T. Ramayah
School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia

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ORGANIZATIONAL AND PERSONALITY EFFECTS ON MANAGERS’ JOB STRESS: Is It Different for Malaysian Men and Women? Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin; T. Ramayah; S. Kumaresan
Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business Vol 6, No 2 (2004): May-August
Publisher : Master in Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada

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The purpose of this paper is to determine the influence of organizational variables (conflict, blocked career, alienation, work overload, and unfavorable work environment) and personality variables (neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) on job stress among managers working in the electronics sector in 4Malaysia and whether this relationship varies according to their gender. Analyses of 285 responses using hierarchical regression revealed that four of five organizational variables (blocked career, alienation, work overload, and conflict) had significant positive effects on job stress. In terms of the personality traits, neuroticism and conscientiousness were found to be significantly and positively related to stress. Extraversion and agreeableness, on the other hand, had significant negative effects on job stress. Gender was found to moderate the effects of all the independent variables on job stress at the 0.01 level. Implications for managerial practice and future research are discussed.
The Relationships between Belief, Attitude, Subjective Norm, and Behavior Towards Infant Food Formula Selection: The Views of the Malaysian Mothers T. Ramayah; Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin; Mohd. Nasser Noor; Quah Boon Sin
Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business Vol 6, No 3 (2004): September-December
Publisher : Master in Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada

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The purpose of the study is to determine the relationships between belief, attitude, subjective norm, intention, and behavior towards the choice of infant food based on the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA). An analysis on a sample of 108 mothers indicates that the TRA could be used in predicting choice decision of infant food formulas by explaining 57 percent of the variance in the behavioral intention. The subjective norm component had a higher predictive power than the attitudinal component. Of this normative component, parents or relatives and doctors were found to be more influential. Intention to choose an infant formula was also influenced by family income. The belief outcomes in evaluating a premium infant formula and economic infant formula were found to be different. For premium infant formula, brand trusted, closest to breast milk and nutrients content were identified as the dominant attributes. In contrast, availability, affordable, and nutrients content were identified as the prime beliefs in evaluating economic infant formula. Implications of the findings are discussed.
Influence of Employee Involvement in Total Productive Maintenance Practices on Job Characteristics: The Malaysian Scenario Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin; Muhamad Jantan; Wong Wai Peng; T. Ramayah
Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business Vol 7, No 3 (2005): September-December
Publisher : Master in Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada

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The main goal of this study is to examine whether the extent of involvement in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) practices has a positive effect on job characteristics. Data was gathered from a sample of 184 respondents derived from manufacturing companies in Malaysia. Results from the regression analyses revealed that the extent of employee’s involvement in TPM practices is positively related to the five core job dimensions (skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback). Theoretical and managerial implications of the findings are discussed.