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Zoharah Omar

Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

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Research ArticleOpen accessCan Emotional Stability Buffer the Effect of Job Stress on Deviant Behavior?Aminah Ahmad, Zoharah Omar, Farah Mardiana Radzali, Mohammed Bashir SaiduThe interrelationships between job stress, WDB and emotional stability have not been studied in a model to comprehend whether emotional stability could weaken the impact of job stress on employee deviant behavior. We tested a model on the moderating role of emotional stability, a personality factor, in the relationship between job stress and workplace deviant behavior. The model was developed … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 7 · 30 Jun 2017 · 8,597 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessWork-Family Enrichment: Its Mediating Role in the Relationships Between Workplace Support Factors and Teachers' Job SatisfactionNg Swee Fung, Aminah Ahmad, Zoharah OmarThe role of work-family enrichment in the relationships between workplace support factors and employee attitudes at work has not been given much attention. This paper aims to examine whether work-family enrichment mediates the relationships between workplace social support, namely supervisor support and co-worker support and job satisfaction. Self-administered questionnaires were employed to collect data from 280 teachers working in Malaysian … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 4 · 8 Jun 2015 · 7,516 accessesView PDF Cite

Literature ReviewOpen accessImproving Organizational Citizenship Behavior through Spirituality and Work EngagementAminah Ahmad, Zoharah OmarThe focus of previous studies on predictors of organizational citizenship behavior has been on individual, organizational and task characteristics as well as leadership behaviors. Despite the greater focus of previous studies on individual characteristics, little is known about the potential effect of spirituality on organizational citizenship behavior. Using the work engagement model and results from previous empirical studies, a framework … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 3 · 7 May 2015 · 7,142 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessROLE OF WORK-FAMILY ENRICHMENT IN IMPROVING JOB SATISFACTIONNg Swee Fung, Aminah Ahmad, Zoharah OmarThe role of work-family enrichment in improving job satisfaction has been given little attention. In this study a mediation model was tested which includes work-family enrichment as the mediator, job characteristics (job autonomy and job involvement) as antecedent factors and job satisfaction as the outcome. Data were gathered from 280 public secondary school teachers in Malaysia using self-administered questionnaires. Work-family … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 7 Dec 2013 · 8,404 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessWork-Family Psychological Contract, Job Autonomy and Organizational CommitmentAbdul Mutalib Mohamed Azim, Aminah Ahmad, Zoharah Omar, Abu Daud SilongProblem statement: With the increase in dual-career couples in the workforce and absence of adequate legal contracts in the form of work-family policies, employees may hold expectations regarding employer’s obligation based on what has been promised by the organization regarding work-family benefits. Employees’ expectations of obligations from an employer may depend on psychological mechanisms or psychological contracts rather than formalisms … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 5 · 10 Mar 2012 · 8,301 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessThe Impact of Human Resource Practices and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors on Firm PerformanceDavood Babaei, Aminah Ahmad, Khairuddin Idris et al.Problem statement: The examination of organizational citizenship behaviors as the mediating variable through which human resource practices affect firm performance is still scarce. Approach: This study examined the mediation effects of organizational citizenship behaviors on the relationships between selected human resource practices and firm performance. The human resource practices studied were reward and performance appraisal practices and firm performance was … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 5 Nov 2011 · 7,703 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessPerceived Workplace Culture as an Antecedent of Job Stress: The Mediating Role of Work-Family ConflictAminah Ahmad, Zoharah OmarProblem statement: Few studies have tested the mediating effect of work-family conflict on the relationship between workplace culture and job stress. Approach: This study tested a mediation model consisting of job stress as the dependent variable, perceived family-supportive work culture as the independent variable and work-family conflict as the mediator. Data were gathered from 693 employees from private service organizations … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 8,157 accessesView PDF Cite