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Examining the role of perceived organizational support, job insecurity and work environment on work stress among factory’s production workers
Get PDFMany studies have been conducted in the past to understand the causes for work stress. However, not many studies have been conducted to understand work stress among low level employees like the factory’s production workers.Work stress is a critical issues faced by any organization especially the manufacturing industries that involving production workers. Compared to years ago, today’s stress level at the workplace has increased. This is especially true for the production workers where the current jobs’ situations require them to stand in a longer period and have to work in shift system where it can lead to chronic stress problems. Thus, this study is conducted with the intention to capture factors that might influence work stress among factory’s production workers. The study examines the direct relationship between perceived organizational support, job insecurity, work environment and work stress. A total of 313 questionnaire were distributed to production workers on site. Response rate was 100%. In this study, hypotheses for direct effect were tested using multiple regression analyses. Results showed that job insecurity and work environment were significantly positively related to work stress. The findings indicate that work stress among production workers can be reduced by indicating that employee retention is the organization priority instead of laying of workers. Apart from that, the results also implied that there is a need for management to improve the working environment by providing with more ergonomics workstation to employees and to create more safe, healthy and harmonious atmosphere where every employees feel less stress and happy to come to work
Relationship between the fifth discipline of learning organization and job satisfaction among primary school teachers at Sekolah Rendah Agama Integrasi (SRAI) in Selangor
No full textThe purpose of this study was to study the relationship between the discipline of learning organization and job satisfaction among primary school teachers at Sekolah Rendah Agama Integrasi (SRAI) Taman Keramat, Sekolah Rendah Agama Integrasi (SRAI) Sungai Chinchin, and Sekolah Rendah Agama Integrasi (SRAI) Seksyen 19 in Selangor. The main objective of this study was to identify the relationship of the fifth discipline of learning organization namely, personal mastery, mental models, shared vision, team learning, and systems thinking with job satisfaction. This study was done through the quantitative method in which questionnaires were used as a medium to collect the data. A total of 202 questionnaires were distributed to respondents, however, only 161 questionnaires were useable for further analysis. Data then were analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22.0 using Reliability Analysis, Correlation Analysis, and Multiple Regression. The result showed that only team learning and systems thinking was significantly positive with job satisfaction while personal mastery, mental models, and shared vision were not significantly influenced by job satisfaction
Pengaruh sokongan pentadbir, efikasi kendiri dan minat terhadap kepuasan kerja guru pendidikan khas
Get PDFJob satisfaction is one of the elements in improving the teaching profession. The issue of special education teachers leaving the profession because of job dissatisfaction factor needs to be perused so as not to worsen the current situation. This study aims at examining the contributing factors on the job satisfaction of special education teachers. Aspects of administrator support, self-efficacy and teacher interest towards profession were tested for their contribution to the job satisfaction of special education teachers. The sample of this study consisted of 235 special education teachers from integrated secondary schools in Pulau Pinang. Group sampling method and random sampling process were employed in this study. The implementation of the study is based on a cross-sectional survey study through a quantitative approach. This study used the administrator's support questionnaire to measure the administrative support on the special education teachers, Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale to measure the self-efficacy aspects, The Teacher Interest Scale to measure the aspects of teacher interest towards the profession and Job Satisfaction Index Survey instrument to measure the aspects of teacher's job satisfaction. The data collected were analysed using descriptive analysis, t-test and ANOVA. The measurement model was reported based on the Confirmatory Factor Analysis conducted. The findings showed that the predictor variables contributed 64.5% of the variance on the teacher’s job satisfaction. The aspect of interest in profession becomes a major contributor to teacher’s job satisfaction followed by self-efficacy and the aspect of administrator support. This study also showed that the teacher’s interest toward teaching profession becomes a mediator in the relationship between the administrator’s support and self-efficacy on teacher’s job satisfaction. The contribution of this study is a structured model built as a guide in improving the level of job satisfaction of teachers especially for special education teacher
Factors influencing safety behavior among students in a TVET institute in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Get PDFThis study was conducted to investigate factors influencing Compliance with Safety Behavior among students in a TVET institute located in Pulau Pinang. For this study, Work Study Scale developed by Hayes et al. (1998) were adopted to investigate factors influencing Compliance with Safety Behavior. The study involves 201 participants among students in a TVET institute. The quantitative method of survey questionnaire and cross-sectional study of data collection were used. Factors investigated are Task
Safety, Course Mates Safety, Instructor Safety, Management Safety Practices and Satisfaction with Safety Programs. All the data obtained from the study was analyzed with Structural Equation Modelling SmartPLS for convergent validity, discriminant validity, multicollinearity evaluation and evaluations of the measurement model. The study's findings revealed that Instructor Safety and Satisfaction with Safety Programs had a significant positive relation with Compliance with Safety Behavior. These data suggest that Instructor Safety and Satisfaction with Safety Programs have substantial influence on the level of Compliance with Safety Behavior among students in the TVET institute that have been studied
