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Graduates' work experiences in small and medium enterprises in the northern states of Malaysia

This research was designed to examine university graduates’ expectations and experiences of employment in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Northern States of Malaysia.A self-reported questionnaire data was gathered from 84 graduate employees in SMEs (52 in Perlis and Kedah; 32 in Penang an...

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Main Authors: Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor, Mohd. Jani, Mohd Yusop, Ahmad, Shuhymee
Format: Monograph
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 2007
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LB Theory and practice of education
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spelling my.uum.repo.78692014-07-09T00:34:11Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/7869/ Graduates' work experiences in small and medium enterprises in the northern states of Malaysia Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor Mohd. Jani, Mohd Yusop Ahmad, Shuhymee LB Theory and practice of education This research was designed to examine university graduates’ expectations and experiences of employment in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Northern States of Malaysia.A self-reported questionnaire data was gathered from 84 graduate employees in SMEs (52 in Perlis and Kedah; 32 in Penang and Perak).Graduates reported positive experiences in many areas.These often exceeded their expectations, and in general over-met expectations were much more common than under-met ones.The graduates’ work appeared to offer quite high autonomy, the chance given to further training, good working conditions, but higher intention to leave, at least in the short term.In line with previous research, there were signs that pay and within organization career prospects were relatively weak areas.Taken as a whole, the results substantiated previous research done and challenge more negative images of employment in SMEs, and also the preoccupation with under-met expectations in the literature on new entrants to organizations. Universiti Utara Malaysia 2007 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/7869/1/Noor.pdf application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/7869/3/1.Mohd%20Noor%20Mohd%20Shariff.pdf Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor and Mohd. Jani, Mohd Yusop and Ahmad, Shuhymee (2007) Graduates' work experiences in small and medium enterprises in the northern states of Malaysia. Project Report. Universiti Utara Malaysia. (Unpublished) http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000295154
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English
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Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor
Mohd. Jani, Mohd Yusop
Ahmad, Shuhymee
Graduates' work experiences in small and medium enterprises in the northern states of Malaysia
description This research was designed to examine university graduates’ expectations and experiences of employment in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Northern States of Malaysia.A self-reported questionnaire data was gathered from 84 graduate employees in SMEs (52 in Perlis and Kedah; 32 in Penang and Perak).Graduates reported positive experiences in many areas.These often exceeded their expectations, and in general over-met expectations were much more common than under-met ones.The graduates’ work appeared to offer quite high autonomy, the chance given to further training, good working conditions, but higher intention to leave, at least in the short term.In line with previous research, there were signs that pay and within organization career prospects were relatively weak areas.Taken as a whole, the results substantiated previous research done and challenge more negative images of employment in SMEs, and also the preoccupation with under-met expectations in the literature on new entrants to organizations.
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author Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor
Mohd. Jani, Mohd Yusop
Ahmad, Shuhymee
author_facet Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor
Mohd. Jani, Mohd Yusop
Ahmad, Shuhymee
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title Graduates' work experiences in small and medium enterprises in the northern states of Malaysia
title_short Graduates' work experiences in small and medium enterprises in the northern states of Malaysia
title_full Graduates' work experiences in small and medium enterprises in the northern states of Malaysia
title_fullStr Graduates' work experiences in small and medium enterprises in the northern states of Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Graduates' work experiences in small and medium enterprises in the northern states of Malaysia
title_sort graduates' work experiences in small and medium enterprises in the northern states of malaysia
publisher Universiti Utara Malaysia
publishDate 2007
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/7869/1/Noor.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/7869/3/1.Mohd%20Noor%20Mohd%20Shariff.pdf
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http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000295154
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