Social Media Use For Corporate Disclosure Among Public Relations Practitioners In Malaysian Companies: Its Effect On Perceived Organizational Performance

Evidences from past research suggest that social media use in organizations has positive effects on perceived organizational performance. The present study aims to empirically test the relationship in Malaysian context. In doing so, this present study introduces corporate disclosure, drawn from Impr...

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Main Author: Hashim, Jamsari
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Language:English
Published: 2020
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spelling my-usm-ep.518662022-03-10T07:53:31Z Social Media Use For Corporate Disclosure Among Public Relations Practitioners In Malaysian Companies: Its Effect On Perceived Organizational Performance 2020-05 Hashim, Jamsari P87-96 Communication. Mass media Evidences from past research suggest that social media use in organizations has positive effects on perceived organizational performance. The present study aims to empirically test the relationship in Malaysian context. In doing so, this present study introduces corporate disclosure, drawn from Impression Management Theory (IMT), as the mediator in the relationship between technological, organizational, and environmental factors and perceived organizational performance. In addition, the role of technological, organizational, and environmental factors, deduced from Tornazky & Fleisher’s Technological-Organizational-Environmental Framework (TOEF), were tested as antecedents of social media use for corporate disclosure in the present study. Social media use for public relations functions is tested as a moderator in the relationship between corporate disclosure and perceived organizational performance. Using two theoretical lenses and a body of past research, the study develops a model framework depicting relationships among these variables. This study employed a cross-sectional research to collect data from 120 public relations practitioners in various types of companies in Malaysia. The model was tested using PLS-SEM. Out of eight hypotheses were tested in this study, six were supported. 2020-05 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/51866/ http://eprints.usm.my/51866/1/JAMSARI%20BIN%20HASHIM%20-%20TESIS%20cut.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Komunikasi
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Mass media
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Mass media
Hashim, Jamsari
Social Media Use For Corporate Disclosure Among Public Relations Practitioners In Malaysian Companies: Its Effect On Perceived Organizational Performance
description Evidences from past research suggest that social media use in organizations has positive effects on perceived organizational performance. The present study aims to empirically test the relationship in Malaysian context. In doing so, this present study introduces corporate disclosure, drawn from Impression Management Theory (IMT), as the mediator in the relationship between technological, organizational, and environmental factors and perceived organizational performance. In addition, the role of technological, organizational, and environmental factors, deduced from Tornazky & Fleisher’s Technological-Organizational-Environmental Framework (TOEF), were tested as antecedents of social media use for corporate disclosure in the present study. Social media use for public relations functions is tested as a moderator in the relationship between corporate disclosure and perceived organizational performance. Using two theoretical lenses and a body of past research, the study develops a model framework depicting relationships among these variables. This study employed a cross-sectional research to collect data from 120 public relations practitioners in various types of companies in Malaysia. The model was tested using PLS-SEM. Out of eight hypotheses were tested in this study, six were supported.
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title Social Media Use For Corporate Disclosure Among Public Relations Practitioners In Malaysian Companies: Its Effect On Perceived Organizational Performance
title_short Social Media Use For Corporate Disclosure Among Public Relations Practitioners In Malaysian Companies: Its Effect On Perceived Organizational Performance
title_full Social Media Use For Corporate Disclosure Among Public Relations Practitioners In Malaysian Companies: Its Effect On Perceived Organizational Performance
title_fullStr Social Media Use For Corporate Disclosure Among Public Relations Practitioners In Malaysian Companies: Its Effect On Perceived Organizational Performance
title_full_unstemmed Social Media Use For Corporate Disclosure Among Public Relations Practitioners In Malaysian Companies: Its Effect On Perceived Organizational Performance
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