The Influence of Workplace Support on Job Satisfaction Among Academic Staff in Five Malaysian Public Research Universities

Author(s):  
Zarina Begum Ebrahim ◽  
Muhammad Khawari Mustapa ◽  
Nurul Ain Mustakim ◽  
Noorzalyla Mokhtar ◽  
Muna Kameelah Sauid
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 55-60
Author(s):  
Aida Mehrad

Recognizing and evaluating effective and principal factors that have been affected by academicians' feelings and satisfaction are imperative. This cross-sectional study aims to examine coworker's influence, pay, promotion, supervision, and work on academicians' job satisfaction at university. Job Descriptive Index (JDI) measured these factors, which comprised 72 items and proposed by Brodke et al. (2009) amongst 440 academicians who worked in public research universities in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Descriptive Statistics analyzed the achieved data.  This study has illustrated that most academicians revealed a high level of satisfaction toward their pay, coworker, promotion, supervision, and work; their universities support them regarding the main factors of work and organizational structure. Based on these consequences, the universities and any other academic institutes have to the consciousness of these five main factors to improve and enhance academicians job satisfaction, leading to high outcomes and performance at the workplace.


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