Financial Well-being among Public Employees in Malaysia: A Preliminary Study | Chapter 08 | Current Research in Education and Social Studies Vol. 3
Public employee’s innovativeness,
responsiveness, efficiency and friendliness in services are the core prescriptions to enhance the
competitiveness of one’s country. Financial well-being and employees are two
aspects that consequently related with each other that have received
substantial deliberation from researchers, employers and financial advisor. Financial
well-being can affect both direct and indirectly towards an individual, team
and also organization. Changes in employee’s financial well-being level whether
it becomes high or low will affect their job performance. The purpose of this
study is to discuss the level of public employee’s financial well-being in
Malaysia as well as to examine the determinants of financial well-being. A
total of 73 questionnaires have been distributed through e-survey (email based)
using convenient sampling technique in order to conduct this pilot test
(pre-test). Only 30 public employees have participated in this study. The
results identified that majority of public employees is at the moderate level
of financial well-being. Even so, appropriate action should be taken through
financial education in order to prevent worst case scenario in the future.
Author(s) Details
Dr. N. Mokhtar
Department of Resource
Management and Consumer Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra
Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Dr. A. R. Husniyah
Department of Resource
Management and Consumer Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra
Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Dr. M. F. Sabri
Department of Resource
Management and Consumer Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra
Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Dr. M. Abu Talib
Department of Human
Development and Family Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra
Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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