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1.0 INTRODUCTION

This study was conducted in order to determine the differences between

genders in group learning experience among the university students. It is to

examine the effects of gender on students perception and experiences with

the group assignments. The study is targeted to the undergraduate business

students of Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam. In a research by Smith,

Sorensen, Gump, Heindel, Caris and Martinez (2010) stated that group work

is common in a variety of professions, especially in anything involving design

and development, but also in any number of other businesses. Therefore, the

group work in undergraduate is an important preparation for professional

careers, providing a level of real-world authenticity in order for the students to

become more prepared to face the working environment. As according to Adel

(2011) study stated that in socio-cultural models of learning, the establishment

of a social context and group identity are seen as central to the learning

experience; this is one of the reasons why collaboration is given a high

degree of prominence in many contemporary educational settings. This has

shown that the group learning is important to the students in order for them to

prepare themselves in the real working environment.

Besides that, the study also wants to examine in other degree of students

perception which is leadership and group effectiveness in the atmosphere of

group learning. As stated in Zhang, Tsui and Wang (2011) stated that at a

group level there will tendency for individual members to conform and align

with the views of the majority of the members in the group that may affect the

creativity or performance of the group members. Furthermore, the research

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also found that in the group leadership, found that participative leadership

improved group creativity through promoting group members' engagement

and reducing conflict (O'Hara 2001). Thus, this study also takes the element

of leadership among the students in order to examine their perception in

group learning.

Then, besides the leadership element, this study considered to examine one

more element which is the group effectiveness among the undergraduate

students in Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam. The group effectiveness

was examined in order to know the perception of the effectiveness in their

group learning. Lira, Ripoll, Peiro, and Gonzalez (2007) found that the term of

effectiveness refers to how well a team accomplishes its purpose or mission

(Tannenbaum, Salas, & Cannon-Bowers, 1996, p. 505). Commonly, in group

effectiveness it is analyzed in terms of work outcomes (Gonzalez, Burke,

Santuzzi, & Bradley, 2003). However, effectiveness also includes other results

that should help maintain the work outcomes over time (Tannenbaum et al.,

1996), such as the extent to which the team experience enhances the

capability of the members to work together in the future, and the extent to

which group members experience on the team is satisfying. Therefore in this

study, besides the group work learning perception of students, there are two

other elements that being taken to examine with, which are leadership and

group effectiveness. This might indicates the preferences of the students

towards group learning in class.

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2.0 FINDINGS

Based on the UiTM population, researcher decides to distribute the 200

sample size for this research as suggested by Hutcheson and Sofroniou

(1999), Rule of 150 recommended that at least 150-300 of cases and

according to Rule of 200 by Guilford (1954) suggested that Nshould be at

least 200 cases. For this study, 200 questionnaires were distributed among

the undergraduate students of Business Management in Universiti Teknologi

Mara, Shah Alam. The researcher was success to collect all the

questionnaires but only 170 respondents or questionnaires were valid to be

analyzed. All the data was analyzing using the SPSS version 16.0 and

interpreted in order to build the conclusion and recommendation for the

research.

2.1 FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS

Frequency distribution analysis is use to allows the researcher to obtain the

number of people within each demographic profile that has been attached as

a section A in the questionnaire and also to allows the researcher know who

are their respondent. The section A consists of seven questions which are

age, gender, course, semester, resident status, level of education and mode

of transportation.

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Section A Frequencies Percentage

(%)

Age

Below 25 years old

25-27 years old

More than 27

165

4

1

97.1

2.4

0.6

Gender

Male

Female

38

132

22.4

77.6

Course

BBA Marketing

BBA Business Economic

BBA Human Resource Management

BBA Finance BBA Islamic Banking

BBA Retail Management

BBA Insurance

Others

20

55

1

44

18

10

17

5

11.8

32.4

0.6

25.9

10.6

5.9

10.0

2.9

Semester

Sem 1

Sem 2

Sem 3

Sem 4

Sem 5

Sem 6

Sem 7

24

21

30

53

21

20

1

14.10

12.40

17.60

31.20

12.40

11.80

0.60

Resident Status

Resident

Non-Resident

72

98

42.40

57.60

Level of Education

Diploma

STPM

Matriculation

Others

119

26

19

6

70.0

15.3

11.2

3.5

Mode of Transportation

Motorcycle

Bus

Car

Others

34

83

47

6

20.0

48.8

27.6

3.5

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Table 2.1 Summary of Frequencies of Respondents Profile

Table 2.1 summarizes the respondent profile question at section A in the

questionnaire which consists of 170 respondents that obtain from the

undergraduate business students in Universiti Teknologi Mara. Researcher

can analyze the frequency and the percentage of each respondent in each

category of demographic profile.

