WHY THEY ARE NOT STAYING? LOCAL FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS IN MALAYSIA’S ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY

RAMAN G.¹, BELEYA P.², RAMENDRAN C.³, CHELLIAH T.D.⁴, NODESON S.^5
1Faculty of Business and Finance, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Barat, 31900, Kampar, Malaysia.
²Faculty of Business and Finance, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Barat, 31900, Kampar, Malaysia.
³Faculty of Business and Finance, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Barat, 31900, Kampar, Malaysia.
⁴Faculty of Business and Finance, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Barat, 31900, Kampar, Malaysia.
⁵Faculty of Business and Finance, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Barat, 31900, Kampar, Malaysia.

Received : 04-09-2013     Accepted : 24-02-2014     Published : 01-04-2014
Volume : 3     Issue : 1       Pages : 62 - 68
Int J Humanit Soc Sci 3.1 (2014):62-68
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.9735/2231-3532.3.1.62-68

Keywords : Turnover, Retention, Electronics Industry, Production Operators, Employer
Conflict of Interest : None declared

Escalating rate of job turnover among the production operators in electronics industry in Malaysia significantly interfering with organizational performance. The purpose of this paper to investigate factors that influence employee’s intention of leaving and create effective retention program. This study adopts the quantitative research design. Research examined the selected electronics companies in Northern Region and Central Region of Malaysia. Total population of the research comprises 150 respondents. Self-developed questionnaire, measured on the likert scale was used to collect data from respondents. Pearson correlation test of association was used in testing the hypothesis of the research. In addition multiple regression analysis was also used in examine the relation between the overall variables.

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