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Determinants of Perceived Productivity in Teleworking among Malaysian Employees

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Melissa Wee, Nur Irdina Eizza, Mohd Zaki Sadik, Noraznira Abdul Razak, Najihah Hanisah Marmaya

Pages 1507-1515 Received: 11 May, 2023 Revised: 14 Jun, 2023 Published Online: 17 Jul, 2023

http://dx.doi.org/10.46886/IJARBSS/v13-i7/8813
This study was conducted to examine the antecedents of perceived productivity in teleworking among Malaysian employees. There are five independent variables, which is IT infrastructure, work flexibility, attitudes toward teleworking, job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Causal research, also known as hypothesis testing method, was used for this study to identify the effect of the independent variables on the dependent variable. The researcher used purposive judgmental sampling to collect data from respondents, in which survey questionnaires were distributed among Malaysian employees that work from home. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software was used to perform descriptive, reliability and regression analysis on all the data collected from 141 respondents. The results from the analysis came out positive as 3 of the independent variables were found significant to the dependent variable, except for job satisfaction and attitude towards teleworking. This study provides understanding about the management of teleworking in organisations by highlighting the antecedents that are vital for teleworkers’ perceived productivity.

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