QUALITY OF WORK LIFE AND LIFELONG LEARNING AMONG WORKING ADULTS IN MALAYSIA: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

Bradley C.Y. Ho, Norizah Mustamil, S. Jayasingam
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There has been a significantly increasing emphasis on the quality of interactions between employers and employees in the context of managerial and organisational studies in Malaysia. To encourage a desirable workforce, organisations often list factors associated with quality of work life, employee engagement, and lifelong learning as contributors to achieving optimal organisational goals. However, do quality of work life and employee engagement truly lead to employee disposition for lifelong learning? This paper aims to explore quality of work life and employee engagement as precursors to establishing a workforce that embraces lifelong learning. Structural Equation Modeling analysis was employed on 472 samples obtained from working adults holding different positions in various organisations in the country. The empirical results demonstrate that quality of work life leads to employee engagement, which in turn, positively contributes to lifelong learning. The results also suggest that employee engagement fully mediates the relationship between quality of work life and lifelong learning. This study provides a more in-depth understanding of what it takes to create a workforce that engages in continuous learning, and sets the tone for compelling narratives in rolling out organisational vision and mission for lifelong learning in Malaysia.
马来西亚在职成年人的工作生活质量和终身学习:员工敬业度的中介作用
在马来西亚的管理和组织研究中,雇主和雇员之间的互动质量越来越受到重视。为了鼓励一支理想的员工队伍,组织通常会将与工作生活质量、员工敬业度和终身学习相关的因素列为实现最佳组织目标的因素。然而,工作生活质量和员工敬业度真的会导致员工终身学习的倾向吗?本文旨在探讨工作生活质量和员工敬业度,作为建立一支拥抱终身学习的劳动力队伍的前兆。对472个样本进行了结构方程建模分析,这些样本来自该国不同组织中担任不同职位的在职成年人。实证结果表明,工作生活质量导致员工敬业度,而员工敬业度反过来又对终身学习做出积极贡献。研究结果还表明,员工敬业度完全中介了工作生活质量和终身学习之间的关系。这项研究更深入地了解了如何创建一支从事持续学习的劳动力队伍,并为在马来西亚推出终身学习的组织愿景和使命奠定了基调。
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