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You searched Library Catalogue - Author: Lind, Douglas A.
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Call Number (WOU)
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SP CEMBA 2018 43
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Author
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Poonam, Devi Talissiram Thulasram
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Title
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The effectiveness of background check to reduce corporate fraud in Malaysia. / Poonam Devi A/P Talissiram @ Thulasram.
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Abstract
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Malaysian organizations conceptualize recruitment process as a typical framework of hiring and firing employees. This impression can be phased out, if organizations administer “smart hiring”. Existing studies advocate that background checks can be used as an efficient tool in the recruitment process to hire honest and credible employees that “fit” that organization. Employees with a truthful background will not embark on scandalous activities within the organization; leading to corporate fraud reduction. Although the nature of the relationship between background check and corporate fraud reduction have been studied from several different angles, no distinct research has been carried out in Malaysia. Hence, this study attempts to add on to the lack of literature (in the Malaysian context), by investigating the relationship between the effectiveness of background check in corporate fraud reduction. This study was carried out among organizations operating in Malaysia, which uses background check as part of their recruitment process. A total of ninety organizations participated in this survey. A self-developed set of questionnaires were developed based on several empirical studies that were based in countries like USA, Australia, Canada and Europe. A pilot study was conducted with the participation of 35 organizations to pre-test the questionnaire. Subsequently, the questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data from 90 organizations that operate in Malaysia. The data was used for hypotheses testing, whereby Pearson correlation analysis showed positive and significant relationship between the effectiveness of background check and corporate fraud reduction. Multiple regression analysis summated that, among the variables used in this study, credit record check acted as a dominant factor in corporate fraud reduction.
These conclusions have several implications on the human resources department, organizations as well as the job seeker themselves (employees). Recommendations were suggested by detailing guidelines for the human resources department to optimize the usage of background checks; for organizations to adopt background check as a mandatory process; and for job seekers to adhere to honest interviews.
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Notes
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Final project report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Business Administration (CeMBA).
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Publisher/Year
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Penang : School of Business and Administration, Wawasan Open University, 2018.
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Subject
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Commercial fraud -- Malaysia.
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