Technostress at a workplace is a negative consequence of not being able to adapt adequately to technology rapid advancement. It may cause psychological disturbance to the employees and lead to many disturbing effects such as job dissatisfaction, job isolation and emotional exhaustion. While past studies have examined the causal direction of technostress to employees' behavior, this study explores the relationship between technostress and emotional exhaustion and coping strategy, measured as proactive and reactive coping among office personnel. A survey was conducted among 140 employees from various organizations, who were selected based on convenience sampling. The data was analysed using SmartPLS for both measurement and structural model. The results suggest there are significant relationships between technostress and emotional exhaustion, between technostress and reactive coping, and between emotional exhaustion and both proactive and reactive coping strategy. The relationship between technostress and proactive coping was found to be not significant. The findings suggest even though technostress leads to emotional exhaustion, how employees cope the mental challenge require further investigations. The study is significance as a pathway to look for adequate strategies and creating awareness on the potential emotional burdens caused by technostress.
Financial planning of working adults nowadays raised a great concerns as people should grow on par as the country expands economically, especially with the recent economic and social disruption caused by COVID-19 pandemic. Besides, financial planning has become a huge issue addressed by numerous researchers as there are many variables that could influence the individual's financial planning. The purpose of this research is to examine the factors influencing financial planning among working adults during the pandemic. Primary data was derived from a sample size of 260 targeted respondents who's at least 18 years old to 30 years old who works in a company based in Selangor, Malaysia. Purposive sampling applied as the sampling technique. Based on the findings, financial knowledge, financial attitude and financial behavior have a significant impact on financial planning and financial behavior is recognized as the most influential factor to the financial planning of working adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Willingness to share knowledge is subjective to an individual. It relies on an individual’s decision to share or not with others. One of the factors that influence individual willingness to share knowledge is authority ranking. There are four types of social power comprising legitimate, coercive, referent and expertise power. Among of these four types of social power, this study aimed to investigate the significant relationship of social power and willingness to share knowledge. A survey was conducted among 150 knowledge workers in ICT industries which are mainly located in Cyberjaya, Malaysia. Partial Least Square analysis was conducted to analyze measurement and structural model. The results of the study indicate that none of the social power dimensions influence willingness to share knowledge as in the Malaysia context.
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