Social Change And Group Formation In Northern Area Of Malaysia

Research Article
Yusoff, N
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2018.0910.2805
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Social change, group formation, urbanization, shift and income polarization
Abstract: 

Social shifts are related with transitions in different domains of people living. Numerous nations have experienced great shifts throughout latest decades with consequences involving economic realignment, shifts in social value arrangements, the dispersed of media technology, and shifts in educational arrangements or inhabitants structures. Linkages among societal shift and group formation reported that groups perhaps be certainly vulnerable subsequent to innershifts in the majority-minority locations. Research objective is to examine the correlation among social change with group formation. Quantitative approach utilized for data collection in the year 2016 through survey using questionnaire. Samples selected by stratified sampling technique based on races namely Malay, Chinese and India involved 434 respondents. Data analysis involved correlation and regression. Results show that there is significant correlation between social change and group formation.