JOB CHARACTERISTICS AND EMPLOYEE WELLBEING: A CASE OF MALAYSIAN SMES
Malaysia has a vision of becoming a developed nation by the year 2020. In line with this vision the country has also recently acknowledged that the best way forward is through higher productivity by its total workforce. Hence, the need of assuring employees wellbeing arises. The purpose of this research paper is to find out empirically the relationship between job content factors and employees’ well-beings in Malaysia’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This paper uses structural equation modeling in determining the path and degree of relationship between the said variables. Interestingly, the study found that the employees’ well-being both psychologically and physiologically were unexpectedly low. Also, it was found that the relationship between job characteristics and employees well-being do exist and with high significance levels. Based on the results, this study offers fascinating insights on employees’ well-beings in Malaysian SMEs and the factors that are associated with it
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2012
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Authors: | Salahudin, Shahrul Nizam ; Saad, Zuliawati Mohamed ; Ting, Shirley Ken Tzu ; Alwi, Mohd Nur Ruzainy |
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Journal of Global Entrepreneurship. - Vol. 2.2012, 1, p. 36-47
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Subject: | Job Characteristics | Employee Wellbeing | SMEs | General Health |
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