Job preferences among marginalized and non-marginalized youth in Malaysia

This study aimed to explore the factor job preferences among youth in marginalized and non-marginalized in Sabah. Preferences job four dimensions identified in this study, namely communality, job comforts, job goals and self-realization. The study will also explore the different job preferences by d...

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Pengarang-pengarang Utama: Balan Rathakrishnan,, Samsudin A. Rahim,, Soon Singh Bikar Singh,, Juliana Rosmidah Jaafar,
Format: Artikel
Bahasa:English
Diterbitkan: Indian Psychological Association 2017
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Capaian Atas Talian:http://eprints.ums.edu.my/18621/
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http://eprints.ums.edu.my/18621/1/Job%20preferences%20among%20marginalized%20and%20non.pdf
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Ringkasan:This study aimed to explore the factor job preferences among youth in marginalized and non-marginalized in Sabah. Preferences job four dimensions identified in this study, namely communality, job comforts, job goals and self-realization. The study will also explore the different job preferences by demographic background, namely gender and multi-ethnic. A total of 5954 youths was involved, ranging from marginalized (N = 4107) and non-marginalized (N = 1847). The study found no significant differences in job preferences among marginalized and non-marginalized youth in Malaysia as a whole. However, job comforts show selected key factor in the youth as job preferences. For multi-ethnic difference that there were no significant differences for non-marginalized youth, but there are significant differences in the dimensions of self-realization for marginalized youth. The implications of this study are identified factor can contribute to the implementation of government policies to help young people get jobs.