Investment in Human Capital Among Administrative Staff : Case Study of Universiti Utara Malaysia

This study examines trends in participation among administrative staff of Universiti Utara Malaysia on investment in human capital. The sample was collected using self-administered questionnaire which collected 100 respondents. The respondent rates are 50% men and 50% women for the admin staff of UU...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ambigah, Sandran
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng
Published:	2011
Subjects:	HD4801-8943 Labor Work Working Class
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/3674/1/s806399.pdf
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	my-uum-etd.3674
record_format	uketd_dc
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
collection	UUM ETD
language	eng
advisor	Abdullah, Norehan
topic	HD4801-8943 Labor Work Working Class
spellingShingle	HD4801-8943 Labor Work Working Class Ambigah, Sandran Investment in Human Capital Among Administrative Staff : Case Study of Universiti Utara Malaysia
description	This study examines trends in participation among administrative staff of Universiti Utara Malaysia on investment in human capital. The sample was collected using self-administered questionnaire which collected 100 respondents. The respondent rates are 50% men and 50% women for the admin staff of UUM. The result shows that 15% of the respondents do the investment in human capital. However , relatively the women participation in higher education is higher than the men involvements. Result of regression analysis shows that the investment in human capital relationship with the leisure time is important determination for the decision of investing in human capital. However, comparatively, the significant determination of investment in human capital are varies. One of most important determinants is the income of the respondent with the negative relationship. Another determinants with negative relationship when investing in human capital is the time for caring the children and the time spend to teach other for educational. Other determinants include time spends on watch programs or movies consider as a positive relationship during the decision of investing in human capital. The implication of policy and suggestion are discussed on increase the number of participation on investment in human capital in Universiti Utara Malaysia.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	masters
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Ambigah, Sandran
author_facet	Ambigah, Sandran
author_sort	Ambigah, Sandran
title	Investment in Human Capital Among Administrative Staff : Case Study of Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_short	Investment in Human Capital Among Administrative Staff : Case Study of Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_full	Investment in Human Capital Among Administrative Staff : Case Study of Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_fullStr	Investment in Human Capital Among Administrative Staff : Case Study of Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Investment in Human Capital Among Administrative Staff : Case Study of Universiti Utara Malaysia
title_sort	investment in human capital among administrative staff : case study of universiti utara malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
publishDate	2011
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/3674/1/s806399.pdf
_version_	1747827623512244224
spelling	my-uum-etd.36742022-04-12T00:20:38Z Investment in Human Capital Among Administrative Staff : Case Study of Universiti Utara Malaysia 2011 Ambigah, Sandran Abdullah, Norehan College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) College of arts and Sciences HD4801-8943 Labor. Work. Working Class This study examines trends in participation among administrative staff of Universiti Utara Malaysia on investment in human capital. The sample was collected using self-administered questionnaire which collected 100 respondents. The respondent rates are 50% men and 50% women for the admin staff of UUM. The result shows that 15% of the respondents do the investment in human capital. However , relatively the women participation in higher education is higher than the men involvements. Result of regression analysis shows that the investment in human capital relationship with the leisure time is important determination for the decision of investing in human capital. However, comparatively, the significant determination of investment in human capital are varies. One of most important determinants is the income of the respondent with the negative relationship. Another determinants with negative relationship when investing in human capital is the time for caring the children and the time spend to teach other for educational. Other determinants include time spends on watch programs or movies consider as a positive relationship during the decision of investing in human capital. The implication of policy and suggestion are discussed on increase the number of participation on investment in human capital in Universiti Utara Malaysia. 2011 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/3674/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/3674/1/s806399.