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Factors affecting the turnover intention among employees in Penang manufacturing industry Tin Phang Ooi; Kok Ban Teoh
Annals of Human Resource Management Research Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021): March
Publisher : Goodwood Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (457.952 KB) | DOI: 10.35912/ahrmr.v1i1.379

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Purpose: The objective of the present study is to examine how work engagement, job demands and organizational commitment affect turnover intention among employees in Penang manufacturing industry. Research Methodology: Quantitative approach will be used in this study by distributing the online questionnaire to collect data from a sample of 75 employees drawn from manufacturing companies in Penang, Malaysia. Results: The present study found out that work engagement and job demands have no significant relationship with turnover intention. Besides, the present study indicates that organizational commitment is negatively related to turnover intention. Limitations: In this research, only 75 employees from Penang manufacturing industry had participated in the study. Since this small number of employees could not represent the entire Malaysia population, the future research should expand to involve a bigger sample of employees from Malaysia manufacturing industry to collect more reliable results. Contribution: The findings of this research provide benefits to the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturing (FFM) and manufacturing companies as they can understand the devastation effects of turnover and be equipped with strategies to decrease the turnover rate. Keywords: Employee, Job demands, Manufacturing industry, Organizational commitment, Turnover intention, Work engagement
Factors influencing the SME business success in Malaysia Chin Hui Lim; Kok Ban Teoh
Annals of Human Resource Management Research Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021): March
Publisher : Goodwood Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (523.47 KB) | DOI: 10.35912/ahrmr.v1i1.380

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Purpose: The research aimed to investigate the factors that influence SME business success in Malaysia. Research methodology: This study employed a quantitative research design and used a paper-based online questionnaire to collect data from 100 SME entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Smart PLS 3.2.8 was used to analyse the data collected in this study. Results: The study concluded that the factors of entrepreneurs’ personalities traits and effective marketing have no significant relationship with SME business success, while the strategic planning and management is significantly positive related to SME business success. Limitations: The present study had a small number of respondents to obtain more accurate results. Contribution: The results can be useful to optimise the local SME business performance by presenting the factor that is significantly and positively influencing business success. This study makes a new attempt to demonstrate the effect of strategic planning and management on SME business success in Malaysia. Besides, the research emphasises the importance of implementation of strategic planning and management in SME business to enhance the rate of business success. Keywords: Business success, Malaysia, SME