A qualitative study of teleworking in Malaysia: perceptual factors affecting the millennials during Covid-19

Different generations have different values and preferences. This study investigates Malaysian Millennial employees’ perceptions towards teleworking during the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, with those working in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Klang Valley (KV) as the research context. Th...

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Main Author: Ong, Si Kai
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/66564/
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description Different generations have different values and preferences. This study investigates Malaysian Millennial employees’ perceptions towards teleworking during the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, with those working in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Klang Valley (KV) as the research context. The interviews yielded 10 responses, wherein 6 factors – work, personal life, organisation, environment, culture and technology – were discovered through literature review and template analysis (TA). These are the perceptual factors that have a very or somewhat negative effect on Millennials’ teleworking experiences if they are not given thought to. As when the analysis was moving forward, instead of influencing teleworking perception directly, these factors are causing impacts on Millennials’ job performance (JP) and person-environment (P-E) fit – the two indicators that have stronger capacities, in turn, stipulate Millennials’ teleworking perceptions. The findings suggested the importance of embracing social exchange since a greater knowledge of what drives employees’ intentions to telework is necessary for employers to reap the well-researched benefits, meanwhile, to minimise the potential drawbacks.
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spelling nottingham-665642022-02-28T03:03:06Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/66564/ A qualitative study of teleworking in Malaysia: perceptual factors affecting the millennials during Covid-19 Ong, Si Kai Different generations have different values and preferences. This study investigates Malaysian Millennial employees’ perceptions towards teleworking during the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, with those working in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Klang Valley (KV) as the research context. The interviews yielded 10 responses, wherein 6 factors – work, personal life, organisation, environment, culture and technology – were discovered through literature review and template analysis (TA). These are the perceptual factors that have a very or somewhat negative effect on Millennials’ teleworking experiences if they are not given thought to. As when the analysis was moving forward, instead of influencing teleworking perception directly, these factors are causing impacts on Millennials’ job performance (JP) and person-environment (P-E) fit – the two indicators that have stronger capacities, in turn, stipulate Millennials’ teleworking perceptions. The findings suggested the importance of embracing social exchange since a greater knowledge of what drives employees’ intentions to telework is necessary for employers to reap the well-researched benefits, meanwhile, to minimise the potential drawbacks. 2022-02-26 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/66564/1/MSc%20B%26M%20Dissertation_Ong%20Si%20Kai_20310677.pdf Ong, Si Kai (2022) A qualitative study of teleworking in Malaysia: perceptual factors affecting the millennials during Covid-19. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] teleworking millennial perception Covid-19
spellingShingle teleworking
millennial
perception
Covid-19
Ong, Si Kai
A qualitative study of teleworking in Malaysia: perceptual factors affecting the millennials during Covid-19
title A qualitative study of teleworking in Malaysia: perceptual factors affecting the millennials during Covid-19
title_full A qualitative study of teleworking in Malaysia: perceptual factors affecting the millennials during Covid-19
title_fullStr A qualitative study of teleworking in Malaysia: perceptual factors affecting the millennials during Covid-19
title_full_unstemmed A qualitative study of teleworking in Malaysia: perceptual factors affecting the millennials during Covid-19
title_short A qualitative study of teleworking in Malaysia: perceptual factors affecting the millennials during Covid-19
title_sort qualitative study of teleworking in malaysia: perceptual factors affecting the millennials during covid-19
topic teleworking
millennial
perception
Covid-19
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/66564/