Understanding the concept of integrity among staff of Malaysian Immigration Department

Integrity is absolutely necessary to produce a noble society that is professionally advanced. This study is based on issues and problems of integrity that are often associated with civil servants in Malaysia. Therefore, the aim of the study is to examine the understanding of Immigration Departme...

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Main Authors: Anuar Puteh, Khazri Osman, Abdul Ghafar Don, Nor Akrimi Mohd Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22481/
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author Anuar Puteh,
Khazri Osman,
Abdul Ghafar Don,
Nor Akrimi Mohd Ali,
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Nor Akrimi Mohd Ali,
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description Integrity is absolutely necessary to produce a noble society that is professionally advanced. This study is based on issues and problems of integrity that are often associated with civil servants in Malaysia. Therefore, the aim of the study is to examine the understanding of Immigration Department staff on the integrity concept. This quantitative study applies survey method. The researcher used simple random sampling to select 170 respondents from a total of 190 people in the workforce. However, the total sample obtained in this study was only 157 because some questionnaires were not returned, so they had to be canceled so as not to negatively affect the accuracy of the results. The study finds that the understanding level of Kelantan Immigration Department staff on the integrity concept records a mean score of (m = 4.20, sd = .413). The finding reveals that immigration officers have high level of understanding regarding the integrity concept. Based on the result of the study, various efforts should be undertaken by all parties including the society, educational institutions, religious institutions, and the government to ensure that personal values and values in employment continue to be instilled among civil servants in Malaysia to achieve a high level of integrity.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:224812023-11-17T01:53:29Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22481/ Understanding the concept of integrity among staff of Malaysian Immigration Department Anuar Puteh, Khazri Osman, Abdul Ghafar Don, Nor Akrimi Mohd Ali, Integrity is absolutely necessary to produce a noble society that is professionally advanced. This study is based on issues and problems of integrity that are often associated with civil servants in Malaysia. Therefore, the aim of the study is to examine the understanding of Immigration Department staff on the integrity concept. This quantitative study applies survey method. The researcher used simple random sampling to select 170 respondents from a total of 190 people in the workforce. However, the total sample obtained in this study was only 157 because some questionnaires were not returned, so they had to be canceled so as not to negatively affect the accuracy of the results. The study finds that the understanding level of Kelantan Immigration Department staff on the integrity concept records a mean score of (m = 4.20, sd = .413). The finding reveals that immigration officers have high level of understanding regarding the integrity concept. Based on the result of the study, various efforts should be undertaken by all parties including the society, educational institutions, religious institutions, and the government to ensure that personal values and values in employment continue to be instilled among civil servants in Malaysia to achieve a high level of integrity. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22481/1/Islamiyyat_45_1_5.pdf Anuar Puteh, and Khazri Osman, and Abdul Ghafar Don, and Nor Akrimi Mohd Ali, (2023) Understanding the concept of integrity among staff of Malaysian Immigration Department. Islamiyyat : Jurnal Antarabangsa Pengajian Islam; International Journal of Islamic Studies, 45 (1). pp. 293-303. ISSN 0216-5636 https://ejournal.ukm.my/islamiyyat/issue/view/1604
spellingShingle Anuar Puteh,
Khazri Osman,
Abdul Ghafar Don,
Nor Akrimi Mohd Ali,
Understanding the concept of integrity among staff of Malaysian Immigration Department
title Understanding the concept of integrity among staff of Malaysian Immigration Department
title_full Understanding the concept of integrity among staff of Malaysian Immigration Department
title_fullStr Understanding the concept of integrity among staff of Malaysian Immigration Department
title_full_unstemmed Understanding the concept of integrity among staff of Malaysian Immigration Department
title_short Understanding the concept of integrity among staff of Malaysian Immigration Department
title_sort understanding the concept of integrity among staff of malaysian immigration department
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22481/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22481/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/22481/1/Islamiyyat_45_1_5.pdf