Face-to-face communication (FTFC) and smartphone- mediated communication (SMC) among employees in the public sector

This study aims to identify face-to-face communication (FIFC) and smartphone-mediated communication (SMC) among employees' work efficiency in the public sector. In this research, the researcher studied two mediums of communication which are FTFC and SMC. This is a survey research which involves...

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Main Author: Jayrome, John
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12559/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12559/1/Jayrome.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12559/4/Jayrome%20full.pdf
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description This study aims to identify face-to-face communication (FIFC) and smartphone-mediated communication (SMC) among employees' work efficiency in the public sector. In this research, the researcher studied two mediums of communication which are FTFC and SMC. This is a survey research which involves the use of open-ended questionnaire to collect the data. There are six employees interviewed for this study. This research used purposive sampling as the sampling procedure. Open-ended questionnaire were pilot tested using two informants. The collected data were analyzed by using content analysis and thematic analysis. Result from this research reported that there are two new factors of why face to face communication still remains important and three emerging conditions reported of the use of face to face communication. However for smartphone-mediated communication there were features of SMC and three new potentiai of SMC which are teamwork, self-satisfaction and self-development as a result from combining the three potential of SMC reported from past research.
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spelling unimas-125592023-06-28T07:12:25Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12559/ Face-to-face communication (FTFC) and smartphone- mediated communication (SMC) among employees in the public sector Jayrome, John H Social Sciences (General) T Technology (General) This study aims to identify face-to-face communication (FIFC) and smartphone-mediated communication (SMC) among employees' work efficiency in the public sector. In this research, the researcher studied two mediums of communication which are FTFC and SMC. This is a survey research which involves the use of open-ended questionnaire to collect the data. There are six employees interviewed for this study. This research used purposive sampling as the sampling procedure. Open-ended questionnaire were pilot tested using two informants. The collected data were analyzed by using content analysis and thematic analysis. Result from this research reported that there are two new factors of why face to face communication still remains important and three emerging conditions reported of the use of face to face communication. However for smartphone-mediated communication there were features of SMC and three new potentiai of SMC which are teamwork, self-satisfaction and self-development as a result from combining the three potential of SMC reported from past research. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12559/1/Jayrome.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12559/4/Jayrome%20full.pdf Jayrome, John (2015) Face-to-face communication (FTFC) and smartphone- mediated communication (SMC) among employees in the public sector. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
T Technology (General)
Jayrome, John
Face-to-face communication (FTFC) and smartphone- mediated communication (SMC) among employees in the public sector
title Face-to-face communication (FTFC) and smartphone- mediated communication (SMC) among employees in the public sector
title_full Face-to-face communication (FTFC) and smartphone- mediated communication (SMC) among employees in the public sector
title_fullStr Face-to-face communication (FTFC) and smartphone- mediated communication (SMC) among employees in the public sector
title_full_unstemmed Face-to-face communication (FTFC) and smartphone- mediated communication (SMC) among employees in the public sector
title_short Face-to-face communication (FTFC) and smartphone- mediated communication (SMC) among employees in the public sector
title_sort face-to-face communication (ftfc) and smartphone- mediated communication (smc) among employees in the public sector
topic H Social Sciences (General)
T Technology (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12559/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12559/1/Jayrome.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12559/4/Jayrome%20full.pdf