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Factors influencing work-life balance of bank employees in Kedah
Get PDFWorking in the banking industry in Malaysia is challenging. Bank employees had endured on working within intensive work environment and long working hours causing difficulty for them to strike a work-life balance. Considering stressful daily work, hence keeping a balanced work-life is imperative. Currently in Malaysia, study on bank employees’ work-life balance is scarce; hence holding the study is reasonable. Numerous research confirms on the influence of workload, extended working hours, perceived organizational support on work-life balance, where it was tested on various respondents. So, testing on predictors of bank employees’ work-life balance in Kedah is deemed reasonable. Quantitative method via survey was used. Respondents were hundred and sixty employees from various banks in Kedah. Data was analyzed and interpreted using the SPSS version 22.0 software. Six hypotheses were formulated to test on influence of independent variables on dependent variable, and test of difference of variable according to respondents' demographic. Result revealed that perceived organizational support has utmost influence on work-life balance whilst workload and extended working hours influence on work-life balance are trivial. There is no significant difference of work-life balance according to gender, department, and corporate rank, indicating all bank employees are having problem to maintain work-life balance regardless of their demographic background. The findings accentuate the importance of perceived organizational support to the bank employees that may profoundly change their work-life balance. Thus, it is essential for the bank management to provide full support, encouragement, and assistance to bank employees to boost their perceived organizational support that will improve their work-life balance. Perhaps, banks should review their human resource practices and policies as means to ensure bank employees’ work-life balance is equalized
Factors influencing employees’ task performance in Malaysian government agencies
No full textIn response to COVID-19, the implementation of work from home (WFH) has been introduced in Malaysia including in the Malaysian Public Sector (MPS). The purpose of this study is to identify factors that contribute to employees’ task performance due to the implementation of WFH, virtual meetings and e-learning during the pandemic. Quantitative research methods are used in the data collection process. The data was obtained through a questionnaire among 138 public sector employees (PSEs) that work in Negeri Perlis. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferences through the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) program. The findings show that adaptability only mediates the relationship between virtual meetings and e-learning towards PSEs performance. This study is expected to give more empirical study to support the preceding study either in task performance and the new normal especially in the context of endemic phase. In this manner, this study and findings are viewed as vital to provide awareness on task performance and how adaptability to the new normal can enhance the employee performance. The findings on this topic would be beneficial and valuable as a wellspring of data, references, or a guide for future research
Hubungan di antara tret personaliti dan sokongan organisasi terhadap daya tahan di kalangan penolong pegawai perubatan di daerah Alor Gajah
No full textDaya tahan atau Resilien ialah kebolehan untuk menahan kesusahan dan bangkit daripada peristiwa yang sukar. Daya tahan adalah sesuatu yang dinamik. Ia berubah sebagai tindak balas kepada persekitaran, dan individu boleh menjadi lebih baik dalam hal itu. Daya tahan boleh dibangunkan untuk membolehkan individu dan sistem menggunakan perubahan untuk menjadi lebih baik dan berkembang maju dalam persekitaran baharu. Tujuan kajian kuantitatif ini adalah untuk menentukan adakah terdapat hubungan antara tret personaliti dan
sokongan organisasi terhadap daya tahan di kalangan PPP di daerah Alor Gajah, Melaka. Kajian dijalankan ke atas 120 orang responden yang dipilih secara rawak. Hasil kajian menunjukkan terdapat korelasi yang positif diantara 3 tret personaliti dengan daya tahan extraversion, agreeableness dan openness manakala tret personaliti neuroticism mempunyai hubungan korelasi negatif. Bagi tret personaliti conscientiousness pula, hasil ujian menunjukkan hubungan korelasi yang sangat lemah serta tidak signifikan dengan daya tahan.
