Revisiting Job Demands-Resources Theory in Malaysia

Dalowar Hossan, Zuraina Dato’ Mansor and Nor Siah Jaharuddin
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Dalowar Hossan: School of Business and Economics, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
Zuraina Dato’ Mansor: School of Business and Economics, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
Nor Siah Jaharuddin: School of Business and Economics, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

SBS Journal of Applied Business Research (SBS-JABR), 2023, vol. 11, 43-61

Abstract: This study revisits the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory based on the Malaysian context with the attachment of workaholism as a personal demand. A total of 199 respondents’ data was collected by online self-administered questionnaire longitudinally (T1 and T2, with a six-month lag) and largely cross-sectionally (questionnaires for job crafting and self-undermining were attached in T2 only). Path-coefficient analysis through PLS-SEM was performed to test the hypotheses. The findings reveal that the JD-R theory is equally valid for Malaysian employees to increase their work engagement, as in the literature for Western cultures. Future studies can be conducted based on a multi-country and longitudinal basis.

Keywords: JD-R theory; Job Demands; Personal Demands; Job Resources; Personal Resources; Work Engagement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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