The moderating effect of employee relations on networking towards workplace happiness among married women in Malaysia

This study tries to examine the moderating effect of employee relations in enhancing the workplace happiness. A social exchange theory was used. A total of 1200 married working women in the public, private and government-linked organizations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were sampled using a stratified...

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Main Authors: Wok, Saodah, Hashim, Junaidah
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
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description This study tries to examine the moderating effect of employee relations in enhancing the workplace happiness. A social exchange theory was used. A total of 1200 married working women in the public, private and government-linked organizations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were sampled using a stratified random sample. The study employed a survey method, using questionnaire as the research instrument to collect data. Results showed that there is a strong positive relationship between internal contacts and workplace happiness while the relationship between external contacts is moderately positive. All the hypotheses are supported.
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spelling iium-462812016-05-12T02:49:51Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/46281/ The moderating effect of employee relations on networking towards workplace happiness among married women in Malaysia Wok, Saodah Hashim, Junaidah H Social Sciences (General) This study tries to examine the moderating effect of employee relations in enhancing the workplace happiness. A social exchange theory was used. A total of 1200 married working women in the public, private and government-linked organizations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were sampled using a stratified random sample. The study employed a survey method, using questionnaire as the research instrument to collect data. Results showed that there is a strong positive relationship between internal contacts and workplace happiness while the relationship between external contacts is moderately positive. All the hypotheses are supported. Elsevier 2015-12-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46281/1/1-s2.0-S1877042815053793-main_-_published_10122015.pdf Wok, Saodah and Hashim, Junaidah (2015) The moderating effect of employee relations on networking towards workplace happiness among married women in Malaysia. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 211 (1). pp. 306-312. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042815053793 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.039
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Wok, Saodah
Hashim, Junaidah
The moderating effect of employee relations on networking towards workplace happiness among married women in Malaysia
title The moderating effect of employee relations on networking towards workplace happiness among married women in Malaysia
title_full The moderating effect of employee relations on networking towards workplace happiness among married women in Malaysia
title_fullStr The moderating effect of employee relations on networking towards workplace happiness among married women in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The moderating effect of employee relations on networking towards workplace happiness among married women in Malaysia
title_short The moderating effect of employee relations on networking towards workplace happiness among married women in Malaysia
title_sort moderating effect of employee relations on networking towards workplace happiness among married women in malaysia
topic H Social Sciences (General)
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