Malaysian Military Armoured Vehicle Procurement and its Impact on Employees’ Societal Welfare (Quality of Life)
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 6
Abstract
The main objective of this research is to investigate the Malaysian military armoured vehicle procurement and its impact on employees’ societal welfare (quality of life). The specific research objectives are: (a) to determine the level of employees’ quality of life, (b) to determine the relationship between selected demographic profiles (gender, education attainment, job category and vehicle types) and quality of life, (c) to determine main effect of gender, education attainment, job category and vehicle types on quality of life and (d) to determine the interaction effect of gender, education attainment, job category and vehicle types on quality of life. The research methods design for this study employs both expo-facto and correlational descriptive research. The data will be collecting at a single point in time and thus it is a cross-sectional study using an adopted and adapted Quality of Life questionnaire. The instrument was tested on 81 employees who were randomly selected from DRB-Hicom Defence Technologies Sdn. Bhd. (DEFTECH), Pekan Plant, Pahang and Defence Services Sdn. Bhd. (DSSB), Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. Analysis of the reliability of the instrument shows that the range of Cronbach’s Alpha values obtained from .840 to .965 suggesting excellent reliability. This instrument with a reliable and valid constructs would be used in the next phase of our research that is to evaluate the extent of quality of life of the employees of this two private local defence industry. This study fills the gap by looking at the impact of armoured vehicle offset procurement on the societal welfare particularly on the quality of life.
Authors and Affiliations
Nurhanis Amalina Roslan, Jegak Uli, Mohd Nor Yahaya, Mahendra K Sekaran Nair
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