Examining the effect of motivation on the influence of human resource practices and normative commitment among SMEs in Selangor / Elaina Rose Johar ... [et al.]
Human resources are vital to the success or failure of the organization. However, there exist challenges in maintaining these human resources although human resource practices are deliberated as an important factor to improve employees’ commitment to the organization. Hence, this study aimed to inv...
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| author | Johar, Elaina Rose Mat Nor, Norzanah Hassan, Roshidi Musa, Rusnifaezah |
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| description | Human resources are vital to the success or failure of the organization. However, there exist challenges in maintaining these human resources although human resource practices are deliberated as an important factor to improve employees’ commitment to the organization. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the nature of relationship that exists between human resource practices and normative commitment with motivation as the mediator. Employed a quantitative research approach, 64 SME employees in Selangor were surveyed. It was found that all human resource practices have positive effect on normative commitment with compensation, training and employee involvement-decision being significant. This study also revealed that motivation has a mediating effect for the relationship of training and both employee involvement with normative commitment. Thus, it can be concluded that both training and employee involvement create sense of loyalty and obligation to stay when employees are motivated. |
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| spelling | uitm-293702020-04-10T07:44:07Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29370/ Examining the effect of motivation on the influence of human resource practices and normative commitment among SMEs in Selangor / Elaina Rose Johar ... [et al.] apmaj Johar, Elaina Rose Mat Nor, Norzanah Hassan, Roshidi Musa, Rusnifaezah Malaysia Small business Employee motivation Human resources are vital to the success or failure of the organization. However, there exist challenges in maintaining these human resources although human resource practices are deliberated as an important factor to improve employees’ commitment to the organization. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the nature of relationship that exists between human resource practices and normative commitment with motivation as the mediator. Employed a quantitative research approach, 64 SME employees in Selangor were surveyed. It was found that all human resource practices have positive effect on normative commitment with compensation, training and employee involvement-decision being significant. This study also revealed that motivation has a mediating effect for the relationship of training and both employee involvement with normative commitment. Thus, it can be concluded that both training and employee involvement create sense of loyalty and obligation to stay when employees are motivated. Accounting Research Institute (ARI) and UiTM Press, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2019-04 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29370/1/29370.pdf Johar, Elaina Rose and Mat Nor, Norzanah and Hassan, Roshidi and Musa, Rusnifaezah (2019) Examining the effect of motivation on the influence of human resource practices and normative commitment among SMEs in Selangor / Elaina Rose Johar ... [et al.]. (2019) Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal (APMAJ) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Asia-Pacific_Management_Accounting_Journal_=28APMAJ=29.html>, 14 (1). pp. 179-200. ISSN 2550-1631 https://apmaj.uitm.edu.my/ |
| spellingShingle | Malaysia Small business Employee motivation Johar, Elaina Rose Mat Nor, Norzanah Hassan, Roshidi Musa, Rusnifaezah Examining the effect of motivation on the influence of human resource practices and normative commitment among SMEs in Selangor / Elaina Rose Johar ... [et al.] |
| title | Examining the effect of motivation on the influence of human resource practices and normative commitment among SMEs in Selangor / Elaina Rose Johar ... [et al.] |
| title_full | Examining the effect of motivation on the influence of human resource practices and normative commitment among SMEs in Selangor / Elaina Rose Johar ... [et al.] |
| title_fullStr | Examining the effect of motivation on the influence of human resource practices and normative commitment among SMEs in Selangor / Elaina Rose Johar ... [et al.] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining the effect of motivation on the influence of human resource practices and normative commitment among SMEs in Selangor / Elaina Rose Johar ... [et al.] |
| title_short | Examining the effect of motivation on the influence of human resource practices and normative commitment among SMEs in Selangor / Elaina Rose Johar ... [et al.] |
| title_sort | examining the effect of motivation on the influence of human resource practices and normative commitment among smes in selangor / elaina rose johar ... [et al.] |
| topic | Malaysia Small business Employee motivation |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29370/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29370/ |