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EPF versus pension: The case of Malaysian public universities employees' decision

This study seeks to examine the individual factors that influence the employees in making decision to enrol in either two types of mandatory retirement plans in Malaysian civil servants.A questionnaire survey comprised of 348 Malaysian public university employees has been conducted.Stratified random...

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Main Authors: Tolos, Habibah, Abu Bakar, Arpah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2014
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LB2300 Higher Education
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/15314/1/RC02.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.153142017-03-12T07:32:18Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/15314/ EPF versus pension: The case of Malaysian public universities employees' decision Tolos, Habibah Abu Bakar, Arpah LB2300 Higher Education This study seeks to examine the individual factors that influence the employees in making decision to enrol in either two types of mandatory retirement plans in Malaysian civil servants.A questionnaire survey comprised of 348 Malaysian public university employees has been conducted.Stratified random sample was adopted to collect primary data, which is then analyzed with logistic regression model.The results had identified the factors that have major effects on the choice of retirement schemes and reveal the patterns in which these factors influence employees’ choice. Knowledge and plan features are the most important variables to influence choice.Sources of retirement income, health status, mobility, extending work and decision-making processes have been found to be contributing factors in choice as well.Apart from academic purposes, this study will be beneficial to the government in improving the national retirement system, as well as to industry players in targeting potential customers for their retirement products. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/15314/1/RC02.pdf Tolos, Habibah and Abu Bakar, Arpah (2014) EPF versus pension: The case of Malaysian public universities employees' decision. In: International Case Study Conference (ICSC 2014), 18-19 August 2014, Putra World Trade Centre, Malaysia. http://www.icsc2014.uum.edu.my/index.php/widgetkit/slideshow
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Tolos, Habibah
Abu Bakar, Arpah
EPF versus pension: The case of Malaysian public universities employees' decision
description This study seeks to examine the individual factors that influence the employees in making decision to enrol in either two types of mandatory retirement plans in Malaysian civil servants.A questionnaire survey comprised of 348 Malaysian public university employees has been conducted.Stratified random sample was adopted to collect primary data, which is then analyzed with logistic regression model.The results had identified the factors that have major effects on the choice of retirement schemes and reveal the patterns in which these factors influence employees’ choice. Knowledge and plan features are the most important variables to influence choice.Sources of retirement income, health status, mobility, extending work and decision-making processes have been found to be contributing factors in choice as well.Apart from academic purposes, this study will be beneficial to the government in improving the national retirement system, as well as to industry players in targeting potential customers for their retirement products.
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author Tolos, Habibah
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title EPF versus pension: The case of Malaysian public universities employees' decision
title_short EPF versus pension: The case of Malaysian public universities employees' decision
title_full EPF versus pension: The case of Malaysian public universities employees' decision
title_fullStr EPF versus pension: The case of Malaysian public universities employees' decision
title_full_unstemmed EPF versus pension: The case of Malaysian public universities employees' decision
title_sort epf versus pension: the case of malaysian public universities employees' decision
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