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The present study attempts to provide empirical evidence on the relationship between the four facets of entrepreneurial supports and rural entrepreneurs business performance. The entrepreneurial supports considered in the study are entrepreneurship training, marketing support, business networking, and financial support. A survey among 183 rural entrepreneurs was carried out. Self-reported measures were used to obtain data pertaining to government entrepreneurial initiatives and rural entrepreneurs’ business performance. The multiple regression analysis was used to ascertain the proposed relationships and it was found that all entrepreneurial initiatives such as entrepreneurship training, marketing support, business networking and financial support were significantly related to business performance. Discussion on the findings is highlighted, so as the implications for practice and future research. Towards the end, the paper also highlights limitations of the study that could be taken into consideration by future scholars for further empirical enrichment.

This paper examines the relationship between transformational and transactional leadership and organizational commitment. Survey method was used for the purpose of collecting data from academic staff working in public sector Tertiary Institutions in Pakistan. Total 200 questionnaires were collected. After the process of data analysis, the results revealed both transformational leadership styles and transactional leadership style have significant effect on organizational commitment. However, PLS modelling outcome showed that the transformational leadership style was more influencing factor on organizational commitment than transactional leadership. Besides that, conclusions were drawn and recommendations were highlighted.

Primarily, the study investigated the psychometric properties of UWES work engagement scale were assessed in the context of education sector of Malaysia. Staff members from the two public sector universities in the Kedah state were sampled whereby, 205 questionnaires were distributed that resulted in 180 appropriate responses for final data analysis. The results have indicated towards satisfactory level of internal consistency reliability, convergent; as well as discriminant validity. The structural equation modeling has highlighted higher order stabilities for work engagement ranging between 0.803 and 0.838. The findings henceforth, conclude that UWES-17 is construct is robust in assessing work engagement amongst the while collar employees working in the education sector of Malaysia.

This study aims to explore the effects of user characteristics as antecedents of technostress towards human resource management information system (HRMIS) in government agencies of Malaysia. To address the research objective, we conducted an exploratory mixed-method study which involved both the semi-structured interviews with HRMIS experts from three state governments of Malaysia and the survey questionnaire of HRMIS end-users. Findings from the content analysis of the interview data have identified three key characteristics of users, namely, attitude, technology readiness, and readiness for change, and have suggested that these characteristics are relevant antecedents of technostress. The PLS analysis from the quantitative survey results have revealed that the experiences of technostress towards HRMIS can be influenced only by user's attitude. From the theoretical aspects and practical implications, this study provides the researchers insights and understanding of the phenomena for future exploratory studies and valuable guidance for the practitioners to manage strains associated with technostress both in the public and the private sectors. More importantly, this study has not only provided new empirical evidence that extends the generalizability of previous findings particularly on technostress and job outcomes but also different from previous studies in the field of information system by examining the antecedents of technostress in the context of human resource information system (HRIS). ABSTRAK Tujuan kajian ini ialah untuk meneroka kesan ciri-ciri pengguna sebagai penyebab teknostress terhadap sistem maklumat pengurusan sumber manusia (SMPSM) di organisasi kerajaan Malaysia. Untuk mencapai objektif kajian, kami telah menjalankan kajian penerokaan kaedah pelbagai yang melibatkan temu bual separa struktur dengan pakar SMPSM dari tiga kerajaan negeri Malaysia dan juga tinjauan soal selidik pengguna akhir SMPSM. Dapatan daripada analisis kandungan temuduga telah mengenalpasti tiga ciri-ciri pengguna iaitu sikap, kesediaan teknologi, dan kesediaan untuk berubah, dan mencadangkan bahawa ciri-ciri tersebut adalah relevan sebagai penyebab teknostres. Analisis PLS daripada dapatan tinjauan kualitatif mendedahkan bahawa teknostres terhadap SMPSM yang dialami hanya boleh dipengaruhi oleh sikap pengguna. Dari aspek teori dan implikasi praktikal, kajian ini mempersiapkan para penyelidik dengan pengetahuan dan pemahaman tentang fenomena ini untuk kajian penerokaan akan datang, dan juga menyediakan para pengamal garis panduan berharga untuk mengurus tekanan berkaitan teknostres di kedua-dua sector, awam dan juga swasta. Apa yang penting, kajian ini bukan sahaja telah memberikan bukti empirikal baharu yang sekaligus menambah generalisasi dapatan sebelum ini terutama berkaitan teknostres dan hasil kerja tetapi juga berbeza daripada kajian-kajian lain sebelum ini dalam bidang sistem maklumat dengan menilai faktor penyebab teknostres dalam konteks sistem maklumat sumber manusia (SMSM). Kata kunci: SMPSM; teknostres; sikap; k...