...Mastura Ab Wahab; Ekrem Tatoglu Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of chasing productivity demands on worker well-being and firm performance in manufacturing firms in Malaysia. Flexible work arrangements and human resources support are used as moderators to mitigate the adverse impacts...

... management training programs organized by a public sector training provider in Malaysia. Findings The findings indicate that personality traits (i.e. conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness) and social support (i.e. perceived organizational support and peer support) influenced training...

...Sim Siew-Chen; Gowrie Vinayan Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the conduct of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), based on a real-life case study of one company in Malaysia. The paper analyses the company’s process of recruitment outsourcing from beginning to end...

...Patricia Yin Yin Lau; Gary N. McLean; Bella Ya-Hui Lien; Yen-Chen Hsu Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine if self-rated and peer-rated organizational citizenship behavior mediated the relationship between affective commitment and intention to leave in Malaysia. Design...

... ; Cheng and Hampson, 2008 ; Elangovan and Karakowsky, 1999 ; Thayer and Teachout, 1995). However, research that examines the effect of both factors on transfer of training is still limited, particularly in the context of Asian countries such as Malaysia. Previous studies have focussed on samples from...

... to examine the management of human resources from the Islamic perspective and its effects on organisational commitment among selected employees in Islamic organisations in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach The study employed a self‐developed questionnaire that was personally distributed to employees...

... Human resource management Semiconductors Employee involvement Manufacturing industries Malaysia Total quality management (TQM) and human resource management (HRM) have been an important theme in management and business research for the past few decades due to its potential to affect a range...

...‐up mailing to non‐respondents was done about six weeks after the first mailing. Another 42 responses were received, giving a total of 108 respondents (a response rate of 18 per cent). This response rate is not different from other surveys in Malaysia, which tend to obtain a response of between 15‐25...

... in Malaysia. Argues that TNCs exert an influence in promoting employment,training and innovation and adopt a much more proactive policy towards HRD than the local firms in Malaysia. However, their reluctance to participate and invest substantially in local R&D could result in a gradual reduction...