Clinical trial NCT04822714: Effectiveness of Mobile-phone Career Competencies Intervention for Malaysian Public Sector Managers
Official title: Sequential Exploratory Mixed Method in Developing and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mobile-phone Career Competencies Intervention for Malaysian Public Sector Managers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Competency-Based Education
Competence
Keywords: career competencies
mobile career intervention
career behavioral action
Lead sponsor: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Public Service Department Malaysia
First posted: 2021-03-30
Enrollment: 70
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: This study is a single blind, multiple center parallel, randomized control trial (RCT) design incorporate individual treatment to all the participants with the mobile career competencies intervention aim to enhance the career competencies among the participants
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a user and expert centric mobile phone-based career intervention program of career competencies among Malaysian public managers.

Detailed description: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a user and expert centric mobile phone-based career intervention program of career competencies among Malaysian public managers. In this study, the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) is adopted as the framework to develop mobile phone-based intervention for career competencies. There is two phases in the study whereby in Phase 1, a qualitative approach developing the components in the career intervention module and mobile phone application features. Phase 2 that evaluates the mobile phone-based career intervention program. Validation will be conducted to meet the objectives of (i) the usability of the mobile communication career intervention application (survey), and (ii) evaluation of the effectiveness of the intervention program for career competencies delivered through mobile phone application (randomized controlled trial). The primary outcome of this study is career competencies. The career competencies score will be compared between participants in the intervention and control group at the baseline, and follow-ups at week four and week 12 respectively, using mixed design ANOVA.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Must be Administrative and Diplomatic Officers (ADO) who use mobile application (Android)
* Must be in Grade 41
* Informed consent obtained

Exclusion Criteria:

* The officer that use IPhone
* The officer that involved in disciplinary issues

Primary outcomes:
measure: Effectiveness of Career Competencies
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Validation of Mobile Career Competencies Intervention
timeFrame: 1 week
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Reflection on motivation
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Reflection on qualities
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Networking
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Self-profiling
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Work exploration
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Career control
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Putrajaya
country: Malaysia
facility: Public Service Department Malaysia
Study officials:
affiliation: Public Service Department Malaysia
name: Hsin Hung Ho, Master
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Hsin Hung, H., & Roziah, M. R. (2019). A Systematic Literature Review on the Competencies fo Public Services. International Conference on Educational Research and Practice 2019 (ICERP 2019), UPM, 57.
citation: Ho, H. H., Foo, C. N., & Baki, R. (2019). Training but no Training. International Journal of Academic Research in Business & Social Sciences, 9(7), 77-87.
citation: Ho HH, Mohd Rasdi R, Ibrahim R, Md Khambari MN. Developing and evaluating the effectiveness of mobile phone-based career intervention for career competencies of Malaysian public managers: Protocol for a mixed method study. Internet Interv. 2020 Sep 3;22:100349. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2020.100349. eCollection 2020 Dec.