Employee commitment to change: A pilot study
List of Authors
  • Hazlinda Hassan , Nurfadillah Ahmad Mahmmud

Keyword
  • Commitment to change, work stressor, workplace telepressure, workplace FOMO

Abstract
  • This paper aims to report the preliminary results of employees’ commitment towards organisational change in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) organisation in Malaysia. This pilot study is required in order to test the internal consistency and presents as guidance for researchers to conduct their actual study. The data collected was collected form 40 academic staffs in selected TVET institution analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The results demonstrated reliable Cronbach Alpha values for all the respective variables in the study. The findings also provided important feedback on the validity and reliability of the measurement in the questionnaire and encourage the researcher to investigate the current study with a larger sample.

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