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Allison, M. T. & Margeret C. D. (1987). Women, work and leisure: The days of our lives. Leisure studies (9): 143-161 Aminah A. (2009). Gender differences and trends in the participation of Malaysians in education: Implications on employment outcomes. The Journal of International Management Studies, 4(2). Aminah A. (2008). Job, family and individual factors as predictors of work- family conflict. The Journal of Human Resource and Adult Learning, 4(1). Barnett, R. C., & Hyde, J. S. (2001). Women, men, work, and family: An expansionist theory. American Psychologist, 56, 781-796. Becker, G. S., Kevin M. M., & Robert F. T. (1998). Human capital, fertility, and economic growth. Journal of Political Economy, 12-37. Becker, G. S. (1962). Investment in human capital: A theoretical analysis. Journal of Political Economy, 70(5), 9-49. Becker, G.S. (1993). Human Capital, Chicago. University of Chicago Press. Chambers, D. A. (1986). The constraint of work and domestic schedules on women’s work. Leisure Studies (5): 309-325 Dale W. J. (2009). Human capital and the national accounts. International Symposium on Measuring Human Capital and its impact on Welfare and Growth, Beijing, China. Donald P. S. (1969). Toward a theory of educational development: The concept of Developemnt. 13(3). Emily N. J & Gregory C. C. (1997). Rate of return to schooling in China. Pacific Economic View, 101-113. Fodor, E. & Redai, D. (2009). Differences between men and women in quality of life. Deliverable of EU-project: Utrecht University, D7.3. Gilligan, C. (1982). In a different voice, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Giorgio B. (2001). Unemployment, education and earnings growth. IZA Discussion Paper, 311. Greenhaus, J. H., & Beutell, N. J. (1985). Sources of conflict between work and family roles. Academy of Management Review, 10(1), 76-88. Grzywacz, J. G., & Marks, N. F. (2000). Reconceptualizing the work-family interface: An ecological perspective on the correlates of positive and negative spillover between work and family. Journal of Occupatinal Health Psychology, 6, 91- 100. Gujariti, D. N. (2006). Essential of Econometrics (3rd ed). McGraw-Hill: Singapore. Halimah A. (2004). Human capital and technology development in Malaysia. International Education Journal, 5(2). Hammer, L. B., Allen, E., & Grigsby, T. D. (1997). Work and family conflict in dual- earner couples: Within-individual and crossover effects of work and family. Journal of Vocational Behaviour, 50(2), 185-203. Henderson, K. A. (1996). One size doesn’t fit all: The meaning of women’s leisure. Journal of Leisure Research 28(3): 139-154. Henderson, K. A. (1990). The meaning of leisure for women: An integrative review of the research. Journal of Leisure Research 22(3): 228-243. Ismail, R and Jajri, I. (1998). Human capital and economic growth in Malaysia: A simulation model. Study of Malaysia, 16(1&2), 78-88. Jerome-Forget, M. (1997). Investing in human capital. Policy Option. Joop, H., Hans van Ophem., Simona M. B. (2004). How risky in investment in human capital? Tinbergen Institute Discussion paper, 080/3. Kane, M. J. (1990). Female involvement in physical recreation-gender role as a constraint. Women and Physical Recreation: 52-56. Kaufman, B. E. & Hotchkiss, J. L. (2006). The Economics of Labor Markets (6th edition). United States of America: Thomson-South Western. Malaysia Government. (2011). Tenth Malaysia Plan 2011-2015. Government Press, Malaysia. Malaysia Government. (2006). Ninth Malaysia Plan 2006-2010. Government Press, Malaysia. Malaysia Government. (2001).Eighth Malaysia Plan 2001-2005. Government Press, Malaysia. Malaysia. Ministry of Education. (2001). Education in Malaysia. A Journey to excellence educational Planning and Research Division. Mingat. A & Tan, J. P. (1986). Financing public higher education in developing countries: The potential role of loan schemes. Higher Education 15, 283-197. Muller, T. (2004). Now I am Free - Education and human resource development in Eritrea: Contradcition in the lives of Eritrean women in higher education, compare, 34(2), 215- 229. Myers, C & Harbison, F. (1965). Education, man power and economic growth: strategic of human resource development. New York: McGraw-Hill. Reich, R. (1990). “Who is us?”. Harvard Business Review, 68. Richard, B., Lorraine, D., Costas, M., and Barbara, S., (1999). Human capital investment: The return from education and training to the individual, the firm and the economy. Fiscal Studies, 2(1), 1-23. Sanroman, G. (2006). Return to schooling in Uruguay: Document, 14/06. Seema, J. & Adriana, L-M. (2009). Life expectancy and human capital investments evidence from maternal mortality declines. The Quarterly journal of Economics. Shaw, S. M. (1994). Gender, leisure, and constraint: Towards a framework for the analysis of women’s leisure. Journal of Leisure Research 26(1): 8-22 Smith, A. (1976). The Wealth of Nations. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 113-14. Smith, A. (1967). An inquiry into the nature and cause of the wealth of nations (1776). Campbell and A. S. Skinner, 1(2). Theodore, W. S. (1961). Investment in human capital. The American Economic Review, LI(1). Tracy, L. R., Ronald, L. O., & Galen, B. (2003). A human capital model of the effects of abilities and family background on optimal schooling levels. Department of Economics, The University of Arizona. Washington. World Bank. (2000). Peril and Promise: Higher Education in Developing Countries, Washington DC: World Bank.

Investment in Human Capital Among Administrative Staff : Case Study of Universiti Utara Malaysia

Similar Items