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Job performance of shipyard workforce in the shipbuilding and ship repair industry: do competencies matter in Malaysian shipyards?

Malaysia’s Shipbuilding and Ship Repair (SBSR) Industry provides the backbone for the development of the maritime sector. Malaysian shipyards are capable of building various types of small- to medium- sized vessels. Lately, SBSR is attributed as demonstrating poor performance due to the delayed vess...

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Main Authors: Mohamad Idris, Siti Narisa, Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza, Nik Mahmood, Nik Hasnaa, Mohd. Samin, Pakharuddin
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Language:English
Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) 2023
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/105100/1/SitiNarisaMohamadIdris2023_JobPerformanceofShipyardWorkforceintheShipbuilding.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v13-i3/16692
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spelling my.utm.1051002024-04-02T07:02:06Z http://eprints.utm.my/105100/ Job performance of shipyard workforce in the shipbuilding and ship repair industry: do competencies matter in Malaysian shipyards? Mohamad Idris, Siti Narisa Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza Nik Mahmood, Nik Hasnaa Mohd. Samin, Pakharuddin TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Malaysia’s Shipbuilding and Ship Repair (SBSR) Industry provides the backbone for the development of the maritime sector. Malaysian shipyards are capable of building various types of small- to medium- sized vessels. Lately, SBSR is attributed as demonstrating poor performance due to the delayed vessel delivery as per contract, and despite using technology, there has been no change. It is thought that using competencies might improve the job performance of the shipyard workforce. Therefore, this study seeks to investigate the influence of competencies on job performance in the SBSR industry. A cross-sectional design was adopted and 100 respondents were selected as the population. The data was collected using semi-structured questionnaires and they were analyzed through descriptive, correlation and regression analyses. The study results revealed a strong positive and significant influence between competencies and job performance. The study recommended that Shipbuilding and Ship repair industry players develop competencies in order to increase their performance. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) 2023-03-18 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/105100/1/SitiNarisaMohamadIdris2023_JobPerformanceofShipyardWorkforceintheShipbuilding.pdf Mohamad Idris, Siti Narisa and Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza and Nik Mahmood, Nik Hasnaa and Mohd. Samin, Pakharuddin (2023) Job performance of shipyard workforce in the shipbuilding and ship repair industry: do competencies matter in Malaysian shipyards? International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 13 (3). pp. 1006-1016. ISSN 2222-6990 http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v13-i3/16692 DOI: 10.6007/IJARBSS/v13-i3/16692
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Mohamad Idris, Siti Narisa
Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza
Nik Mahmood, Nik Hasnaa
Mohd. Samin, Pakharuddin
Job performance of shipyard workforce in the shipbuilding and ship repair industry: do competencies matter in Malaysian shipyards?
description Malaysia’s Shipbuilding and Ship Repair (SBSR) Industry provides the backbone for the development of the maritime sector. Malaysian shipyards are capable of building various types of small- to medium- sized vessels. Lately, SBSR is attributed as demonstrating poor performance due to the delayed vessel delivery as per contract, and despite using technology, there has been no change. It is thought that using competencies might improve the job performance of the shipyard workforce. Therefore, this study seeks to investigate the influence of competencies on job performance in the SBSR industry. A cross-sectional design was adopted and 100 respondents were selected as the population. The data was collected using semi-structured questionnaires and they were analyzed through descriptive, correlation and regression analyses. The study results revealed a strong positive and significant influence between competencies and job performance. The study recommended that Shipbuilding and Ship repair industry players develop competencies in order to increase their performance.
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author Mohamad Idris, Siti Narisa
Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza
Nik Mahmood, Nik Hasnaa
Mohd. Samin, Pakharuddin
author_facet Mohamad Idris, Siti Narisa
Wan Zakaria, Wan Normeza
Nik Mahmood, Nik Hasnaa
Mohd. Samin, Pakharuddin
author_sort Mohamad Idris, Siti Narisa
title Job performance of shipyard workforce in the shipbuilding and ship repair industry: do competencies matter in Malaysian shipyards?
title_short Job performance of shipyard workforce in the shipbuilding and ship repair industry: do competencies matter in Malaysian shipyards?
title_full Job performance of shipyard workforce in the shipbuilding and ship repair industry: do competencies matter in Malaysian shipyards?
title_fullStr Job performance of shipyard workforce in the shipbuilding and ship repair industry: do competencies matter in Malaysian shipyards?
title_full_unstemmed Job performance of shipyard workforce in the shipbuilding and ship repair industry: do competencies matter in Malaysian shipyards?
title_sort job performance of shipyard workforce in the shipbuilding and ship repair industry: do competencies matter in malaysian shipyards?
publisher Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS)
publishDate 2023
url http://eprints.utm.my/105100/1/SitiNarisaMohamadIdris2023_JobPerformanceofShipyardWorkforceintheShipbuilding.pdf
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