Faizuniah Pangil

Universiti Utara Malaysia | UUM · Centre for International Affairs & Cooperation (CIAC)

The purpose of this paper is to identify the key determinants of employee engagement along with the mediating role of workplace belongingness between organizational justice, job crafting and appreciative leadership with employee engagement. Further, this study was done quantitatively with cross sectional design. Proportionate strata sampling and co...

The primary goal for this article is reviewing tested theories/models of transfer of training in order to better understand the theories and develop strategies to improve transfer of training. The theories are (the transfer of training process; learning transfer system inventory; the systematic approach; the AMO theory). Any organization's primary...

This study aims to apply the moderator effect of ‘transfer climate’ to enhance ‘transfer of training’ with the application of the AMO theory. It highlights the relationship among the training transfer and various factors discussed in the theories and frameworks of previous research. However, the published results have some inconsistencies regard...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the mediation effect of affective commitment on the relationship between human resource management practices and informal workplace learning. Design/methodology/approach This paper develops a conceptual framework along with propositions by integrating comprehensive literatures, in the field of human...

A willingness to share knowledge is an individual intention to share or not knowing. It is unenforceable but depends on individual’s itself. Recently, studies highlighted a social psychological context might be major factor that influences willingness to share knowledge. In sharing knowledge process, there is a need to have at least two actors as s...

The term employee engagement has become one of the leading foci in human resource development and employee behaviour literature. Both conceptual as well as empirical research on employee engagement are studied to explore the multiple aspects of engagement and its predictors. The outcomes of previous studies have sometimes been unsystematic and inco...

Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and informal workplace learning. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from a sample of 381 employees working as heads of the department of branches in private commercial banks of Bangladesh. Hypotheses were tested by using structural eq...

This paper aims to investigate the convergent and construct validity between reflective and formative measurement model. The difference assessment presents a different result of the validity. This paper analysed the reflective construct followed by formative measurement of second-order constructs (i.e., social factors and willingness to share knowl...

Sharing of tacit knowledge is not without its own challenges. It is proposed here that in order to encourage tacit knowledge sharing, interpersonal trust and social networking must be present. These proposition were tested among ICT employees in Amman, Jordan. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson correlations and multiple regression, and...

Despite the importance of adaptive performance towards enhancing organizational effectiveness, the role of organizational human resource management (HRM) practices as predictors of adaptive performance remains unexplored. This study examined the predictive influence of training, career planning and job autonomy on employees’ adaptive performance. T...

Purpose The main purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role of organizational commitment on the relationship between HRM practices and employee engagement among banking employees in the context of an emerging economy namely Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach The survey data includes 383 employees from 30 private commercial banks...

Employee engagement has received considerable attention among academic community and business consultants in recent years. This topic still needs to be prioritized in the academic research particularly as it is essential to understand the antecedents of employee engagement. The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between human re...

Informal workplace learning plays a focal role for developing knowledge and skill of employees which contributes to organization's competitiveness and adaptability. Through informal learning knowledge can be created, acquired and used by others. Though studies had shown that there are many factors that might influence informal workplace learning, l...

Informal workplace learning plays increasingly an important role for enhancing knowledge and skill of employees which is necessary for achieving competitive advantage and sustainability of organization. Although, Researchers recognized the importance of informal workplace learning, study related to informal workplace learning is still limited. With...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between HRM practices and employee engagement. Although employee engagement has got a great attention among the industry practitioners in recent times, it requires more considerations particularly in the academic literature. Based on the norms of social exchange theory (SET), this study h...

To examine the role that perceived support has in e-training adoption in the Nigerian civil service, researchers developed a framework that addressed organizational, technical, and government support, as well as perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. The results of a questionnaire administered to 450 department heads revealed that both per...

This paper has focused on the importance of human resource information system (HRIS) implementation in the organization to achieve the competitive advantage. This study proposed a research framework which is derived from diffusion of innovation (DOI) theory and technological, organizational, and environmental (TOE) framework. For the purpose of thi...

The Nigerian civil service is still using conventional method to train its work force. The review of literature shows the state of power supply in the country. This paper explains the role power supply in the adoption of electronic training in the Nigerian civil service. This conceptual paper proposes a model in which the construct of Technology Ac...

The present study investigated the relationship between compensation, promotional opportunities and employees’ retention. Survey was used to collect data from 220 faculty members working in public sector universities in Pakistan. Partial Least Squares PLS path modeling was employed to analyze data. The results revealed that compensation and promoti...

Improving employee and organizational performance has been the main concern of many organizations for decades and several factors have also been studied as predictors of employee performance in organizations. However, studies that comprehensively measured all the dimensions of employee performance that enhance organizational effectiveness are limit...

Work–life balance is a main concern for employees and employers alike, because a work–life imbalance can cause stress and health-related problems among workers. This study examines the relationship between emotional intelligence and work–life balance among police officers, and also the impact of organizational support as a moderator in this relatio...

