The influence of smart working environment on job performance

Smart Working is the term used to portray an allude to the better approaches for working made conceivable by advances in innovation and made fundamental by economic, ecological and social pressures. Three variable have been chosen under the factor of smart working environment towards assessing the j...

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Main Author:	Malarvilii, Muniandy
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Published:	2017
Subjects:	HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management Employment
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description	Smart Working is the term used to portray an allude to the better approaches for working made conceivable by advances in innovation and made fundamental by economic, ecological and social pressures. Three variable have been chosen under the factor of smart working environment towards assessing the job performance. Those variables classified under smart working environment are usage of technology, workplace flexibility and top management support. The stimulation behind this exploration is to perceive and evaluate the relationship between usage of technology, workplace flexibility and top management support towards the job performance among the postgraduate students of University Utara Malaysia. A survey was conducted at University Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia. The participants are 260 individuals of postgraduate students from Othman Yeop Abdullah (OYA) Graduate School of Business. Test were taken randomly and the kind of non- probability sampling used for this overview is the purposive sampling, this is picked on account of time imperative, cost saving, ease of conducting the survey and the attention on particular respondents because of the way of the research topic and objective. Likert scale and multiple-choice questions were utilized as a part of the structure questions. The research gives a selection of answers and respondents are solicited to choose at least one from the option given. The result analyzed with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). From the response obtained, several statistical technique such as regression analysis, Pearson correlation, and reliability test have been derived. From the statistical studies, it is found that there is a significant relationship between usage of technology, workplace flexibility and top management support with the job performance
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spelling	my-uum-etd.70042021-05-10T01:19:01Z The influence of smart working environment on job performance 2017 Malarvilii, Muniandy Pangil, Faizuniah School of Business Management School of Business Management HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management. Employment Smart Working is the term used to portray an allude to the better approaches for working made conceivable by advances in innovation and made fundamental by economic, ecological and social pressures. Three variable have been chosen under the factor of smart working environment towards assessing the job performance. Those variables classified under smart working environment are usage of technology, workplace flexibility and top management support. The stimulation behind this exploration is to perceive and evaluate the relationship between usage of technology, workplace flexibility and top management support towards the job performance among the postgraduate students of University Utara Malaysia. A survey was conducted at University Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia. The participants are 260 individuals of postgraduate students from Othman Yeop Abdullah (OYA) Graduate School of Business. Test were taken randomly and the kind of non- probability sampling used for this overview is the purposive sampling, this is picked on account of time imperative, cost saving, ease of conducting the survey and the attention on particular respondents because of the way of the research topic and objective. Likert scale and multiple-choice questions were utilized as a part of the structure questions. The research gives a selection of answers and respondents are solicited to choose at least one from the option given. The result analyzed with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). From the response obtained, several statistical technique such as regression analysis, Pearson correlation, and reliability test have been derived. 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