Correlation between telecommuting, work-life balance, value and empowerment: a study of oil & gas company in East Coast Region / Nik Nur Qamarina Mohd Khairudin

In line with the industrial revolution 4.0, telecommuting becomes more robust and relevant to be implemented in Malaysia even though this working arrangement is not widely accepted by most of Malaysia's companies due to some hindering factors. There is a limited encouragement from the managemen...

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Main Author:	Mohd Khairudin, Nik Nur Qamarina
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	Hours of labor Including overtime shift work sick leave vacations
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/89424/1/89424.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.894242024-01-14T08:21:24Z Correlation between telecommuting, work-life balance, value and empowerment: a study of oil & gas company in East Coast Region / Nik Nur Qamarina Mohd Khairudin 2017-07 Mohd Khairudin, Nik Nur Qamarina Hours of labor, Including overtime, shift work, sick leave, vacations In line with the industrial revolution 4.0, telecommuting becomes more robust and relevant to be implemented in Malaysia even though this working arrangement is not widely accepted by most of Malaysia's companies due to some hindering factors. There is a limited encouragement from the management and awareness of the benefit of telecommuting shared to the employer, employees, and organisation. For this reason, the researcher aims to determine the relationship of telecommuting among PETRONAS ICT employees in the East Coast Region which is consisted of Kelantan, Pahang, and Terengganu with work-life balance, value, and empowerment. Employee acceptance with regards to telecommuting is the independent variable, and work-life balance, value and empowerment are evaluated using a component of each dependent variables, which are: (i) more family time, (ii) increased productivity, (iii) reduced absenteeism, (iv) reduced turnover, (v) job satisfaction and (vi) time flexibility. The items in questionnaires are a closed-ended type using a five-point Likert scale and the sample of 70 respondents being selected from the PETRONAS ICT employee in the East Coast Region. The researcher distributed 70 sets of questionnaires and returned 60 questionnaires, with a return rate of 86%. The data gathered for this study have been analysed using the Social Sciences Statistical Package (SPSS), version 24. Correlation was applied in analysing and interpreting the collected data. The findings of correlation between telecommuting, work-life balance, value, and empowerment generally support the hypotheses in this study and eventually had answered the objectives for this study. As a conclusion, there is a significant correlation between telecommuting and work-life balance which is associated with the acceptance of telecommuting among Government- Linked Company (PETRONAS ICT employee) in the East Coast Region, Malaysia. 2017-07 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/89424/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/89424/1/89424.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA, Terengganu Faculty Of Business Management Aziz, Nurul Nadwan
institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
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advisor	Aziz, Nurul Nadwan
topic	Hours of labor Including overtime shift work sick leave vacations
spellingShingle	Hours of labor Including overtime shift work sick leave vacations Mohd Khairudin, Nik Nur Qamarina Correlation between telecommuting, work-life balance, value and empowerment: a study of oil & gas company in East Coast Region / Nik Nur Qamarina Mohd Khairudin
description	In line with the industrial revolution 4.0, telecommuting becomes more robust and relevant to be implemented in Malaysia even though this working arrangement is not widely accepted by most of Malaysia's companies due to some hindering factors. There is a limited encouragement from the management and awareness of the benefit of telecommuting shared to the employer, employees, and organisation. For this reason, the researcher aims to determine the relationship of telecommuting among PETRONAS ICT employees in the East Coast Region which is consisted of Kelantan, Pahang, and Terengganu with work-life balance, value, and empowerment. Employee acceptance with regards to telecommuting is the independent variable, and work-life balance, value and empowerment are evaluated using a component of each dependent variables, which are: (i) more family time, (ii) increased productivity, (iii) reduced absenteeism, (iv) reduced turnover, (v) job satisfaction and (vi) time flexibility. The items in questionnaires are a closed-ended type using a five-point Likert scale and the sample of 70 respondents being selected from the PETRONAS ICT employee in the East Coast Region. The researcher distributed 70 sets of questionnaires and returned 60 questionnaires, with a return rate of 86%. The data gathered for this study have been analysed using the Social Sciences Statistical Package (SPSS), version 24. Correlation was applied in analysing and interpreting the collected data. The findings of correlation between telecommuting, work-life balance, value, and empowerment generally support the hypotheses in this study and eventually had answered the objectives for this study. As a conclusion, there is a significant correlation between telecommuting and work-life balance which is associated with the acceptance of telecommuting among Government- Linked Company (PETRONAS ICT employee) in the East Coast Region, Malaysia.
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author	Mohd Khairudin, Nik Nur Qamarina
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author_sort	Mohd Khairudin, Nik Nur Qamarina
title	Correlation between telecommuting, work-life balance, value and empowerment: a study of oil & gas company in East Coast Region / Nik Nur Qamarina Mohd Khairudin
title_short	Correlation between telecommuting, work-life balance, value and empowerment: a study of oil & gas company in East Coast Region / Nik Nur Qamarina Mohd Khairudin
title_full	Correlation between telecommuting, work-life balance, value and empowerment: a study of oil & gas company in East Coast Region / Nik Nur Qamarina Mohd Khairudin
title_fullStr	Correlation between telecommuting, work-life balance, value and empowerment: a study of oil & gas company in East Coast Region / Nik Nur Qamarina Mohd Khairudin
title_full_unstemmed	Correlation between telecommuting, work-life balance, value and empowerment: a study of oil & gas company in East Coast Region / Nik Nur Qamarina Mohd Khairudin
title_sort	correlation between telecommuting, work-life balance, value and empowerment: a study of oil & gas company in east coast region / nik nur qamarina mohd khairudin
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Correlation between telecommuting, work-life balance, value and empowerment: a study of oil & gas company in East Coast Region / Nik Nur Qamarina Mohd Khairudin

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