Job Attributes Preference In Students' Job Choice Decisions With Regards To Multinational And Local Companies
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Date
2007-06
Authors
Ooi, Ban Keow
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
It has taken a decade for researcher to study human preference and decision
making. Many theories have been introduced especially from western countries. Job
attributes preference which was researched by many researchers has effectively
helped Human Resource management in designing an attractive employee
compensation package. The package has been considered by job applicants prior to
job choice decision making. Thus, this research attempts to study the job attribute
preferences in job choice decision making from final year, full time, and no working
experience bachelor students. A total of 170 sample size were collected whereas
twenty job attributes were used as predictors in job choice decision making. Perhaps
the outcome of the research could be the reference point for Human Research
management in designing an effective and attractive compensation package. The
finding has shown that students perceived company reputation as most important job
attribute but not salary. There is significant difference in job attribute preferences
among students in choosing Multinational companies as opposed to local companies.
Besides, compensation and security as well as individual characteristics were not
influencing students in job choice decision making. High key focus from Human
Resource management should concentrate on company and work environment which
are known as extrinsic motivator. In addition, intrinsic motivator including job itself
should be emphasized in order to attract good students to respective companies.
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Human preference and , decision making.