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Workers' competency, performance and competitiveness in Malaysia's Private education sector

In Malaysia, the education sector, in particular the private education sector has been expanding rapidly as a result of government policy in liberalizing the sector and to turn Malaysia as a centre of excellence in the educational provision within the Asian region. This subsequently requires amore...

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Main Authors: Ishak Yussof,, Rahmah Ismail,, Zulkifly Osman ,
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4772/
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spelling my-ukm.journal.47722012-05-24T02:17:27Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4772/ Workers' competency, performance and competitiveness in Malaysia's Private education sector Ishak Yussof, Rahmah Ismail, Zulkifly Osman , In Malaysia, the education sector, in particular the private education sector has been expanding rapidly as a result of government policy in liberalizing the sector and to turn Malaysia as a centre of excellence in the educational provision within the Asian region. This subsequently requires amore competent and competitiveworkforce to spearhead the expension of this sector. This article aims to investigate determinants of workers competency performance and competitive workplace . The analysis in this article is based on 567 executives/profesionals in the private education sector in four major states, namely Selangor, Penang, Federal Territory and Johor. The Study will compute the worker competency and performance indices on several determinant factors, which include human capital, employee attributes and personal characteristerics variables. The linear regresion model and ordinary least squared (OLS)procedure will be used in the data analysis. Our analysis shows that most of the human capital variables and workers attributes contributed significantly to workers competency and subsequently their competitiveness. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011 Article PeerReviewed Ishak Yussof, and Rahmah Ismail, and Zulkifly Osman , (2011) Workers' competency, performance and competitiveness in Malaysia's Private education sector. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 45 . pp. 61-70. ISSN 0127-1962 http://www.ukm.my/penerbit/jem.htm
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description In Malaysia, the education sector, in particular the private education sector has been expanding rapidly as a result of government policy in liberalizing the sector and to turn Malaysia as a centre of excellence in the educational provision within the Asian region. This subsequently requires amore competent and competitiveworkforce to spearhead the expension of this sector. This article aims to investigate determinants of workers competency performance and competitive workplace . The analysis in this article is based on 567 executives/profesionals in the private education sector in four major states, namely Selangor, Penang, Federal Territory and Johor. The Study will compute the worker competency and performance indices on several determinant factors, which include human capital, employee attributes and personal characteristerics variables. The linear regresion model and ordinary least squared (OLS)procedure will be used in the data analysis. Our analysis shows that most of the human capital variables and workers attributes contributed significantly to workers competency and subsequently their competitiveness.
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author Ishak Yussof,
Rahmah Ismail,
Zulkifly Osman ,
spellingShingle Ishak Yussof,
Rahmah Ismail,
Zulkifly Osman ,
Workers' competency, performance and competitiveness in Malaysia's Private education sector
author_facet Ishak Yussof,
Rahmah Ismail,
Zulkifly Osman ,
author_sort Ishak Yussof,
title Workers' competency, performance and competitiveness in Malaysia's Private education sector
title_short Workers' competency, performance and competitiveness in Malaysia's Private education sector
title_full Workers' competency, performance and competitiveness in Malaysia's Private education sector
title_fullStr Workers' competency, performance and competitiveness in Malaysia's Private education sector
title_full_unstemmed Workers' competency, performance and competitiveness in Malaysia's Private education sector
title_sort workers' competency, performance and competitiveness in malaysia's private education sector
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2011
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4772/
http://www.ukm.my/penerbit/jem.htm
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