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Job creation patterns in the Malaysian manufacturing sector: does technology matter?

The Malaysian government claims that the implementation of advanced technology in the production process following the Economic Transformation Program (ETP) will create many jobs in the economy. To evaluate this statement, this study calculates the rate of job creation based on the formula developed...

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Main Authors: Samsi, Aznita, Samsuddin, Siti Nur Fatihah, Abdullah, Norehan, Maamor, Selamah, Abdullah, Hussin, Nayan, Sabri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IJTech 2018
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HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/25775/1/IJT%20%202018%208%201628-1638.pdf
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http://doi.org/10.14716/ijtech.v9i8.2746
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spelling my.uum.repo.257752019-03-17T03:07:02Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/25775/ Job creation patterns in the Malaysian manufacturing sector: does technology matter? Samsi, Aznita Samsuddin, Siti Nur Fatihah Abdullah, Norehan Maamor, Selamah Abdullah, Hussin Nayan, Sabri HD28 Management. Industrial Management The Malaysian government claims that the implementation of advanced technology in the production process following the Economic Transformation Program (ETP) will create many jobs in the economy. To evaluate this statement, this study calculates the rate of job creation based on the formula developed by Davis and Haltiwanger (1999), plotting and analysing the pattern of job creation in high- and low- technology level sub-sector groups. From the descriptive analysis, both technology groups show distinctive patterns of job creation. Hence, this study provides information to policymakers to enable them to strike a balance between technology and job creation capacity in the manufacturing sector. IJTech 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/25775/1/IJT%20%202018%208%201628-1638.pdf Samsi, Aznita and Samsuddin, Siti Nur Fatihah and Abdullah, Norehan and Maamor, Selamah and Abdullah, Hussin and Nayan, Sabri (2018) Job creation patterns in the Malaysian manufacturing sector: does technology matter? International Journal of Technology, 9 (8). pp. 1628-1638. ISSN 2086-9614 http://doi.org/10.14716/ijtech.v9i8.2746 doi:10.14716/ijtech.v9i8.2746
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
spellingShingle HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Samsi, Aznita
Samsuddin, Siti Nur Fatihah
Abdullah, Norehan
Maamor, Selamah
Abdullah, Hussin
Nayan, Sabri
Job creation patterns in the Malaysian manufacturing sector: does technology matter?
description The Malaysian government claims that the implementation of advanced technology in the production process following the Economic Transformation Program (ETP) will create many jobs in the economy. To evaluate this statement, this study calculates the rate of job creation based on the formula developed by Davis and Haltiwanger (1999), plotting and analysing the pattern of job creation in high- and low- technology level sub-sector groups. From the descriptive analysis, both technology groups show distinctive patterns of job creation. Hence, this study provides information to policymakers to enable them to strike a balance between technology and job creation capacity in the manufacturing sector.
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author Samsi, Aznita
Samsuddin, Siti Nur Fatihah
Abdullah, Norehan
Maamor, Selamah
Abdullah, Hussin
Nayan, Sabri
author_facet Samsi, Aznita
Samsuddin, Siti Nur Fatihah
Abdullah, Norehan
Maamor, Selamah
Abdullah, Hussin
Nayan, Sabri
author_sort Samsi, Aznita
title Job creation patterns in the Malaysian manufacturing sector: does technology matter?
title_short Job creation patterns in the Malaysian manufacturing sector: does technology matter?
title_full Job creation patterns in the Malaysian manufacturing sector: does technology matter?
title_fullStr Job creation patterns in the Malaysian manufacturing sector: does technology matter?
title_full_unstemmed Job creation patterns in the Malaysian manufacturing sector: does technology matter?
title_sort job creation patterns in the malaysian manufacturing sector: does technology matter?
publisher IJTech
publishDate 2018
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/25775/1/IJT%20%202018%208%201628-1638.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/25775/
http://doi.org/10.14716/ijtech.v9i8.2746
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