Motivation and employee retention among millennials in Malaysia

The main thrust of the study is to investigate the factors that motivate millennials at their workplace. The objectives of the research are to determine the relationship between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation that influence employee retention among millennials. The sample for the study consists...

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Main Authors: Ong, Choon Hee, Loh, Xin Rhung
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Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i2/5629
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spelling my.utm.895972021-02-22T06:00:33Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89597/ Motivation and employee retention among millennials in Malaysia Ong, Choon Hee Loh, Xin Rhung HB Economic Theory The main thrust of the study is to investigate the factors that motivate millennials at their workplace. The objectives of the research are to determine the relationship between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation that influence employee retention among millennials. The sample for the study consists of millennial employees who are working in the city of Johor Bahru,Malaysia. A quantitative survey approach will be used in this research and questionnaire will be designed and distributed to the millennial workers in Johor Bahru. It is proposed that extrinsic motivation (i.e. compensation, career development, workload, work environment) and intrinsic motivation (i.e. sense of purpose, challenging work, freedom to choose and recognition) will be used as predictors to test against employee retention as the outcome variable of this research. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2019 Article PeerReviewed Ong, Choon Hee and Loh, Xin Rhung (2019) Motivation and employee retention among millennials in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9 (2). pp. 876-884. ISSN 2222-6990 http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i2/5629
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic HB Economic Theory
spellingShingle HB Economic Theory
Ong, Choon Hee
Loh, Xin Rhung
Motivation and employee retention among millennials in Malaysia
description The main thrust of the study is to investigate the factors that motivate millennials at their workplace. The objectives of the research are to determine the relationship between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation that influence employee retention among millennials. The sample for the study consists of millennial employees who are working in the city of Johor Bahru,Malaysia. A quantitative survey approach will be used in this research and questionnaire will be designed and distributed to the millennial workers in Johor Bahru. It is proposed that extrinsic motivation (i.e. compensation, career development, workload, work environment) and intrinsic motivation (i.e. sense of purpose, challenging work, freedom to choose and recognition) will be used as predictors to test against employee retention as the outcome variable of this research.
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author Ong, Choon Hee
Loh, Xin Rhung
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Loh, Xin Rhung
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title Motivation and employee retention among millennials in Malaysia
title_short Motivation and employee retention among millennials in Malaysia
title_full Motivation and employee retention among millennials in Malaysia
title_fullStr Motivation and employee retention among millennials in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Motivation and employee retention among millennials in Malaysia
title_sort motivation and employee retention among millennials in malaysia
publisher Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
publishDate 2019
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/89597/
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