A study on factors that affecting labor productivity in Malaysia – a case study of Airod Aerospace Technology Sdn Bhd / Fatin Amira Abd Hamid and Nurazyani W Mini

The purpose of this study was to determine the factor that affecting labor productivity in Malaysia. The variables consists motivation, management support, supervision and technological are stated as independent variables for this study. The respondents were 150 employers and employees at AIROD Aerospace Technology Sdn Bhd. The finding showed that only three variables have significant relationship which are motivation, supervision and technological. Thus, these variables consider the factors that affecting labor productivity in Malaysia. Meanwhile, one variable that showed negative relationship is management support which considers not the factors that affecting labor productivity in Malaysia. This study refers to primary data and also secondary data for supporting the sampling technique. Meanwhile, the researcher use questionnaire as the method to collect all the data from sample respondents in accomplishing the research objectives. While the data for this study was analysed using multiple statistical procedures: mean point value, standard deviation, and correlation analysis. The result of the study presented in this research agrees that motivation, supervision and technological are the factors that affecting labor productivity. This study can be seen as a foreword to a more detailed study to be carrying by future research on the issue of labor productivity in Malaysia.