Javanologi: International Journal of Javanese Studies
Vol 6, No 2 (2023): Javanologi Volume 6 No. 2: Juni

The Relationship Between Gender and Communication Apprehension among Administrative Staff in Universiti Utara Malaysia

Muhammad Fadhli Mohd Diah (School of Languages, Civilization and Philosophy, Universiti Utara Malaysia)
Nadia Abd Rahman (School of Languages, Civilization and Philosophy, Universiti Utara Malaysia)
Salmi Hussain (School of Languages, Civilization and Philosophy, Universiti Utara Malaysia)
Nasyrul Hakim Mohd Zahir (School of Languages, Civilization and Philosophy, Universiti Utara Malaysia)
Juwati Abdullah (School of Languages, Civilization and Philosophy, Universiti Utara Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Jul 2023

Abstract

ABSTRACT This research addresses issues on communication apprehension in using English language among administrative staff (grade 19) at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). The notion of communication apprehension in this context is their anxiety in executing language tasks in terms of: group discussion, meeting, interpersonal and public speaking by using English language as medium. The objectives of this research are to identify the level of anxiety in using English language among the administrative staff and to find the correlation of communication apprehension with academic background and also gender. The methodology used in this research is using a quantitative approach and applying an instrument called Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24) developed by James C. McCroskey (1982) in order to assess the level of anxiety in using English language. The findings revealed that have female experience lower CA than the male participants.Keywords: Communication Apprehension, English, PRCA-24, Administrative Staff, Gender

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javanologi

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Religion Arts Humanities

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Javanologi: International Journal of Javanese Studies focuses on the areas relevant to the scope of the interdisciplinary Javanese studies which include social sciences, antrophology, archaeology and history, architecture, and urbanism, economics, education, geography, law, management studies, media ...