Hasil ujian regresi pula menunjukkan pengaruh pembolehubah bebas terhadap daya tahan sebanyak 84% di mana perubahan tret personaliti dan sokongan organisasi berada di dalam variasi daya tahan. Ujian pekali pembolehubah pula menunjukkan pembolehubah sokongan organisasi adalah peramal tertinggi yang mempengaruhi daya tahan adalah sokongan organisasi. Hasil kajian diharap dapat membantu organisasi dalam menjaga kesihatan mental kakitangan di samping membantu meningkatkan mutu rawatan yang di berikan kepada pesakit
The impact of human resource management practices on employee creativity in Sharjah Police in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Get PDFHuman resource management practices are considered to be an essential component in achieving positive work outcomes and individual effectiveness. Many of the previous studies have explored the role of psycho-social factors in explaining employee creativity. However, the role of individual factors in enhancing employee creativity has gained little attention in this research area. The main objective of this study is to investigate the impacts of human resource management practices in improving employee creativity in the Sharjah Police, United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is achieved by testing the effect of employee communication, employee development, rewards and recognition as independent variables on the organization’s employee creativity. This quantitative research study benefited from a statistical evaluation that is based on detailed solutions and techniques of variance and covariance, correlation and regression. This study focuses on the Sharjah Police in the United Arab Emirates, albeit there are previous studies on a similar subject but are departing from the scope of this study. To assess the role of HRM practices in improving employee creativity, a set of questionnaires were created and modified from various literary works to suit the needs of this study. The population for this assessment encompasses the employees of the Sharjah Police in the United Arab Emirates. The targeted sample size is 367, with 307 representing the valid data set. The findings of this study show the main dependent variable of employee creativity demonstrates satisfactory predictive power and significant predictive factor. The proposed model explains 96.2% of the variances in the spelling score of employee creativity in the business sector institutions in the UAE are significantly associated with the independent variables of employee communication, employee development, rewards and recognition
How Does Foreign Aid Reflect The Economic Growth of Malaysia and Indonesia? Ardl Analysis From 1990 to 2019
Get PDFPrevious studies prove that foreign aid's effect on the recipient country's economic growth can be translated into three conditions: significant, insignificant and mixed. Therefore, the researcher wants to study the effect of Australian foreign aid on the economic growth of Malaysia and Indonesia. Therefore, it is also translated together with other independent variables namely the total labour force and gross capital formation to ensure that the impact of Australian foreign aid on the economic growth of Malaysia and Indonesia can be explained in detail and clearly. Data for 31 years is used from 1990 to 2020 to study the effect of foreign aid from Australia along with other independent variables on economic growth for the countries of Malaysia and Indonesia. Statistical and econometric software namely EViews version 11 was chosen to analyse the data obtained from the World Bank and the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model was used to explain the effect of foreign aid along with other independent variables on the economic growth of Malaysia and Indonesia. For the case of foreign aid from Australia to Malaysia, the results of the analysis found that the effect of Australian foreign aid and gross capital formation on Malaysia's economic growth was significant, nor did the total labour force show the opposite effect on economic growth. As for the case of Australia's foreign aid to Indonesia, the results of the analysis found that all variables have a significant effect on Indonesia's economic growth. This study can further contribute to the latest studies, both practically and theoretically. Future studies can test this model in
different countries or organisations to increase the generalizability of the findings
Relationship between covid-19, digital financial services and economic growth: evidence from panel data
Get PDFThe emergence of the novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) has led to lifestyle changes for the entire world population. Stringent regulations imposed to curb the pandemic left no other choice for the world population except to adapt to the new way of living. One significant impact of this pandemic is the increased use of digital financial services. This study examines the relationship between COVID-19, digital financial services, and economic growth. The study examines the impact of digital financial services on economic growth in 39 Asia countries from 2017 until 2021. This study uses panel data analysis to achieve the objective. The independent variables, which are also the proxies for digital financial services, include digital commerce, digital remittance, and mobile point–of–sale payment. In addition, the independent variables also include internet users, population, consumer price index and a dummy variable of COVID-19. The dependent variable is the annual gross domestic product of selected countries. Findings show a significant relationship between digital commerce, digital remittance, mobile point–of–payment, internet users, population, consumer price index, COVID-19, and gross domestic product. Consistent with past studies, digital commerce, digital remittance, internet users, consumer price index, and COVID-19 show statistically significant positive results. On the contrary, mobile point-of-sale payment and population exhibit a negative relationship with the gross domestic product. These results do not align with past studies that reveal a positive relationship. The implication of this study is that each respective country's policymakers need to act proactively to strengthen the legal framework in enhancing the use and efficiency of digital financial services
Factors Affecting The Adoption Of Innovation And Its Economic Implications In The Beef Cattle Industry In Peninsular Malaysiafactors Affecting The Adoption Of Innovation And Its Economic Implications In The Beef Cattle Industry In Peninsular Malaysia
