Competency-Based Pay And Service Quality: An Empirical Study Of Malaysian Public Organisations

A higher number of complaints have been filed by the public due to delays by public sectors in taking action and providing services to the public. This suggests that service quality is not being delivered as expected by customers. With competency-based pay being offered in the public sector under...

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Main Authors: Azmi, Ilhaamie Abdul Ghani, Ahmad, Zainal Ariffin, Zainuddin, Yuserrie
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Language:English
Published: Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2009
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/36401/1/AAMJ_14-1-2.pdf
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author Azmi, Ilhaamie Abdul Ghani
Ahmad, Zainal Ariffin
Zainuddin, Yuserrie
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description A higher number of complaints have been filed by the public due to delays by public sectors in taking action and providing services to the public. This suggests that service quality is not being delivered as expected by customers. With competency-based pay being offered in the public sector under the System Saraan Malaysia (SSM), which aims to produce capable workers who are responsive to customers' demands by providing quality services, one would expect that there would be an improvement in the general quality of the services rendered. Thus, this research aimed to investigate the relationship between the extent of competency-based pay practices and service quality. The findings suggest that there is a positive relationship between competency-based pay practices and service provision, one of the SERVQUAL dimensions found in this study. Thus, Malaysian public organisations should offer this type of pay as frequently as possible in order to motivate civil servants to provide quality services to the public.
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spelling usm.eprints-364012017-09-07T06:44:49Z http://eprints.usm.my/36401/ Competency-Based Pay And Service Quality: An Empirical Study Of Malaysian Public Organisations Azmi, Ilhaamie Abdul Ghani Ahmad, Zainal Ariffin Zainuddin, Yuserrie HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management A higher number of complaints have been filed by the public due to delays by public sectors in taking action and providing services to the public. This suggests that service quality is not being delivered as expected by customers. With competency-based pay being offered in the public sector under the System Saraan Malaysia (SSM), which aims to produce capable workers who are responsive to customers' demands by providing quality services, one would expect that there would be an improvement in the general quality of the services rendered. Thus, this research aimed to investigate the relationship between the extent of competency-based pay practices and service quality. The findings suggest that there is a positive relationship between competency-based pay practices and service provision, one of the SERVQUAL dimensions found in this study. Thus, Malaysian public organisations should offer this type of pay as frequently as possible in order to motivate civil servants to provide quality services to the public. Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/36401/1/AAMJ_14-1-2.pdf Azmi, Ilhaamie Abdul Ghani and Ahmad, Zainal Ariffin and Zainuddin, Yuserrie (2009) Competency-Based Pay And Service Quality: An Empirical Study Of Malaysian Public Organisations. Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 14 (1). pp. 1-16. ISSN 1394-2603 http://web.usm.my/aamj/14.1.2009/AAMJ%2014-1-2.pdf
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Competency-Based Pay And Service Quality: An Empirical Study Of Malaysian Public Organisations
title Competency-Based Pay And Service Quality: An Empirical Study Of Malaysian Public Organisations
title_full Competency-Based Pay And Service Quality: An Empirical Study Of Malaysian Public Organisations
title_fullStr Competency-Based Pay And Service Quality: An Empirical Study Of Malaysian Public Organisations
title_full_unstemmed Competency-Based Pay And Service Quality: An Empirical Study Of Malaysian Public Organisations
title_short Competency-Based Pay And Service Quality: An Empirical Study Of Malaysian Public Organisations
title_sort competency based pay and service quality an empirical study of malaysian public organisations
topic HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
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