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Organizational culture, human resource practices and employee engagement among academic staff of Universiti Utara Malaysia

Nor Arpizah, Atan (2016) Organizational culture, human resource practices and employee engagement among academic staff of Universiti Utara Malaysia. Masters thesis, Universiti Utara Malaysia.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine whether organizational culture and human resource practices influence employee engagement among academic staff in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). Two dimension of organizational culture namely perceived organizational support (POS) and stability were used. Whereas three dimensions of HRM practices namely, salary, training and career development will be the focus of this study to determine the influence on employee engagement. Primarily, this is a quantitative study developed research instruments the experts and original researcher already proven in terms of reliability and validity on organizational culture and human resource practices. A total of 63 items were used in the questionnaire to examine all the variables illustrated in the theoretical framework. Data was collected through the self-administered by sending
questionnaires to 320 academic staff in UUM. A total of 200 academic staff (62.5%) had duly completed and returned the forms. Pearson correlation and linear regression were used to achieve the objectives of the study. Mean analysis shows that organizational culture and human resource practices influence employee engagement
among academic staff in UUM. The result of the Pearson correlation analysis shows that among all five independent variables, training in human resource practices is found to be the most significant variable in influence the employee engagement among academic staff of UUM.

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Supervisor : Johari, Husna
Item ID: 5994
Uncontrolled Keywords: Employee engagement, organizational culture, perceived organizational support, human resource practices.
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor. > HD58.7 Organizational Behavior.
Divisions: School of Business Management
Date Deposited: 23 Jan 2017 09:59
Last Modified: 19 Apr 2021 02:56
Department: School of Business Management
Name: Johari, Husna
URI: https://etd.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/5994

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