The Influence of Job Satisfaction Among University Academicians in East Coast Peninsular Malaysia

Abstract

This study examines factors that influenced the level of job satisfaction of academicians in East Coast Peninsular Malaysia. The study was selected in East Coast Peninsular from the Malaysian Universities list comprising 20 public universities in Malaysia. 298 academicians of all levels or university employees were selected from the three public universities in East Coast Peninsular. The structured survey questionnaire was administered to the employees, both consisting 154 items evaluated on a 5-point Likert-type scale. It used multivariate regression analysis to analyse the data collected. The research found that work environment factors significantly predict job satisfaction among academics in Public Universities, R2 = 0.501, F (1, 296) = 297.080, p <0.05. In addition, the results showed that promotion opportunities significantly predict job satisfaction among academics in Public Universities, R2 = 0.250, F (1, 296) = 97.766, p <0.05. Similarly, the finding revealed that the salary factor significantly predicts job satisfaction among academics in Public Universities, R2 = 0.119, F (1, 296) = 40.040, p <0.05. Additionally, the outcome showed that supervision predicted significantly on job satisfaction among academics in Public Universities, R2 = 0.206, F (1, 296) = 76.659, p <0.05. Furthermore, the results indicated that the factors of colleague predicted significantly on job satisfaction among academics in Public Universities, R2 = 0.280, F (1, 296) = 114.879, p <0.05. Also, the results showed that the factors of work environment, promotion opportunities, salary, supervision and colleagues have significantly influenced job satisfaction among academics in Public Universities. These findings indicated that the main contributor to job satisfaction is the work environment factor, ß = 0.708, p <0.01. Followed by colleague factor, ß = 0.529, p <0.01. Next is the promotion opportunity factor, ß = 0.500, p <0.01; supervision factor, ß = 0.454, p <0.01 and lastly is the salary factor, ß = 0.345, p <0.01. In conclusion, satisfied employees play a crucial role in an organization’s success, as factors of health care must be aware of the importance of employees’ job satisfaction. It is recommended to monitor employees’ job satisfaction levels on an annual basis.