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Quality of worklife and organizational commitment among Malaysian public and government accountants / Mustafa Mohd Hanefah and Ali Yusob Md Zain

This study was conducted to examine the nature of relationships between the perceived presence of quality of worklife (QWL) factors and organizational commitment using samples from public and government accountants in Malaysia. Accountants from the Big 5 accounting firms and public sector were selec...

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Main Authors: Mohd Hanefah, Mustafa, Md Zain, Ali Yusob
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of of Accountancy & Accounting Research Institute (ARI) 2003
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Malaysia
Balance sheet. Financial statements. Corporation reports. Including pro forma statements
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spelling my.uitm.ir.136882016-07-21T08:03:22Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13688/ Quality of worklife and organizational commitment among Malaysian public and government accountants / Mustafa Mohd Hanefah and Ali Yusob Md Zain Mohd Hanefah, Mustafa Md Zain, Ali Yusob Malaysia Balance sheet. Financial statements. Corporation reports. Including pro forma statements This study was conducted to examine the nature of relationships between the perceived presence of quality of worklife (QWL) factors and organizational commitment using samples from public and government accountants in Malaysia. Accountants from the Big 5 accounting firms and public sector were selected to participate in this study. A QWL measure consisting of seven factors: growth and development, participation, physical environment, supervision, pay and benefit, social relevance, and workplace integration was developed based on Walton's (1974) conception. The three-component model and measure of organizational commitment developed by Allen and Meyer (1990) was adopted in this study. Results of regression analysis indicate that for both groups, only pay and benefit was significant for all dimensions of organizational commitment. In the case of public accountants, two other variables were significant: supervision and social relevant in explaining organizational commitment, and only growth and development and participation were found to be significant among government accountants. Implication and suggestions for further research are also discussed. Faculty of of Accountancy & Accounting Research Institute (ARI) 2003 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13688/1/AJ_MUSTAFA%20MOHD%20HANEFAH%20MAR%2003.pdf Mohd Hanefah, Mustafa and Md Zain, Ali Yusob (2003) Quality of worklife and organizational commitment among Malaysian public and government accountants / Mustafa Mohd Hanefah and Ali Yusob Md Zain. Malaysian Accounting Review, 2 (1). pp. 68-80. ISSN 1675-4077 https://mar.uitm.edu.my/
institution Universiti Teknologi Mara
building Tun Abdul Razak Library
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country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Teknologi Mara
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url_provider http://ir.uitm.edu.my/
language English
topic Malaysia
Balance sheet. Financial statements. Corporation reports. Including pro forma statements
spellingShingle Malaysia
Balance sheet. Financial statements. Corporation reports. Including pro forma statements
Mohd Hanefah, Mustafa
Md Zain, Ali Yusob
Quality of worklife and organizational commitment among Malaysian public and government accountants / Mustafa Mohd Hanefah and Ali Yusob Md Zain
description This study was conducted to examine the nature of relationships between the perceived presence of quality of worklife (QWL) factors and organizational commitment using samples from public and government accountants in Malaysia. Accountants from the Big 5 accounting firms and public sector were selected to participate in this study. A QWL measure consisting of seven factors: growth and development, participation, physical environment, supervision, pay and benefit, social relevance, and workplace integration was developed based on Walton's (1974) conception. The three-component model and measure of organizational commitment developed by Allen and Meyer (1990) was adopted in this study. Results of regression analysis indicate that for both groups, only pay and benefit was significant for all dimensions of organizational commitment. In the case of public accountants, two other variables were significant: supervision and social relevant in explaining organizational commitment, and only growth and development and participation were found to be significant among government accountants. Implication and suggestions for further research are also discussed.
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author Mohd Hanefah, Mustafa
Md Zain, Ali Yusob
author_facet Mohd Hanefah, Mustafa
Md Zain, Ali Yusob
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title Quality of worklife and organizational commitment among Malaysian public and government accountants / Mustafa Mohd Hanefah and Ali Yusob Md Zain
title_short Quality of worklife and organizational commitment among Malaysian public and government accountants / Mustafa Mohd Hanefah and Ali Yusob Md Zain
title_full Quality of worklife and organizational commitment among Malaysian public and government accountants / Mustafa Mohd Hanefah and Ali Yusob Md Zain
title_fullStr Quality of worklife and organizational commitment among Malaysian public and government accountants / Mustafa Mohd Hanefah and Ali Yusob Md Zain
title_full_unstemmed Quality of worklife and organizational commitment among Malaysian public and government accountants / Mustafa Mohd Hanefah and Ali Yusob Md Zain
title_sort quality of worklife and organizational commitment among malaysian public and government accountants / mustafa mohd hanefah and ali yusob md zain
publisher Faculty of of Accountancy & Accounting Research Institute (ARI)
publishDate 2003
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13688/1/AJ_MUSTAFA%20MOHD%20HANEFAH%20MAR%2003.pdf
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