Chee, Wee Tee and Yahya, Khulida Kirana and Johari, Johanim (2017) Employee engagement: A study on gen Y in the manufacturing industry. In: 4th Conference on Business Managemen, 29 - 30 Oktober 2017, The Gurney Resprt Hotel & Recidences Penang, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Today’s engaged employees have become a crucial issue in this business world.Recruiting and engaging employees are the main concern for employers today.Gen Ys gradually dominating the workforce in the future, thus employers prepare to transform some of their policies and system to fit with their characteristics such as flexibility in workplace and equilibrium the rewards with their efforts.This study was focus on the Malaysian manufacturing industry which is the main contributor to the country GDP.The employees of the industry mainly comprised of Gen Ys and are known to be less engaged.There are many factors that lead to employee engagement.This study will look at factors that influence employee engagement, namely compensation and work-life balance. A survey was carried out among employees of manufacturing industry where 1000 questionnaires were distributed but only 996 were returned and utilized for data analysis. Regression analysis results indicate that compensation and work life balance were have significant relationship with employee engagement.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	eISBN 978-967-0910-76-5 Organized by: School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Employee Engagement, Compensation, Work-life Balance, Manufacturing Industry
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions:	School of Business Management
Depositing User:	Mrs. Norazmilah Yaakub
Date Deposited:	02 Apr 2018 00:26
Last Modified:	02 Apr 2018 00:26
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/23792

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