Error in Table
In the original publication [1], the value ‘10,759.77’ in the standard deviation of the Research working experience (years) variable was wrong and should have been ‘5.699’. The revised version of Table 1 is as below. The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor.
Table 1.
Variables | n | (%) | Min | Max | Mean | Median | Standard Deviation |
IQR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age(years) a | 133 | 38.77 (6.35) |
28 | 59 | 38.77 | - | 6.35 | - |
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 39 | 29.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Female | 94 | 70.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Marital status | ||||||||
Unmarried (Single/Divorced/Separated/Widowed) | 34 | 25.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Married | 99 | 74.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
Malay | 105 | 78.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Non-Malay | 28 | 21.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Highest academic qualification | ||||||||
Degree | 56 | 42.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Post Graduate(Master/PhD) | 77 | 57.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Research working experience (years) a | 133 | 7.86 (5.70) |
1.0 | 28 | 7.86 | - | 5.699 | - |
Household income(RM) b | 124 | 10,000 (7000) |
1000 | 380 | - | 10,000 | - | 7000 |
Burnout | 1.38 | 3.32 | 2.42 | - | 0.389 | - | ||
Job Satisfaction | 24 | 100 | 73.78 | - | 12.437 | - | ||
Intention to Leave | 1.00 | 5.00 | 2.43 | - | 0.930 | - |
Note: a—Mean (SD), b—Median (IQR).
In the original publication, there was an error in Table 5 as published in the main manuscript under Section 3 Results, Section 3.5; the p-value of 0.083 for the Gender variable was incorrect and should have been 0.077; the p-value of 0.055 for the Marital status variable was incorrect and should have been 0.052; the p-value of 0.385 for the educational level variable was incorrect and should have been 0.360; the value of 16.7% under the High Intention to Leave column among those of the male gender was incorrect and should have been 15.4%; the value of 5,3 under High Intention to Leave column among those of the female gender was incorrect and should have been 5.3%; the value 279 under Moderate Intention to Leave column among those married row was incorrect and should have been 27, the value of 44 (33.1) under Moderate Intention to Leave column of the Non-Malay row should have been 6 (21.4); and the value of 11 (8.3) under High Intention to Leave column of the non-Malay row was incorrect and should have been 6 (21.4). The revised version of Table 5 is below. The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.
Table 5.
Variable | Low n (%) |
Moderate n (%) |
High n (%) |
p-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | 0.077 | |||
Male | 24 (61.5) | 9 (23.1) | 6 (15.4) | |
Female | 54 (57.4) | 35 (37.2) | 5 (5.3) | |
Marital status | ||||
Not Married | 15 (44.1) | 17 (50.0) | 2 (5.9) | 0.052 |
Married | 63 (63.6) | 27 (27.3) | 9 (9.1) | |
Educational level | 0.360 | |||
Degree | 29 (51.8) | 21 (37.5) | 6 (10.7) | |
Master/PhD | 49 (63.6) | 23 (29.9) | 5 (6.5) | |
Ethnicity | 0.012 | |||
Malay | 62 (59.0) | 38 (36.2) | 5 (4.8) | |
Non-Malay | 16 (57.1) | 6 (21.4) | 6 (21.4) |
In the original publication, there was an error in Table 7 as published in the main manuscript under Section 3 Results, Section 3.6: the lower bound of 95% CI value 0.427 for the Gender variable was incorrect and should have been −0.427 and the lower bound of 95% CI value 0.652 for the Marital status was incorrect and should have been −0.652.
Table 7.
Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | Tolerance | VIF | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B (95% CI) | SE | Beta | t | p Value | B (95% CI) | SE | Beta | t | p-Value | |||
(Constant) | 2.681 | 0.497 | 5.395 | <0.001 | 3.446 | 0.917 | 3.758 | 0.001 | ||||
Gender | −0.078 (−0.427, 0.270) | 0.176 | −0.039 | −0.446 | 0.657 | −0.266 (−0.568, 0.036) | 0.153 | −0.131 | −1.740 | 0.084 | 0.967 | 1.034 |
Marital status | −0.288 (−0.652, 0.077) | 0.184 | −0.135 | −1.560 | 0.121 | −0.197 (−0.510, 0.117) | 0.159 | −0.093 | −1.239 | 0.218 | 0.977 | 1.024 |
Ethnicity | 0.321 (−0.070, 0.711) | 0.197 | 0.141 | 1.624 | 0.107 | 0.027 (−0.318, 0.371) | 0.174 | 0.012 | 0.154 | 0.878 | 0.929 | 1.076 |
Job satisfaction | −0.520(−0.768, −0.273) | 0.125 | −0.348 | −4.160 * | <0.001 | 0.778 | 1.285 | |||||
Burnout | 0.692 (0.287, 1.096) | 0.205 | 0.289 | 3.382 * | 0.001 | 0.745 | 1.342 | |||||
F value | 1.633 | 11.340 | ||||||||||
p value | 0.185 | <0.001 | ||||||||||
R2 (Adj R2) | 0.037 (0.014) | 0.309 (0.281) |
* p < 0.005.
Text Correction
There was an error in the original publication under Section 2. Materials and Methods, Section 2.1. Participants, paragraph 4 and paragraph 5.
In paragraph 4, the statement “The sample population was 149 based on the sample size recommendation from G* Power Software (114 + 30% non-response rate) out of 588 researchers in the organisation. An additional 30% of the sample size was added to secure the final sample size in case of refusal” was incorrect.
A correction has been made to Section 2, Section 2.1, paragraph number 4.
“The sample population was 149 based on the sample size recommendation from G* Power Software (118 + 25% non-response rate) out of 588 researchers in the organisation. An additional 25% of the sample size was added to secure the final sample size in case of refusal”.
In paragraph 5, the statement “Of those, 149 researchers were selected after considering 30% of the non-response rate.” was incorrect.
A correction has been made to Section 2, Section 2.1, paragraph number 5.
“Of those, 149 researchers were selected after considering 25% of the non-response rate.”
There was an error in the original publication in the statement as published under Section 3.5, paragraph 1. The statement “There is no significant association between gender (p = 0.083), marital status(p = 0.055), and educational status (p = 0.385) with the intention to leave (Table 5)” was incorrect.
A correction has been made to Section 3, Section 3.5, paragraph number 1:
“There is no significant association between gender (p = 0.077), marital status (p = 0.052), and educational status (p = 0.360) with the intention to leave (Table 5)”.
There was an error in the original publication in the statement as published under Section 3.6, paragraph 3. The statement “The result showed that gender (β = −0.039, 95% CI (B): −0.427, 0.270), marital (β = −0.135, 95% CI (B): −0.652, 0.077) and ethnicity(β = 0.141, 95% CI (B): −0.070, 0.711) were not significantly related to intention to leave” was incorrect.
A correction has been made to Section 3, Section 3.6, paragraph 3:
“The result showed that gender (β = −0.039, 95% CI (B): 0.427, 0.270), marital (β = −0.135, 95% CI (B): 0.652, 0.077) and ethnicity (β = 0.141, 95% CI (B): −0.070, 0.711) were not significantly related to intention to leave”.
There was also an error in the original publication in the statement as published under Section 3.6, paragraph 4. The statement “Meanwhile, the burnout (β = 0.285, 95% CI (B): 0.272, 1.093) and job satisfaction (β = −0.348, 95% CI (B): −0.768, −0.273) were significantly related to the intention to leave)” was incorrect.
A correction has been made to Section 5, Section 3.6, paragraph number 4:
“Meanwhile, the burnout (β = 0.289, 95% CI (B): 0.287, 1.096) and job satisfaction (β = −0.348, 95% CI (B): −0.768, −0.273) were significantly related to the intention to leave)”.
There was also an error in the original publication in the statement as published under Section 4, paragraph 7. The statement “The change of the organisation culture is needed to increase the interpersonal relationship between the supervisor or head of department/center” was incorrect.
A correction has been made to Section 4, paragraph 7:
“The change of the organisation culture is needed to increase the interpersonal relationship between the supervisor or head of department/center and employee”.
The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.
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