The sustainability of employee efficiency through moonlighting style

The term "moonlighting" refers to the practice of holding two or more jobs at different organizations at the same time. Employees moonlight for different reasons, including extra cash, paying off debt, starting a business, and leisure. Low salaries and economic hardships are commonly state...

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Main Authors: Shaik Baharudin, Siti Sarbanun, Arshad, Mohd Mursyid, Md Rami, Ahmad Aizuddin, Muhamad Nasharudin, Nurfazreen Aina
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Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103748/
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author Shaik Baharudin, Siti Sarbanun
Arshad, Mohd Mursyid
Md Rami, Ahmad Aizuddin
Muhamad Nasharudin, Nurfazreen Aina
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description The term "moonlighting" refers to the practice of holding two or more jobs at different organizations at the same time. Employees moonlight for different reasons, including extra cash, paying off debt, starting a business, and leisure. Low salaries and economic hardships are commonly stated as grounds for moonlighting. Many people believe moonlighting will lead to poor performance, absenteeism, weariness, and career conflicts. Moonlighting has become such a challenge for Human Resource Management that it necessitates numerous thoughtful interventions to ensure employees' effective work performance while also supporting their opportunities for self-growth and development. Work adjustment is revealed by how happy the employees are with the work environment and vice versa. This is called the individual's satisfaction with their job. This also leads employees to moonlight. Work behavior is considered productive or cooperative. When employees are treated like humans, they increase their productivity. If the policy is suitable, an employee will moonlight with authorization, making HR's job easier if they can accomplish their job effectively and contribute to its success. This article summarises moonlighting nowadays. Review articles analyze primary research in new directions, strengthen present theories, or uncover patterns in existing studies. These reviews provide an overview of the literature on employee efficiency through moonlighting.
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spelling upm-1037482023-04-13T04:26:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103748/ The sustainability of employee efficiency through moonlighting style Shaik Baharudin, Siti Sarbanun Arshad, Mohd Mursyid Md Rami, Ahmad Aizuddin Muhamad Nasharudin, Nurfazreen Aina The term "moonlighting" refers to the practice of holding two or more jobs at different organizations at the same time. Employees moonlight for different reasons, including extra cash, paying off debt, starting a business, and leisure. Low salaries and economic hardships are commonly stated as grounds for moonlighting. Many people believe moonlighting will lead to poor performance, absenteeism, weariness, and career conflicts. Moonlighting has become such a challenge for Human Resource Management that it necessitates numerous thoughtful interventions to ensure employees' effective work performance while also supporting their opportunities for self-growth and development. Work adjustment is revealed by how happy the employees are with the work environment and vice versa. This is called the individual's satisfaction with their job. This also leads employees to moonlight. Work behavior is considered productive or cooperative. When employees are treated like humans, they increase their productivity. If the policy is suitable, an employee will moonlight with authorization, making HR's job easier if they can accomplish their job effectively and contribute to its success. This article summarises moonlighting nowadays. Review articles analyze primary research in new directions, strengthen present theories, or uncover patterns in existing studies. These reviews provide an overview of the literature on employee efficiency through moonlighting. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2022 Article PeerReviewed Shaik Baharudin, Siti Sarbanun and Arshad, Mohd Mursyid and Md Rami, Ahmad Aizuddin and Muhamad Nasharudin, Nurfazreen Aina (2022) The sustainability of employee efficiency through moonlighting style. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, 12 (14). 48 - 59. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/15814/The-Sustainability-of-Employee-Efficiency-through-Moonlighting-Style 10.6007/IJARBSS/v12-i14/15814
spellingShingle Shaik Baharudin, Siti Sarbanun
Arshad, Mohd Mursyid
Md Rami, Ahmad Aizuddin
Muhamad Nasharudin, Nurfazreen Aina
The sustainability of employee efficiency through moonlighting style
title The sustainability of employee efficiency through moonlighting style
title_full The sustainability of employee efficiency through moonlighting style
title_fullStr The sustainability of employee efficiency through moonlighting style
title_full_unstemmed The sustainability of employee efficiency through moonlighting style
title_short The sustainability of employee efficiency through moonlighting style
title_sort sustainability of employee efficiency through moonlighting style
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