EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSION 5.1 Introduction
5.5 Limitations of the Study
There are numerous limitations to studying the post-pandemic effects on employee job performance in Malaysia. Timing is an important limitation to consider when studying the post- pandemic effects on employee job performance in Malaysia. The post-pandemic is still ongoing and has not yet reached a resolution, which means that studies may not be able to fully capture the long-term effects on employee job performance. This is because it is difficult to predict how the post-pandemic will evolve and how long it will last, and it is also difficult to predict the long-term effects on employee job performance as it is constantly changing.
In addition, it may take a while before researchers can obtain the necessary data, conduct their analysis and publish the results. Thus, the studies conducted during the post-pandemic may only reflect a snapshot of the situation, and the results may not be generalizable for the long-term effects on employee job performance.
Furthermore, it's crucial to remember the pandemic has impacted different sectors and industries in different ways, and it has also affected employees at different levels of organizations differently. Therefore, it is important to be cautious when interpreting the results and generalizing them to the overall population of employees in Malaysia.
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Selection bias is a limitation that can occur when a study only includes a limited number of participants. This can happen for various reasons, such as a lack of resources or a lack of time to recruit a larger sample. Selection bias can occur when the sample does not accurately reflect the target demographic., which can limit the generalizability of the findings.
For example, a study that only includes participants from a specific geographic region (Selangor and Johor) or industry may not be representative of the overall population of employees in Malaysia. This means that the findings may not be generalizable to employees working in other regions or industries. Similarly, if a study only includes participants from a specific age group or education level, the findings may not be generalizable to employees outside of that group.
Additionally, if a study only recruits participants who are willing to participate, it may exclude employees who are less likely to participate, such as those who are more sceptical of the study or those who are experiencing high levels of stress. This could lead to a sample that is not representative of the population of employees in Malaysia, and it may lead to an overestimate or underestimate of the true effects of the pandemic on job performance.
Therefore, it's important for the study to have a large sample size and to make sure the sample is reflective of the relevant population to minimize the potential for selection bias and to increase the generalizability of the findings.
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There are few recommendations for future researchers to get a better outcome of their studies. First is to add more independent variables or post-pandemic factors that affecting the job performance of employees. In this study only three factors were used to determine relationship with job performance. There might be other factors that have stronger influence that might bring out more information regarding its effect on job performance in order to produce better results and findings.
Another recommendation for the researcher is, to conduct the survey in variety of methods.
Unlike this research which only use convenient sampling method to distribute the online questionnaire. Future researchers can use other methods such as open-ended interview, observations, and more. As when this study were started, the target respondent we focused were people who are work at state Selangor and Johor. This is big challenge because we are from different states and none of us from the chosen state. So, further researcher should alert while choosing target respondent and may choose the local respondent which is relate with the topic.
This is due to the researcher may easy to get the data collection and also to use different methods.
In addition, the researcher unclear use the analysis. This will let the researcher need spend a lot of time to discuss with supervisor. For example, during the chapter 4, there are a lot of challenge that researcher needs to overcome. The research needs to understand about the method to use. For example, calculate the correlation between dependent variable. In order to avoid this scenario, the further researcher need prepare before start do Final Year Project (FYP). The researcher may discuss with team member or ask senior for get ready to do.
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The primary goal of this study is to determine the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. There are three independent variable which are transformational leadership style, employee work environment and employee job satisfaction. Besides, the dependent variable shows that employee job performance. In addition, we through an online questionnaire to collect the data. We also analysis this data through SPSS software based on descriptive analysis, validity and reliability test, Chi-square test and Spearman Correlation Coefficient analysis.
Not only this, this research also included the research question, objective, scope of the study and the others. The Spearman Correlation Analysis shows that the independent variables had a significant positive relationship with the dependent variable which is employee job performance.
In addition, all the independent variable had been tested. As a result, all the assumptions which are transformational leadership, work environment, and job satisfaction had been accepted by the research. This is due to there are strong correlation with the employee job performance.
Finally, this study aims to give an overview to the community about the employee job performance. The profit of the company is closely related to the employee job performance. This is because when employees’ external and internal factor cannot be improved, the company also encounters a bottleneck. When company unable to increase production and earn higher profits, the country is also facing economic downturn. Indirectly, this may cause many social problems. So, employee job performance cannot be ignored and should face serious about this issue.
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Survey Questionnaire Draft
Post-Pandemic and The Employee Experience.
Greetings to all the participants who participate in this survey. The intention of this questionnaire is to better identify the post-pandemic effects on employees job performance in Malaysia. This questionnaire is focus to the employed employees in two states in Malaysia which are Selangor and Johor.
This questionnaire is consists of three sections:
Section A: Demographic Profile Section B: Independent Variable Section C: Dependent Variable
This survey takes about 6-10 minutes to answer. Please answer all the questions. All the information provided here will be confidential and for academic use only. Your participation and cooperation is very much appreciate. Thank you.
Pasca Pandemik dan Pengalaman Pekerja
Salam sejahtera kepada semua peserta yang menyertai tinjauan ini. Hasrat soal selidik ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti dengan lebih baik kesan pasca wabak terhadap prestasi kerja pekerja di Malaysia. Soal selidik ini tertumpu kepada pekerja yang bekerja di dua negeri di Malaysia iaitu Selangor dan Johor.
Soal selidik ini mengandungi tiga bahagian:
Bahagian A: Profil Demografi Bahagian B: Pembolehubah Bebas Bahagian C: Pembolehubah Bersandar
Tinjauan ini mengambil masa kira-kira 6-10 minit untuk menjawab. Sila jawab semua soalan.
Semua maklumat yang diberikan di sini adalah sulit dan untuk kegunaan akademik sahaja.
Penyertaan dan kerjasama tuan/puan amat kami hargai. Terima kasih.