2.2 FREQUENCIES OF AGE

Age Frequency Percentage

Less than 25 165 97.1

25-27 4 2.4

More than 27 1 0.6

Total 170 100.0

Table 2.2 : Frequencies of age

Table 2.2 shows the percentage of age for this research. It can be seen that

165 respondents are less than 25 years old with the percentage of 97.1, 4

respondents with percentage of 2.4 are between 2527 years old and only 1

respondent is more than 27 with the percentage of 0.6. It can be concluded

that most of the undergraduate students are less 25 years old.

2.3 FREQUENCIES OF GENDER

Age Frequenc

y

Percentage

Male38 22.4

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Female 132 77.6

Total 170 100.0

Table 2.3: Frequencies of gender

From the above table 2.3, it shows the percentage of male and female

respondent of this research at Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam. As show

at the above table the male respondents are 38 person with the 22.4

percentage, meanwhile the female respondents are 132 person with the

percentage of 77.6. It can be seen that the female is the majority of

respondent for this research this is because from the researcher observation,

the amount of female students are much higher than the male students.

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2.4 FREQUENCIES OF COURSES

Course Frequenc

y

Percentage

BBA Marketing 20 11.8

BBA Business Economic 55 32.4

BBA Human Resource

Management

1 0.6

BBA Finance 44 25.9

BBA Islamic Banking 18 10.6

BBA Retail Management 10 5.9

BBA Insurance 17 10.0

Others 5 2.9

TOTAL 170 100.0

Table 2.4 : Frequencies of course

The above 2.4 table represents the eight of Universiti Teknologi Mara courses

that available in the faculty of Shah Alam. From the above table, it can be

seen that the student from the BBA Business Economic is the most

respondents that answer the questionnaire with the total number of 55

respondents and 32.4 percent. The second most answered questionnaire by

the respondent will be the student from the BBA Finance course with the

amount of 44 respondents and 25.9 percent, the third most is from the student

of BBA Marketing which had 20 respondents with the percentage of 11.8. The

least who answered the questionnaire was collected from the student of BBA

Human Resource Management with the percentage of 0.6 and only 1

respondent. The course that stated others will be the other courses that

offered in the faculty which represent by 5 respondents and 2.9 percent.

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2.5 FREQUENCIES OF SEMESTER

Semester Frequenc

y

Percentage

Sem 1 24 14.1

Sem 2 21 12.4

Sem 3 30 17.6

Sem 4 53 31.2

Sem 5 21 12.4

Sem 6 20 11.8

Sem 7 1 0.6

TOTAL 170 100.0

Table 2.5 : Frequencies of semester

The table 2.5 states the frequency of what semester the respondent currently

in. It indicates that 24 of the respondents are from semester 1 with the

percentage of 14.1, 21 respondents or 12.4 percent are in the semester 2, in

the semester 3 there are 30 respondents with the 17.6 percent, however the

most respondents are from semester 4 which is 53 respondents with 31.2

percent, 21 respondents with 12.4 percent are from semester 5, 20

respondents are from semester 6 with 11.8 percent and lastly in the semester

7 the respondent is only 1 with the 0.6 percent.

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2.6 FREQUENCIES OF RESIDENT STATUS

Status Frequenc

y

Percentage

Resident 72 42.4

Non-Resident 98 57.6

Total 170 100.0

Table 2.5 : Frequencies of resident status

Table 2.6 shows the percentage of the resident status of the respondents,

whether they are resident or non-resident. The resident which represents the

student which are being accommodated with hostel by Universiti Teknologi

Mara (UiTM) and the non-resident which represent to those who are did not

have the accommodation. There are 72 respondents with 43.4 percent are

from resident status and there are 98 respondents with 57.6 percent which

represent the non-resident. The most respondents are from non-resident

students.

2.7 FREQUENCIES OF EDUCATION LEVEL

Education Level Frequenc

y

Percentage

Diploma 119 70

STPM 26 15.3

Matriculation 19 11.2

Others 6 3.5

Total 170 100.0

Table 2.7 : Frequencies of education level

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Based on the table 2.7, it shows the percentage of educational level for this

research. It indicates that the majority of respondents are diploma holder with

119 respondents with the percentage of 70. For STPM, there are 26

respondents with the 15.3 percent, 19 respondents with 11.2 percent are from

matriculation and 6 respondents with 3.5 percent are from other education

level which is Foundation. This indicates that the most students are from

diploma background.

2.8 FREQUENCIES OF TRANSPORTATION

Education Level Frequenc

y

Percentage

Motorcycle 34 20

Bus 83 48.8

Car 47 27.6

Others 6 3.5

Total 170 100.0

Table 2.8 : Frequencies of transportation

The above table shows the percentage of respondents mode of

transportation for this research. It indicates that the respondents that ride

motorcycle to class are 34 people with 20 percent. The most answered from

respondents which is bus with 83 respondents and 48.8 percent. 47

respondents with 31.0 percent earn between RM 1001-2000 every month, 35

respondents with 27.6 percent went to class by using car as their mode of

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transportation. Lastly, the others that answered with 6 respondents and 3.5

percent which are the least respondents. Others which mean of walking or by

taxi

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