MEASURING FINANCIAL WELLNESS OF THE MALAYSIAN EMPLOYEES
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to assess the determinants of financial wellness among employees in Sarawak. Samples are selected using multi-stage sampling technique among employees work at Kuching City and regression analysis is applied to examine the impacts of financial literacy, financial stress, and financial behavior towards the financial wellness among employees. A total of 300 questionnaires was distributed to the public and private sector employees with a response rate at 71 per cent. Generally, the results suggest that all determinants significantly affect the financial wellness of the workers. Additionally, education level is found important to the financial wellness among employees in Kuching, Sarawak.
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