A study of the factors which affect the quality of working life (QWL) among employees in healthcare industry / Norsyahida Mohd Maamon

Employee is an asset for organization that helps organization to be successful and achieve its organizational objectives, thus it is imperative for the organization to ensure that employees are experienced quality of working life. The objective of this study is to examine the three factors, work aut...

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Main Author: Mohd Maamon, Norsyahida
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Published: 2014
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spelling my-uitm-ir.344882020-09-17T03:04:10Z A study of the factors which affect the quality of working life (QWL) among employees in healthcare industry / Norsyahida Mohd Maamon 2014-12 Mohd Maamon, Norsyahida Human behavior. Behaviorism. Neobehaviorism. Behavioral psychology Motivation Personality Job evaluation Employee is an asset for organization that helps organization to be successful and achieve its organizational objectives, thus it is imperative for the organization to ensure that employees are experienced quality of working life. The objective of this study is to examine the three factors, work autonomy, communication and supervisory and emotional support on quality of working life (QWL) among employees in healthcare industry. Data were collected from 375 employees from two hospitals and three health clinics that located in Pahang. Variables were measured used Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS). Then, correlation and regression were used to test the hypothesis. The findings have shown that work autonomy, communication and supervisory and emotional support are correlated with quality of working life; with supervisory and emotional support was the most influential factor that contributes to QWL. Therefore, it can be said that an organization needs to practise and increase work autonomy, communication and supervisory emotional support to improve QWL. Improving QWL is important as it contributes to employees’ productivity and commitment. 2014-12 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34488/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34488/1/34488.PDF text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Business Management Shaikh Ali, Siti Haryati
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
advisor Shaikh Ali, Siti Haryati
topic Human behavior
Behaviorism
Neobehaviorism
Behavioral psychology
Motivation
Personality
Job evaluation
spellingShingle Human behavior
Behaviorism
Neobehaviorism
Behavioral psychology
Motivation
Personality
Job evaluation
Mohd Maamon, Norsyahida
A study of the factors which affect the quality of working life (QWL) among employees in healthcare industry / Norsyahida Mohd Maamon
description Employee is an asset for organization that helps organization to be successful and achieve its organizational objectives, thus it is imperative for the organization to ensure that employees are experienced quality of working life. The objective of this study is to examine the three factors, work autonomy, communication and supervisory and emotional support on quality of working life (QWL) among employees in healthcare industry. Data were collected from 375 employees from two hospitals and three health clinics that located in Pahang. Variables were measured used Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS). Then, correlation and regression were used to test the hypothesis. The findings have shown that work autonomy, communication and supervisory and emotional support are correlated with quality of working life; with supervisory and emotional support was the most influential factor that contributes to QWL. Therefore, it can be said that an organization needs to practise and increase work autonomy, communication and supervisory emotional support to improve QWL. Improving QWL is important as it contributes to employees’ productivity and commitment.
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title A study of the factors which affect the quality of working life (QWL) among employees in healthcare industry / Norsyahida Mohd Maamon
title_short A study of the factors which affect the quality of working life (QWL) among employees in healthcare industry / Norsyahida Mohd Maamon
title_full A study of the factors which affect the quality of working life (QWL) among employees in healthcare industry / Norsyahida Mohd Maamon
title_fullStr A study of the factors which affect the quality of working life (QWL) among employees in healthcare industry / Norsyahida Mohd Maamon
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granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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