The comparison of principals’ leadership role, teachers’ attitude and instructional needs for inclusive education in Pakistan
Get PDFGlobally, it is acknowledged that learners with diverse needs are socially more motivated in getting interacted with normal students. They get the opportunity of social inclusion through the way of inclusive education. The purpose of the current research was to compare the leadership role, principals’ and teachers’ attitudes, and the instructional need for general and inclusive education in Lahore, Pakistan. This study was based upon cognitive dissonance, functional leadership, sociocultural, and cognitive learning theories. This study was a convergent mixed methods survey research in its nature. All principals and teachers of the public girls’ and boys’ secondary schools of the city were the population of the study. The sample of 197 principals and 368 secondary school teachers was selected through multistage sampling for the quantitative study. Three principals and six secondary school teachers were selected for the qualitative study. Four tools for measuring principals’ attitude and leadership roles were self-devised, based on the literature reviewed. Likewise, four tools for measuring teachers’ attitude, and their instructional needs were developed. Further, two interview protocols; one for the principals and one for the teachers were developed to conduct in- depth interviews. The collected quantitative data was analyzed by applying inferential nonparametric statistics and the Wilcoxon and Mann Whitney test. The qualitative collected data was further analyzed through thematic analysis. The results of the study showed that principals have low perception about leadership role and attitude. Female teachers have low perception about instructional needs and attitude in inclusive education. It is suggested that the principals and the teachers need to be professionally trained in inclusive education. Besides, the government would have to change the infrastructure, technology facilities, monitor the progress system and retrain the principals and teachers for the 21st century skills in general schools in order to induct inclusive education
Pemikiran agama, dakwah dan politik Muhammad Uthman El-Muhammady
No full textMuhammad Uthman El-Muhammady, a prominent figure who contributed to the development and advancement of Islamic religion, da’wah and politics in Malaysia. His prowess can be seen through his writing, publication, and recognizable contributions in religion and da'wah. His was said not concern into political issues. One of the challenges for this study to be conducted is due to lacking of studies in religious thought and da’wah which also included the absence of studies on El- Muhammady’s political thoughts. Thus, the objective of this study is to look at his background as well as analyzing his thoughts in the context of religion, da'wah and politics. This study is in the form of historiography; hence, qualitative methods are being used. Data collection methods are primary and secondary sources. Primary sources include materials in the archives such as El-Muhammady’s collection of writings. Secondary sources are from books, journals, and contemporary newspapers articles. In addition, interviews were also conducted with El-Muhammady’s family members and those associated. For data analysis methods, descriptive content analysis and triangulation approaches are used to obtain more accurate information. The results of the study found that in the aspect of religious thought, understanding and attitude of El-Muhammady is always within the beliefs, morals, and sharia of Ahli Sunnah Wal-Jamaah. The aspect of da'wah thinking, on the other hand, found some proposition about the da'wah juristic, the topic of da'wah, the target of da'wah, the goal of da'wah and the method of da'wah which is divided into bi al-lisan, bi al-kitabah and bi lisan al-hal. Apart from actively preaching to individuals, he is also involved with da’wah organizations that suit his knowledge and abilities. The results found that El-Muhammady gave legitimacy to the concept of nationalism in party politics. He also supported the application of Islamic values in the context of country politics and administration. His concept of government administration is fascinating because it can combine the ideology of classical scholars with the concept of the Supremacy of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia. Thus, hopes these studies will be benefic to community, Islamic institutions, and the country in advancing and expanding the religious of Islamic thinker whose comprehension is always centered towards traditionalists with the philosophy of Ahli Sunnah Wal-Jamaah
The relationship between lean maturity and sustainable lean transformation gains with mediating effects of leadership and culture in Malaysia manufacturing sector
Get PDFToyota Motor’s survival during the 1973 global oil crisis, has inspired US manufacturers to transform from the mass production system to the lean production system. However, lean transformation attempted by most manufacturers around the
globe has produced mixed results. Nearly two-thirds of the lean transformation ended in failure, while only a small percentage of those transformed have successfully sustained its gains. Therefore, this study empirically investigated the factors that contribute to Malaysian manufacturers’ ability to achieve sustainable gains as a result of their lean transformation initiatives. Based on extensive literature review, a multiple mediator’s research model was proposed to explain the relationship between lean transformation and sustainable gains. To address several gaps in the current knowledge, sustainable gains were operationalised from tangible and intangible gain facets. Besides that, maturity criteria (completeness, extensiveness and experience) in applying lean
tools were used as proxies to measure the lean transformation level which served as the independent variable. Meanwhile, lean leadership and lean culture were proposed as mediators. The research model was underpinned by the integration of Theory
E and Theory O, as well as the sustainable organisational concept. For testing the research model, a survey on 92 lean manufacturing organisations was conducted. The collected data was then analysed using the PLS-SEM technique running on SmartPLS 3.3.3
software. The results revealed that both lean leadership and lean culture fully mediated the relationship between lean tools adoption maturity and sustainable gains at β = 0.176, t = 2.397, p = 0.017 and β = 0.120, t = 2.016, p = 0.044 respectively. Thus, this study
