Correlates of Stakeholders Engagement towards Government Programs (GP) in Malaysia

Faridah Ibrahim, Siti Maziha Mustapha, Kho Suet Nie, Amli Hazlin Ahmad Mokhtar, Dil Froz Jan Salem Shah

2019

Abstract

The implementation of government’s program is vital to the development and economic growth of a country. Stakeholder engagement theory posits that the successful implementation of policies and programs will depend on how well the programs are accepted by both internal and external stakeholders. This study looks into the external stakeholders, namely the citizens of Malaysia and their engagement towards government programs. This study is carried out using survey research method via self-administered questionnaires on 361 respon- dents in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. Research questions were formulated to answer the following: to what extent is the level of participation among the stakeholders in government programs; to identify what factors that are related to stakeholders’ engagement; and to determine which predictors contribute most to stakeholder engagement. From the survey, it was found that several important factors were related to the stakeholders’ engagement towards government programs. Among the correlates were media dependence, governmental proximity, leadership, community integration and perception of current issues. The study found that governmental proximity and leadership are the most important predictors of stakeholder engagement. The study implied that strong participation empowered the people to be engaged either physically or virtually towards the implementation of the government programs. It is recommended that future government programs include peoples’ participation in terms of idea contributions and decision making for the successful implementation of the programs.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ibrahim F., Mustapha S., Nie K., Mokhtar A. and Shah D. (2019). Correlates of Stakeholders Engagement towards Government Programs (GP) in Malaysia.In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Social, Economy, Education and Humanity - Volume 1: ICoSEEH, ISBN 978-989-758-464-0, pages 406-413. DOI: 10.5220/0009184704060413

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icoseeh19,
author={Faridah Ibrahim and Siti Maziha Mustapha and Kho Suet Nie and Amli Hazlin Ahmad Mokhtar and Dil Froz Jan Salem Shah},
title={Correlates of Stakeholders Engagement towards Government Programs (GP) in Malaysia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Social, Economy, Education and Humanity - Volume 1: ICoSEEH,},
year={2019},
pages={406-413},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009184704060413},
isbn={978-989-758-464-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Social, Economy, Education and Humanity - Volume 1: ICoSEEH,
TI - Correlates of Stakeholders Engagement towards Government Programs (GP) in Malaysia
SN - 978-989-758-464-0
AU - Ibrahim F.
AU - Mustapha S.
AU - Nie K.
AU - Mokhtar A.
AU - Shah D.
PY - 2019
SP - 406
EP - 413
DO - 10.5220/0009184704060413