Md Isa, Filzah and Cheng, Wei Hin and Mohd Yunus, Jasmani (2011) Change management initiatives and job satisfaction among salespersons in Malaysian direct selling industry. Asian Journal of Business and Management Sciences, 1 (7). pp. 106-121. ISSN 2047-2528

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Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between change management initiatives and job satisfaction among salespersons in direct selling industry of Malaysia.Job satisfaction is regarded as one of the proxies of change success in this industry’s context. Six hundred ninety structured questionnaires were distributed to salespersons throughout Malaysia and 244 were returned but only 238 were usable.The results show that out of the six initiatives namely shared change vision, communication, up line support, compensation systems, training and feedback, only shared change vision, training and up line support have shown positive influence on job satisfaction. This study adds to the literature by showing the importance of change management initiatives on change success in direct selling industry.It also provides some theoretical contributions to sales management practices in the competitive environment of direct selling industry

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Change management initiatives, change success, direct selling, proxy, job satisfaction, salespersons.
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions:	School of Business Management
Depositing User:	Dr. Filzah Md. Isa
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2015 03:38
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2016 04:34
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/16240

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