contributed to the lean management body of knowledge by providing tangible statistical evidence on previously unexplained relationship between lean maturity, lean leadership and lean culture with sustainable gains
Relationships of psychosocial factors and upper extremity discomfort in office workers: cognitive factor as a mediator
Get PDFWork-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are well known and common worldwide, specifically Upper Extremity Discomfort (UED) which is prevalent among office workers who use computers. Work organization, psychosocial factors, physical factors, psychological factors, workstation, working environment and other factors can contribute to the occurrence of UED among computer-based office workers. However, there are also cognitive factors (i.e. attitudes/beliefs/attributions) in the relationship between psychosocial factors and UED which are still not understood in depth by researchers. This cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study is aimed to shed light on the influence of psychosocial factors on UED, and the cognitive factors as the mediator on this relationship, among the workers in A’Sharqiyah University (ASU) in Oman. Several scales of the Maastricht Upper Extremity Questionnaire (MUEQ) and the Upper Limb Disorders Questionnaire (ULDQ) were adopted in the questionnaire of the current study in collecting data. These scales were also translated into the Arabic language to fit the multi-cultural sample of the study. Correlational and regression analysis were also applied to the data and were processed using the SPSS software. This study adds new
knowledge by clarifying the cognitive factor's role in the context of psychosocial factors and UED in the context of computer-based office work. Furthermore, it gives an indication to what extent UED is prevalent among workers in the private universities in Oman. It is recommended that cognitive-behavioral principles and multidisciplinary occupational rehabilitation are to be used in the pain management program for workers who complain of upper extremity musculoskeletal problem in order to improve occupational outcomes in the short term and significantly to reduce the rate of the occurrence of sickness in the longer term. This will eventually help to reduce the economic burden of MSDs worldwide
Hubungan pengantara orientasi keusahawanan terhadap kompetensi pengurusan dan persepsi sokongan organisasi dengan prestasi koperasi sekolah
Get PDFThe purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between organizational management competency and perceived organizational support with school cooperative performance, in the Northern Malaysian Peninsular states. Despite current reports showing uninspiring performances of school cooperatives, studies in this area are still lacking. This study is underpinned by the resource-based view (RBV) theory for the purpose of clarifying the proposed conceptual framework. A total of 559 questionnaires were distributed to school cooperatives in the states of Perak, Kedah, Penang and Perlis via random clustered sampling and 191
questionnaires were returned with 184 responses found usable. Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the direct relationships between organizational management competency, perceived organizational support, and entrepreneurial orientation with school cooperative performance. Meanwhile, multiple regression analysis was used to examine the combined effect of organizational management competency, perceived organizational support, and entrepreneurial orientation on school cooperative performance. To identify the mediating effect of entrepreneurial
orientation on the relationships between organizational management competency and perceived organizational support with school cooperative performance, hierarchical regression analysis was utilized. Study‟s findings indicated that organizational
management competency, perceived organizational support, and entrepreneurial orientation have positive and significant relationships with school cooperative performance. Investigation on the combined effect of the study‟s variables on school cooperative performance established that only perceived organizational support and entrepreneurial orientation showed their positive and significant effects. More importantly, this study has succeeded to evince the presence of mediating effects of entrepreneurial orientation on the relationships between organizational management competency and perceived organizational support with school cooperative performance. Finally, the study‟s limitations and implications as well as suggestions for future research are also discussed
Philosophical and legal analysis on gender equality: a study in Malaysian corporate sector
Get PDFAs much as human rights are concerned, equality was found as the basic element in all international treaties and conventions of human rights including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948. Within the context of gender in Malaysia, the existing gaps between men and women in economic participation is argued as representing the practice of gender inequality, especially among the decision-makers. Literature has suggested the need for a national policy specifically on anti-discrimination at the workplace. The problem is less effort was done in providing a deeper understanding of the concept of gender equality itself. This study thus aims to
examine the concept of gender equality rooted in the philosophical and legal perspectives through the study of egalitarianism and feminism theories, as well as the regulations related to gender and employment. It is vital in providing a clear view of gender equality towards combating discrimination and reforming social justice. This
study also aims to analyse the practice of gender equality at the Malaysian workplace in highlighting the real picture of the issue and propose the basic guidelines of gender equality at the workplace. A qualitative research design was used by employing two approaches of data collection; the doctrinal library research and interview. The
findings show that gender equality in the Malaysian workplaces are hugely affected by the existing culture in the Malaysian society. It was found that there are several principles in considering gender equality at the workplace, including the principles of equal treatment, entitlement, non-discrimination and equal opportunity not
perpetuating equal outcome. However, this study only covers respondents from several corporate sectors, hence, a more comprehensive study is needed for future research