Open AccessAn Examination of the Moderating Role of Gender on Turnover Intention among Manufacturing Industry Employees in Malaysia
Author(s) -
Gopal Perumal,
Suguna Sinniah,
Paul Anthony Mariadas,
Zikri Muhammad,
Ramesh Kumar Moona Haji Mohamed
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and advanced technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2249-8958
DOI - 10.35940/ijeat.f1046.0986s319
Subject(s) - manufacturing , business , role conflict , ambiguity , order (exchange) , construct (python library) , turnover , foreign direct investment , work (physics) , turnover intention , marketing , investment (military) , organizational commitment , psychology , economics , management , social psychology , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , finance , politics , computer science , law , macroeconomics , programming language
This study investigates staff turnover in a manufacturing industry in Malaysia. Manufacturing is semi-capital intensive industry. Manufacturing contributes to employment, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Gross Domestic Production (GDP). Skilled and semi-skilled workers. Manufacturing is one of key success factors to national economy, nevertheless, high staff turnover continues to be disastrous towards manufacturing industry performance. This study employs a second-order construct with moderating role of gender in evaluating staff turnover intentions among 392 manufacturing industry employees in Malaysia, providing a case study of a manufacturing company in the consumer sector. Six variables were studied: role overload, role ambiguity, role conflict, work family conflicts, gender and turnover intention. The analysis was undertaken via SEM-PLS 3.2.7. A total of four hypotheses were tested. Positive results were obtained with respect to role overloaded on turnover intention. Negative results were obtained for role ambiguity, role conflict and work–family conflict. The implication of this study reveals that organizations generally recognize the importance of staff retention for superior organizational performance.