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Factors preventing public university academic staff involvement in trade unions.

Trade unions in Malaysia play an important role in upholding workers' rights through collective voice and consultation with employers to defend the interests of their members. However, there are various factors that prevent the academic staff of public universities from engaging with trade unio...

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Main Authors: Abdull Rahman, Rabeatul Husna, Abd. Razak, Siti Suraya, Ismail, Fadillah, Yakub, Nur Asyikin, Abdull Rahman, Nurul Labanihuda, Abdul Rohman, Nazirah
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Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) 2023
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Q Science (General)
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spelling my.utm.1051082024-04-02T07:05:22Z http://eprints.utm.my/105108/ Factors preventing public university academic staff involvement in trade unions. Abdull Rahman, Rabeatul Husna Abd. Razak, Siti Suraya Ismail, Fadillah Yakub, Nur Asyikin Abdull Rahman, Nurul Labanihuda Abdul Rohman, Nazirah Q Science (General) Trade unions in Malaysia play an important role in upholding workers' rights through collective voice and consultation with employers to defend the interests of their members. However, there are various factors that prevent the academic staff of public universities from engaging with trade unions in their universities. The focus of this study is to identify factors that hinder the involvement of public university academic staff in trade unions. This study uses quantitative and qualitative methods to achieve its objectives. A total of 168 academic staff members responded to the questionnaire. The quantitative data obtained is then analysed using SPSS software. A structured interview session involving 13 informants among members and non-trade union members was also conducted. The results showed that the level of factors hindering the involvement of academic staff was moderate. While qualitative findings found four factors that hinder the involvement of academic staff in trade unions, namely (i) the roles and functions of trade unions, (ii) the influence of friends, (iii) the terms of membership, and (iv) personal responsibility. The study suggests that public university trade unions should organise various awareness programmes for academic staff to encourage their participation in trade unions. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) 2023-04-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/105108/1/RabeatulHusnaAbdullRahman2023_FactorsPreventingPublicUniversityAcademicStaff.pdf Abdull Rahman, Rabeatul Husna and Abd. Razak, Siti Suraya and Ismail, Fadillah and Yakub, Nur Asyikin and Abdull Rahman, Nurul Labanihuda and Abdul Rohman, Nazirah (2023) Factors preventing public university academic staff involvement in trade unions. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 13 (4). pp. 279-290. ISSN 2222-6990 http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v13-i4/16568 DOI: 10.6007/IJARBSS/v13-i4/16568
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topic Q Science (General)
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Abdull Rahman, Rabeatul Husna
Abd. Razak, Siti Suraya
Ismail, Fadillah
Yakub, Nur Asyikin
Abdull Rahman, Nurul Labanihuda
Abdul Rohman, Nazirah
Factors preventing public university academic staff involvement in trade unions.
description Trade unions in Malaysia play an important role in upholding workers' rights through collective voice and consultation with employers to defend the interests of their members. However, there are various factors that prevent the academic staff of public universities from engaging with trade unions in their universities. The focus of this study is to identify factors that hinder the involvement of public university academic staff in trade unions. This study uses quantitative and qualitative methods to achieve its objectives. A total of 168 academic staff members responded to the questionnaire. The quantitative data obtained is then analysed using SPSS software. A structured interview session involving 13 informants among members and non-trade union members was also conducted. The results showed that the level of factors hindering the involvement of academic staff was moderate. While qualitative findings found four factors that hinder the involvement of academic staff in trade unions, namely (i) the roles and functions of trade unions, (ii) the influence of friends, (iii) the terms of membership, and (iv) personal responsibility. The study suggests that public university trade unions should organise various awareness programmes for academic staff to encourage their participation in trade unions.
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author Abdull Rahman, Rabeatul Husna
Abd. Razak, Siti Suraya
Ismail, Fadillah
Yakub, Nur Asyikin
Abdull Rahman, Nurul Labanihuda
Abdul Rohman, Nazirah
author_facet Abdull Rahman, Rabeatul Husna
Abd. Razak, Siti Suraya
Ismail, Fadillah
Yakub, Nur Asyikin
Abdull Rahman, Nurul Labanihuda
Abdul Rohman, Nazirah
author_sort Abdull Rahman, Rabeatul Husna
title Factors preventing public university academic staff involvement in trade unions.
title_short Factors preventing public university academic staff involvement in trade unions.
title_full Factors preventing public university academic staff involvement in trade unions.
title_fullStr Factors preventing public university academic staff involvement in trade unions.
title_full_unstemmed Factors preventing public university academic staff involvement in trade unions.
title_sort factors preventing public university academic staff involvement in trade unions.
publisher Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS)
publishDate 2023
url http://eprints.utm.my/105108/1/RabeatulHusnaAbdullRahman2023_FactorsPreventingPublicUniversityAcademicStaff.pdf
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