Various music genres effects on student's behaviours: a case of UiTM Sarawak, Samarahan Campus / Abang Sufri Mahmud Abang Usop, Abdul Hadi Zulaihi & Zaidi Osman

Music has a lot of genres and subgenres. These genres were evolved through time and era, bringing significant changes on human psychological and sociological development. The students of higher learning institutions are not exempted from the influence and impact carried by the current of music industry nowadays. Moreover, with a rapid growth of this industry in present day, with more and more new wave of music, students are potentially being influenced. The attitudes and behaviours of the students are expected to shaped and enriched with elements and trends of music. As a pioneer of higher learning institution is Sarawak, UiTM Sarawak is now striving to produce more quality and competent graduates. As the students are listening to different kinds of music, surely there will be a dichotomies in the esteem, perception, attitude, and behaviour among the students, and this certainly creates a challenge for the management of the institution to cope with the demands and needs of their products - the students.