of Internal Crisis Communication
The internal aspects of crisis communication have been identified as a growing area of research in crisis management; however, there remains a paucity of empirical studies dedicated to this dimension of crisis communication. The objective of this study is to examine the influence of social media usage, leadership, crisis responsibility, and error management culture on internal crisis communication. In addition, this study investigates how interna…
Precautionary Behavior Toward Dengue Virus Through Public Service Advertisement
The study examines the role of a health-related promotional campaign launched in Pakistan in the context of advertising campaign to improve precautionary behavior toward dengue virus (PBDV). The focus of this study is to investigate the mediation of individual’s attention, information surveillance, elaboration, and also the moderation of demographic features (e.g., gender, educational level, and dengue affected survival) in the relationship betwe…
Association of online political participation with social media usage, perceived information quality, political interest and political knowledge among Malaysian youth
Although, many researches have described the younger generation to be diverse and active in politics of today, this segment of the population has not been well-acknowledged in the decision-making of politics. This involvement in politics is crucial as it helps in building confidence and skill acquirement that are relevant such as teamwork and effective communication. Hence, the study aims to further investigate their participation in politics and…
A Visual Identity-Based Approach of Southeast Asian City Branding
Cities and places had been progressively being marketed as brands by using the concept of ‘City Branding', which is a unique idea. The scholars of ‘City Branding’ believed that the concept of branding helps the city in marketing activities. A city metaphorically could be seen as an entity given the advantage to display its visual characteristics to tourists, visitors, and residents. Unique visual identity such as iconic architecture and graphic d…
Structural Model for the Antecedents and Consequences of Internal Crisis Communication (ICC) in Malaysia Oil and Gas High Risk Industry
A considerable amount of literature has concluded that employee relations has always been overlooked in the area of crisis communication. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the antecedents of internal crisis communication (ICC) that include safety culture, supportive environment, social media usage, management commitment and the consequences on the other hand comprising affective commitment, perceived organizational support, and e…
Intercultural communication competence among migrant workers in Malaysia
Intercultural communication competence (ICC) has been identified as an important area of study, given today's increasing diversity in many societies. While it is acknowledged that there are already ICC studies and models available in the literature, most, if not all, address the ICC of expatriates or sojourners. Studies, as well as models that specifically address the ICC of migrant workers, are scanty. Hence, this study intends to highlight the …
Anthroponymy evolution of Javanese diaspora names in Malaysia (social onomastics study)
The personal name of the Malaysian Javanese Diaspora (MJD) grows and develops along with the history of dynamic life, thought, social, and cultural developments. This research specifically aims to reveal and explain the process of anthroponymy evolution of the Javanese-Malaysia diaspora personal name system from historical, social, cultural, and linguistic characteristics aspects and the meaning of personal names that developed due to the cultura…
From Clicks to Carts
Internet celebrities are rapidly reshaping economics and marketing dynamics on online platforms such as live streaming. This trend has made influencers a crucial marketing technique for many businesses. This study focuses on influencers and their characteristics, engaging in a comprehensive discussion of their complex relationships. It hypothesizes that the three key characteristics of celebrity influencers—similarity, professionalism, and intera…
Designing and assessing experiential learning pedagogy for an intercultural communicative competence training module
Intercultural communicative competence (ICC) is crucial for future workers in the global job market, where many feels unprepared to communicate effectively with culturally diverse colleagues. Therefore, university students must develop this skill to stay competitive. Experiential learning pedagogy, focused on ICC training, can enhance final-year students’ abilities, offering an alternative to traditional teaching methods. To examine the effective…
Measuring Malaysian youth leadership competencies
A multi-stage approach to develop an empirically-validated instrument is developed in this study to assess the Malaysian youth leadership competencies through a multi-dimensional set of individual cognitive-affective constructs that have an influence on the youth leadership competencies. Also, an initial item pool is developed through an extensive literature review and a dimensional structure is tested via focus group interview. Then, the first s…
Internal crisis communication
Over the past decade, internal crisis communication (ICC) has experienced significant advancements and transformations due to various factors, including technological developments, changing communication landscapes, and the increasing need for effective crisis management within organizations. Crises have impacted organizations differently worldwide, placing management under tremendous pressure to communicate their decisions to employees and provi…
Intercultural communicative competence among Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia
Millions of Indonesian migrant workers have sought employment in Malaysia during the last three decades. Many of them are skilled and unskilled laborers, and their incorporation into the host society's labor market has the potential to improve their own quality of life while also contributing significantly to the country's economy. However, Indonesian migrant workers encounter numerous problems in their professional and personal lives. Therefore,…
Lessons learned in transition
This study conducts a bibliometric analysis to explore the dynamics of educational management during the transfer of schools to Provincial Administrative Organizations (PAOs) as part of Thailand’s decentralization efforts. The primary aim is to identify key themes, trends, and influential works that shape the discourse surrounding this policy shift. Using a dataset of 190 publications and authors’ keyword co-occurrence data, the study examines tr…
Dearth of Media reportage of environmental issues in Nigeria
Environmental degradation has become a significant challenge of our time, from the rising temperature emanating from the depletion of the Ozone layer, shrinking of forest reserves, flooding, and pollution, to man-made disasters that affect the environment. The world, especially the global south, including Africa (Nigeria), has continued to experience multiple consequences emanating from exacerbated environmental woes. The media plays a massive ro…
Exploring the changing of name as a socio-cultural adaptation strategy of the Javanese Diaspora in Sabah Borneo—Malaysia
This research explores the evolution of personal names within the Diaspora Jawa Sabah (DJS) community, focusing on how historical events, social changes, and cultural practices have influenced DJS names, particularly after Sabah joined Malaysia in 1963. Using content analysis and in-depth interviews, the study investigates the migration history and cultural factors shaping the linguistic aspects of DJS names in Sabah. The findings reveal four key…
Mapping the landscape of mindfulness research in educational workplaces
This study provides a systematic mapping of the intellectual structure of mindfulness research within educational workplaces from 2020 to 2024. Despite growing interest, a critical gap exists in understanding how this scholarship addresses systemic, organizational factors alongside individual well-being. A bibliometric and conceptual analysis was conducted on 242 peer-reviewed publications sourced from Scopus and ERIC. Using VOSviewer, we perform…
Barriers to Integration
Migrant workers are vital to Malaysia’s economy but face marginalization, which hinders their intercultural communication competence (ICC). This study examines how sensation seeking (SES), attitude towards other cultures (ATC), and motivation to engage (MTE) influence ICC, with marginalization (MGZ) as a moderator. Based on a PLS-SEM analysis of 309 workers in key sectors, ATC emerges as the strongest predictor. Marginalization weakens the SES-IC…
Political science (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Business (10 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Advertising (4 works) · International Student and Expatriate Challenges (4 works)