The relationship of job embeddedness and occupational commitment on propensity to stay among contact centre outsourcing employees

Contact Center Outsourcing has been identified as the knowledge-based business services in which Malaysia has an endowment to compete along the regional matured markets such as India and Philippines. However, challenges related to human resources particularly the high turnover rate experience...

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Main Authors: Ramin, Ahmad Kaseri, Azizan, Anim Zalina, Ahmad, Abd Razak
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
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Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3401/
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3401/1/MGT060.pdf
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Summary:Contact Center Outsourcing has been identified as the knowledge-based business services in which Malaysia has an endowment to compete along the regional matured markets such as India and Philippines. However, challenges related to human resources particularly the high turnover rate experienced by the industry may impede future growth of the industry. Therefore, the study was conducted to identify the relationship between job embeddedness and occupational commitment to the propensity to stay among contact center employees. Questionnaires were used as instrument of data collection in which 169 respondents responded to the survey. Descriptive and correlation tests were performed to analyze the data collected. It was concluded that job embeddedness and occupational commitment were significantly correlated to propensity to stay among employees in contact center outsourcing industry.