TALENT MANAGEMENT, MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON GOVERNMENT LINK COMPANIES (GLCS) IN MALAYSIA
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 12
Abstract
The Malaysian Government has acquired a large shareholding in several Malaysian companies to meet national aspirations, social concerns and global challenges. Known as ‘GovernmentLinked Companies’ or GLCs, they play a vital role in the country’s economy. For the GLCs to sustain in the industry it is operated, it has to find ways to optimize the best practices such as in talent management and management of change that can improve its organization competencies, particularly the performance. The sample includes all of the twenty six (26) public listed companies of the GLCs in Malaysia. The study uses a structured questionnaires to collect the data from the firms meeting the criteria of government linked companies or GLCs, the disproportionate sampling technique employed is to choose 5 executives from each company, making a total of 520 respondents. Results showed all hypotheses were supported; therefore, GLCs should ensured the favorable results to give the right priority to the implementation of the best practices in order to improve organizational performance.
Authors and Affiliations
Hartini Ahmad| (Corresponding Author) School of Business Management, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah Malaysia. hartini@uum.edu.my, Muhammad M. Ma’aji| School of Economics, Finance and Banking, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia,06010 Sintok, Kedah Malaysia. muhammad_muhammad@oyagsb.uum.edu.my, Rosli Mahmood| School of Business Management, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah Malaysia. leonismarchalina@gmail.com
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