Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley, Malaysia / Rafidah Abdul Aziz, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar, Haslinda Husaini... [et.al].

The success of any organization is highly dependent on how it attracts workers, motivates, and retains its workforce. Today's organizations need to be more flexible and understanding, so that they are well prepared to develop their employees and enjoy their commitment. For most employees, going...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Aziz, Rafidah, Mohd Nadzar, Fuziah, Husaini, Haslinda, Maarof, Asmah, Mohd Radz, Salleh, Ismail, Izhairi
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	Library Science. Information Science
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3560/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3560/1/K_RAFIDAH%20ABDUL%20AZIZ%20A-LIEP%20IM%2011.pdf

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spelling	uitm-35602019-06-20T06:54:45Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3560/ Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley, Malaysia / Rafidah Abdul Aziz, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar, Haslinda Husaini... [et.al]. Abdul Aziz, Rafidah Mohd Nadzar, Fuziah Husaini, Haslinda Maarof, Asmah Mohd Radz, Salleh Ismail, Izhairi Library Science. Information Science The success of any organization is highly dependent on how it attracts workers, motivates, and retains its workforce. Today's organizations need to be more flexible and understanding, so that they are well prepared to develop their employees and enjoy their commitment. For most employees, going to work can be burdensome and somewhat forced upon them to carry out every day. However, for a few, their careers are the most important thing in their lives compared to others. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between work and non-work variables and quality of work life. Therefore, it is anticipated that the contribution from this study will provide useful information to the top management level in organizations for the purpose of planning appropriate policies that can enhance employees overall life satisfaction. The research questions, which serve as a foundation of this study focus on the relationship between work and non-work variables and quality of work life. This study applied the quantitative research design as well as descriptive and correlation approach. Respondents are all librarians working in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley. An online survey was used to gather data for each participating library. The questionnaire was divided into two sections. Section A contained the socio-demographic information, while Section B contained seven parts of questions related to the study. The data was analyzed using Pearson Correlation Analysis. Findings from this study indicated that both work variables and non-work variables do matter in determining the quality of work life. The findings of this research also can be beneficial in Human Resource Management issues and trends in libraries administration. 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3560/1/K_RAFIDAH%20ABDUL%20AZIZ%20A-LIEP%20IM%2011.pdf Abdul Aziz, Rafidah and Mohd Nadzar, Fuziah and Husaini, Haslinda and Maarof, Asmah and Mohd Radz, Salleh and Ismail, Izhairi (2011) Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley, Malaysia / Rafidah Abdul Aziz, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar, Haslinda Husaini... [et.al]. In: Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference On Library & Information Education & Practice 2011 (A-LIEP2011), 22-24 June 2011, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
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spellingShingle	Library Science. Information Science Abdul Aziz, Rafidah Mohd Nadzar, Fuziah Husaini, Haslinda Maarof, Asmah Mohd Radz, Salleh Ismail, Izhairi Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley, Malaysia / Rafidah Abdul Aziz, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar, Haslinda Husaini... [et.al].
description	The success of any organization is highly dependent on how it attracts workers, motivates, and retains its workforce. Today's organizations need to be more flexible and understanding, so that they are well prepared to develop their employees and enjoy their commitment. For most employees, going to work can be burdensome and somewhat forced upon them to carry out every day. However, for a few, their careers are the most important thing in their lives compared to others. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between work and non-work variables and quality of work life. Therefore, it is anticipated that the contribution from this study will provide useful information to the top management level in organizations for the purpose of planning appropriate policies that can enhance employees overall life satisfaction. The research questions, which serve as a foundation of this study focus on the relationship between work and non-work variables and quality of work life. This study applied the quantitative research design as well as descriptive and correlation approach. Respondents are all librarians working in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley. An online survey was used to gather data for each participating library. The questionnaire was divided into two sections. Section A contained the socio-demographic information, while Section B contained seven parts of questions related to the study. The data was analyzed using Pearson Correlation Analysis. Findings from this study indicated that both work variables and non-work variables do matter in determining the quality of work life. The findings of this research also can be beneficial in Human Resource Management issues and trends in libraries administration.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdul Aziz, Rafidah Mohd Nadzar, Fuziah Husaini, Haslinda Maarof, Asmah Mohd Radz, Salleh Ismail, Izhairi
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title	Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley, Malaysia / Rafidah Abdul Aziz, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar, Haslinda Husaini... [et.al].
title_short	Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley, Malaysia / Rafidah Abdul Aziz, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar, Haslinda Husaini... [et.al].
title_full	Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley, Malaysia / Rafidah Abdul Aziz, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar, Haslinda Husaini... [et.al].
title_fullStr	Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley, Malaysia / Rafidah Abdul Aziz, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar, Haslinda Husaini... [et.al].
title_full_unstemmed	Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley, Malaysia / Rafidah Abdul Aziz, Fuziah Mohd Nadzar, Haslinda Husaini... [et.al].
title_sort	quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the klang valley, malaysia / rafidah abdul aziz, fuziah mohd nadzar, haslinda husaini... [et.al].
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