Understanding Personality, Networking, Leadership and Political Participation: Towards Building Capacity in NGO Setting
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 3
Abstract
Generally, political participation encompasses the many activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue.Individuals can also become involved in certain aspects of the electoral process through independent action particularly at the local level by joining civil society organizations. In Malaysia, for a voluntary organization such as the Federation of Malay Students Union (GPMS), its reputation was built on its nationalist outlook and pioneering role in Malay education and language issues in the post independent years. With the current dramatic changes surrounding GPMS, may provide more challenges and difficulties in assisting the government to achieve the national goals more effectively as members portray more differences with respect to expectations, priorities and values. This study looked into the issue of political participation and its predictors among the GPMS members. Based on correlation and regression analysis, the results showed significant relationship between networking and personality with political participation. However, leadership was not found as strong predictor in this study. Further discussion pertaining to the findings, implications and recommendations are provided.
Authors and Affiliations
Husna Johari, Ummu Atiyah Ahmad Zakuan
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