The Impact of Social Support on Nurses’ Motivation: A Cross-Sectional Study in Malaysia

Nasurdin, Aizzat Mohd.; Tan, Cheng Ling; Khan, Sabrina Naseer

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“…As noted by Organ (1988), both task performance and contextual performance, are purported to be necessary for effective organizational functioning. In the nursing context, researchers agree that nurses actually engaged in both task and contextual performance to ensure that they deliver quality care to the patients (Mohd Nasurdin et al, 2020;Greenslade and Jimmieson, 2007). Moreover, Borman and Motowidlo's (1993) typology has been used in many studies on job performance (Carmeli and Josman, 2006;Bott et al, 2003;Ferris et al, 2001).…”

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Can high performance work practices and satisfaction predict job performance?An examination of the Malaysian private health-care sector

Nasurdin

Tan

Khan

2020

IJQSS

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Purpose This paper aims to examine the effects of high-performance work practices (HPWPs) (participation, training and compensation) on nurses’ job performance (task and contextual) through the mediating role of job satisfaction. As nurses form the bulk of health-care professionals, their performance at work is crucial in determining patient satisfaction regarding care quality. HPWPs have been recognized as having the ability to affect employees’ work attitudes and behaviours positively. Specifically, these practices foster job performance. Design/methodology/approach Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect the survey data on 639 staff nurses working in large private hospitals in Malaysia. Data were subsequently analysed using the partial least squares method. Findings The findings indicate that job satisfaction serves to mediate the relationships between the three HPWPs (participation, training and compensation) and the two dimensions of job performance (task performance and contextual performance). Research limitations/implications First, as all variables were measured using self-reports, a common-method bias could exist (Podsakoff et al., 2003). Hence, future researchers may want to combine self-assessments and supervisory or peer assessment to improve the validity of the outcomes. Second, the cross-sectional nature of this study limits our ability to make causal inferences. Bias could happen because the study examined both exogenous and endogenous variables at the same time. Thus, a longitudinal approach taken in the future could cross-validate the current findings and provide additional support regarding the causality of the HPWPs-job performance relationship. Third, the data were collected from staff nurses working in large private hospitals in Peninsular Malaysia. Thus, one should be careful to generalize the findings to different health-care professional groups and organizations. Practical implications From the practical perspective, it is evident from the findings that as job satisfaction is able to enhance job performance and given the need for nurses to provide quality health-care services, private hospital authorities concerned with encouraging greater job performance among their nursing workforce need to provide adequate support to their employees. This could be achieved through the implementation of HPWPs. Perceptions of the extent of a hospital’s HPWPs in terms of participation, training and compensation, have significant and positive effects on nurses’ level of job satisfaction. Therefore, it would be worthwhile for private hospitals to encourage more opportunities for nurses to participate in decision-making regarding their work. In addition, frequent training activities will be able to enhance nurses’ knowledge, skills and abilities, resulting in greater satisfaction Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first attempt to investigate the effects of HPWPs on nurses’ job performance in the Malaysian private health-care context. As studies using Eastern samples are relatively limited, the findings from this study would serve to expand the extant literature from a cross-cultural perspective.

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Section: Job Performancementioning

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Can high performance work practices and satisfaction predict job performance?An examination of the Malaysian private health-care sector

Nasurdin

Tan

Khan

2020

IJQSS

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“…In relevance to the SEM approach, cross-loading is one of the parameters to measure the discriminant validity of each respective research item individually. For each item to be discriminately valid, it is required to have a higher correlational value with its own corresponding item, in comparison to rest of the variables in the study [94]. Keeping that in mind, all research items were found to be valid in the current research (See Table 11).…”

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“…In the SEM, another parameter is Fronell-Larcker Criterion, which evaluates discriminant validity by comparing the AVE of each latent variable with its correlations with other latent variables in the model. As per the given criterion, a variable is required to have a high correlational value with itself rather than the rest of variables in the study [94]. As a result, it was observed that each variable fulfilled the said criterion (See Table 12).…”

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Environmental Management Framework for Road Network Demolition Wastes for Construction Industry of Pakistan

Shuker Ullah,

Hassan,

Gardezi

2024

Sustainability

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Demolition waste from construction industry, especially from road networks, is one of the most voluminous and harmful categories of waste worldwide; therefore, its proper handling is essential for sustainable waste management for environmental, social, and economic benefits. Prolific and unregulated construction activities, conflicts, and defective works are major reasons. The current work aims to address the issue by presenting a framework for an enhanced understanding of sustainable demolition waste management (DWM). A critical analysis of the literature aided to identify major concerns related to different causes, their impacts, and challenges being faced by the construction industry in such management endeavors. The study adopted questionnaire-based methodology to understand the critical relation among the three variables. The Delphi technique supported by industry professionals and pilot study helped to formulate a realistic questionnaire tool. Using the concept of multivariate statistical analysis, structure equation modeling (SEM) helped to assess the structural relationships between the three variables. The research instrument met the reliability, validity and internal consistency criteria required. Each variable achieved a high effect size, f2, with a value of co-efficient of determination of more than the threshold value of 70%. Thus, this supported the fitness criterion of the SEM-based measurement model. Path coefficients yielded the acceptance of all alternate hypotheses, resulting in a strong positive relationship among the three constructs. Therefore, demolition waste impacts are deemed as an effective mediator when explaining the impact between the other two variables. The developed framework presents a coherent and systematic approach and identifies strategies that could be used to address these issues and lead to DWM, including options available for capacity building and implementation and evaluation for supporting sustainability.

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“…For instance, many universities in developing countries shifted to e-learning for the first time and motivated students and teachers to use different mediums for online classes. Prior studies reveal that support can be provided in various forms, such as emotional, financial, academic, informational, social, instrumental and appraisal (Giao et al , 2020; Nasurdin et al , 2020). Further stated that support has a tendency to provide relief and it can decrease psychological stress.…”

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Psychological distress among students of higher education due to e-learning crackup: moderating role of university support

Qazi¹,

Qazi

Raza

et al. 2021

JARHE

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PurposeThe emergence of electronic learning during the COVID-19 outbreak has been the way by which higher education has attempted to save the situation. However, e-learning still causes psychological distress because of its crackups and fear. Hence, the authors aim to study the impact of e-learning crackup on fear of academic year loss and psychological distress by incorporating university support as a moderator.Design/methodology/approachPartial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) has been used to analyze data.FindingsThe results depict that e-learning crackup fosters students' fear of academic year loss, but e-learning crackup has an insignificant impact on psychological distress. However, psychological distress is driven by fear of an academic year loss. Lastly, university support moderates the relationship between e-learning crackup and psychological distress, but no moderating role exists between fear of academic year loss and psychological distress.Originality/valueThe recent pandemic has severely affected the mental health of students. Therefore, it is crucial to study the reasons that foster distress among them. But, unfortunately, there is a prominent absence of research for inspecting students' psychological distress because of the e-learning crisis, especially in the wake of COVID-19.

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The Impact of Social Support on Nurses’ Motivation: A Cross-Sectional Study in Malaysia

Cited by 7 publications

References 30 publications

Can high performance work practices and satisfaction predict job performance?An examination of the Malaysian private health-care sector

Can high performance work practices and satisfaction predict job performance?An examination of the Malaysian private health-care sector

Environmental Management Framework for Road Network Demolition Wastes for Construction Industry of Pakistan

Psychological distress among students of higher education due to e-learning crackup: moderating role of university support

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