Almehairbi, Khalfan Mohamed Saqer Saif (2024) Mediating effect of training on the relationship between technology adoption and productivity. Doctoral thesis, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka.
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Abstract
Innovations in technology that are produced widely can change the quality of any sectors' activities. Firms are always investing more on technologies to leverage on their performance and have competitive advantage over others. Businesses always change and adapt to the ever-changing needs to be efficient and competitive in order to meet this edict. Technology is a major factor in maximizing efficiency and productivity in businesses. Several industries have reported impressive results from technology, including banking, agriculture, manufacturing, governance, education, health, and agriculture. Manufacturing is a labor- and capital-intensive sector that demands significant investments in technology and human resources. The United Arab Emirates' growing adoption of technology could be attributed to its concern for innovation and technology, as investments in these areas will help the country's businesses and government achieve their objectives and improve firm performance. Studies in the UAE investigate technology adoption in different industries. However, there is little empirical and literary evidence of technology adoption by manufacturing firms in the UAE. Results of technology adoption studies differ across contexts. Thus, there is a need to investigate the UAE manufacturing firms which are capital and labor intensive and require technology to function efficiently. The aim of the study was to establish a framework of technology adoption toward firm performance through firm size and training for manufacturing firms in the UAE. The research used a quantitative research design to administer survey questionnaires to owners, consultants and contractors in UAE construction industry. A multi-staged purposeful random sampling strategy was used to administer questionnaires to a total of 400 manufacturing firms. A total of 335 questionnaires were collected of which 330 responses were found valid and were finally used in the analyses. The quantitative data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) and Partial Least Square, Structures Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) model were also employed. The research findings strengthen understanding of the manufacturing firms should improve the production of activities continuously and to set the required quality system in the different activities of the manufacturing so as to avoid any mistakes that may lead to rework of activities, and finally delay in time completion. It is also revealed that there is a strong, positive correlation between the two variables of technology adoption and manufacturing firm performance at r= .986**, furthermore, the part of the study which looked into the relationship between effect of firm size and the effect of training on the relationship between technology adoption and manufacturing firm performance in the UAE, with the necessity for basic firm size and training acting as a mediator. The study found a positive outcome indicating that firm size and training has a role in manufacturing performance when it comes to employing technology in manufacturing which finalized that firm size positively mediated the relationship between technology adoption and manufacturing performance. Likewise, training mediated the relationship between the technology adoption and the manufacturing performance. After the analysis, a framework of technology adoption toward firm performance was developed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Performance technology, Employees, Personnel management |
| Divisions: | Library > Tesis > IPTK |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email nuraina0324@gmail.com |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Nov 2024 10:20 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Nov 2024 10:20 |
| URI: | http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/27744 |
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