Get PDFBeef cattle farming in Malaysia is an essential activity in the agricultural industry. The Demand for beef in Malaysia is higher than the supply, so the local producers need to Increase productivity to fulfil the population's needs. The low self-sufficiency and high Import dependency ratios have become the primary concern as they have had the same Pattern for many years. Besides, the uncertain climate such as flood and drought have Also affected cattle productivity as well as a spike in ruminant feed prices. The limited Grassing area and high reliance on forages have also become the main constraints in Beef cattle farming. Hence, to overcome these challenges, strategies in adopting Innovation by local cattle producers are crucial. This study aims to determine factors Affecting innovation adoption among beef cattle farmers in Peninsular Malaysia and Its economic implications in beef cattle industry. Face-to-face interview using Structured questionnaires involving 233 beef cattle farmers in Kedah, Selangor, Kelantan and Johor was conducted. The major finding indicated that herd size, farmerto- Farmer extension and access to information significantly influenced the adoption of Innovation. Moreover, the adoption of innovation and the ownership of many assets Can further improve farm performance. To earn high profits in business, beef cattle Farmers need to accept the innovations introduced and be able to control their assets Well. For policy implications, the implementation of extension programs must be Suited to the needs of the farmers, besides regular meetings among farmers and Extension agents. The information access on innovation and the market linkage is also Crucial for the players
Faktor penentu penyimpanan rekod yang baik di kalangan peniaga kecil: pengalaman pegawai audit
Get PDFRecord keeping is vital for business as well as for tax purposes. Tax compliance includes keeping complete business records so that tax liability can be determined correctly and in an orderly manner. Therefore, this study attempts to explore the determinant factors that influence the business record-keeping practices of sole proprietorships and partnerships from the perspective of Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM)’s audit officers using the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Specifically, the objective of this study is to examine the influence of attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control and taxpayers’ knowledge on taxation towards record-keeping practices from the perspectives of tax auditors. The results of the study found that attitude and perceived behavioural control have a significant influence on business record-keeping practices. Results from the multiple regression analysis indicate that only two independent variables significantly influence the record-keeping practices which are attitude and perceived behavioural control. From a theoretical perspective, this study contributes to the body of knowledge on the record-keeping practices among business taxpayers. The findings of this study would also insist the tax administrator in identifying the factors that influence the taxpayers’ behaviour in record-keeping practices to achieve the Strategic Intent of the IRBM 2021-2025
The impact of non-audit services on auditor independence-evidence from Chinese listed companies
Get PDFThis study's goal is to determine how non-audit services affect auditor independence in the Chinese market. The sample selected for this study was listed companies in the real estate industry in China from 2017 to 2020, and secondary data were acquired from the chosen firms' annual reports. This study uses descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, including Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis to examine the impact of non-audit services (measured by non-audit service fees and their share of total fees) on auditor independence (assessed by the nature of the auditor's audit opinion). To mitigate the effect of other factors, control variables were included in this study, including the asset size and operating conditions of listed companies, as well as the size and audit tenure of the audit firm. According to the study's findings, auditor independence is negatively impacted by non-audit services, and it is also impacted by the audit firm's tenure. The scope of this study is limited to the real estate industry and the time span is from 2017 to 2020, which has some limitations. This study provides evidence on the impact of auditor independence in the Chinese market due to non-audit services and provides a relevant reference for researchers in the field, as well as aiding the decision-making of market participants such as listed companies, audit firms and regulators
Faktor-faktor penentu ketidakpatuhan cukai di kalangan individu berpendapatan tinggi di Malaysia
Get PDFThe importance of taxpayers who are categorized as High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) in generating national income is undeniable. Although the number of HNWI in Malaysia is small, the income tax revenue contributed by this group is high. Nevertheless, statistical evidence shows that the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) is facing problem of tax noncompliance among HNWI. Tax non-compliance among this group will not only reduce government revenue collection which will affect the country's planning on development and management, but also affect the quality of life of the people, especially for the low-income group in an unbalanced economic environment. Despite its importance, little has been focused on the issue of tax non-compliance among HNWI. Therefore, this study takes the initiative to empirically investigate the factors that contribute to tax non-compliance among HNWI. This study applies Deterence Theory to determine whether factors such as tax rates, penalty rates, sources of income and the appointment of taxation practitioners have a relationship with tax non-compliance among HNWI in Malaysia. In this study, actual data from HNWI in Malaysia that were audited by IRBM for the year of assessment 2019 were used. Multiple regression techniques were used to analyse the data. The findings revealed that only the tax rate has no relationship, whereas the penalty rate, source of income, and appointment of taxation practitioners all have a relationship in influencing tax noncompliance among Malaysian HNWI. These findings have important implications for academics and the government, particularly IRBM, in developing the best strategy for designing an effective and efficient tax compliance programme among Malaysia's HNWI