Malaysia - Employee Survey 2007

Malaysia Employee Survey was conducted as part of 2007 Malaysia Productivity of the Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey (PICS). The research aimed to capture employees' perspectives on work environment and dynamics. The survey covered 10615 manufacturing workers and 2918 services sector employees. Malaysia PICS 2007 was a collaborative effort of the Malaysian Government and the World Bank. The research targeted 1115 businesses working in manufacturing sector and 303 enterprises in services sector. The sample for the Employee Survey was randomly selected from establishments participating in Malaysia PICS 2007. Overall, PICS 2007 aimed to achieve following objectives:- Benchmark productivity, the investment climate, competitiveness, and growth in Malaysia;- Identify the key constraints to competitiveness as perceived by firms in the manufacturing and selected business support services sectors;- Highlight the key concerns regarding regulatory burden, skills shortages and weak innovation capabilities; - Enable the analysis of firm performance focusing on determining how investment climate constraints affect productivity and job creation in selected sectors.