In the current study several HRM practices (performance appraisal, promotional opportunities and job security) have been suggested to explain its impact on employees retention. Previously, other studies have endeavored to consider the impact of HRM practices and employees retention but their results are mostly conflicting, therefore further investi...

Retaining the best employees is of high concern for most organizations and this issue has become a significant focus of attention for many researchers. For this reason, this paper discusses different factors which influence the employee turnover intention-behavior in the organization, specifically to examine the effect of salary, performance apprai...

Retaining the best employees is of high concern for most organizations and this issue has become a significant focus of attention for many researchers. For this reason, this paper discussed different factors which influence the employee turnover intention-behavior in the organization, specifically to examine the effect of salary, performance apprai...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the factors that aid e-training adoption in the Nigerian civil service. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on a review of past literature from databases, reports, newspapers, magazines, etc. The literature recognised the role of perceived cost, computer self-efficacy, availability o...

Work-life balance is very important among employee and employers in organizations. Imbalance in work-life will create a lot problem in terms of life satisfaction and workplace satisfaction. This paper is to discuss a study regarding the influence of emotional, spiritual intelligence, organizational support job engagement and technology advancement...

The main focus of this study is to examine the direct relationship between individual factors and tacit knowledge-sharing. A total of 400 questionnaires were distributed to the technical staff of the ICT sector in Jordan. Out of 400, only 365 were usable for further analysis, representing a response rate of 92.75%. Hypotheses for direct effect were...

Inspiring people to share knowledge and experience at workplaces has gain attention among the researchers to determine the ways of motivating employee to knowledge sharing behavior. In order to promote knowledge-sharing behavior, people in business need to understand the influences and mechanism that drives individual to contribute their valuable k...

Purpose – The limited proximal communication between virtual team members can create a lack of trust among members which can significantly reduce the effectiveness of these teams. Hence, this study was conducted to examine the relationship between trust and virtual team effectiveness by looking into the mediating effect of knowledge sharing. Desig...

The main objective of Malaysia’s New Economic Model (NEM) outlines the need to produce quality human capital that commensurates with higher career success. As an ultimate reward, career success should be indicated by the tangible aspect as well as the personal conception of career success. This study specifically looks at the latter; on the link be...

The main objective of Malaysia’s New Economic Model (NEM) outlines the need to produce quality human capital that commensurates with higher career success. As an ultimate reward, career success should be indicated by the tangible aspect as well as the personal conception of career success. This study specifically looks at the latter; on the link be...

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between proactive personality and career success. Data were gathered through questionnaire from a sample of technical employees (n = 180) who worked in MNC status companies located in the Northern States of Peninsular Malaysia. Results indicate that proactive personality was a significant factor...

This paper focused on emotional intelli-gence factors influenced individual com-mitment towards organization change. A survey was conducted among 144 administrative staffs in Universiti Utara Malaysia which is currently going through series of changes. Multiple regression analysis revealed self emotions appraisal ( = 0.049, p > 0.01) and use of emo...

The influence of environment factors such as business growth, imbalance between demand and supply, and high turnover rate have forced many ICT companies in Malaysia to seriously consider the issue of retaining skilled information technology (IT) employees. Thus, the current study aims to investigate the influence of transformational leadership and...

The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between person-job fit, personorganisation fit and job performance. The study was conducted on employees of MNC status organisations. Questionnaire was administered to 300 respondents, who were technical employees of the organisations. However, only 180 responses were received and used for...

Retaining existing employees, especially the skilled information technology (IT) employees is becoming more important due to business growth, imbalance between demand and supply, and high turnover rate. The paper seeks to investigate the relationship between rewards and flexible work schedule on intention to stay among professional IT employees. Th...

This study investigates the moderating role of job stress in the relationship between organization support and intention to stay among information technology professional workers. To achieve this objective, a total of 832 questionnaires are mailed to the representatives of organizations that have agreed to participate in this study. From 220 questi...

Knowledge Management (KM), defined as the creation and application of new knowledge, is becoming a good source of competitive advantage. Employee innovation is increased by the development and sharing of knowledge. Failure to implement a knowledge management system for the organization is a major concern for the management information system societ...

This paper seeks to investigate the relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction among government agency officers. A cross sectional survey was conducted on the employees of a government agency. A convenient sampling method was assumed because the researchers have no control on the number and how the questionnaires were distribu...

Knowledge Management (KM) is becoming a good source of competitive advantage. Failure to implement a knowledge management system is a major concern for most organizations today. With the drive for necessary attention to this issue, this paper intends to provide the means of implementing knowledge management system. The success of this implementatio...

Knowledge sharing is one important activity in knowledge management. It enables knowledge to be created, as well as acquired and used by others. However, there are reasons to believe that employees are reluctant to share knowledge with their colleagues. Thus, in order to ensure the success of knowledge management effort, knowledge sharing among emp...