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Demographic analysis on academic staff’s job satisfaction in Malaysian Research Universities

Academic staff’s performance plays a vital role in higher education institutions to enjoy high quality research and excellent teaching. It can be stated that academic staff’s job satisfaction has influence on their quality of performance. Hence, the factors which may affect their level of job satisf...

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Main Authors: Sadeghi, Amir, Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah, Elias, Habibah, Foo, Say Fooi
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40874/1/Demographic%20Analysis%20on%20Academic%20Staff%E2%80%99s%20Job%20Satisfaction%20in%20.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:40874 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40874/ Demographic analysis on academic staff’s job satisfaction in Malaysian Research Universities Sadeghi, Amir Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah Elias, Habibah Foo, Say Fooi Academic staff’s performance plays a vital role in higher education institutions to enjoy high quality research and excellent teaching. It can be stated that academic staff’s job satisfaction has influence on their quality of performance. Hence, the factors which may affect their level of job satisfaction is critical to higher education institutions. This research is an attempt to examine the differences in the job satisfaction among academic staff in terms of their demographic characteristics. The total population was 3430 academic staff working at three Malaysian Research Universities, whereby out of this number, 400 were surveyed, making up a response rate of 74.5%. Using Wood Faculty Job Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction Scale, results are revealed in terms of intrinsic, extrinsic, and overall job satisfactions, whereby the academic staffs were found to be at the moderate satisfaction level. Gender, academic rank, and age were identified as the influencing factors for academic staff job satisfaction, while their level of education was not. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2012-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40874/1/Demographic%20Analysis%20on%20Academic%20Staff%E2%80%99s%20Job%20Satisfaction%20in%20.pdf Sadeghi, Amir and Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah and Elias, Habibah and Foo, Say Fooi (2012) Demographic analysis on academic staff’s job satisfaction in Malaysian Research Universities. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 20 (S). pp. 1-20. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534 http://pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2020%20(S)%20Dec.%202012/01_page1-20.pdf
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description Academic staff’s performance plays a vital role in higher education institutions to enjoy high quality research and excellent teaching. It can be stated that academic staff’s job satisfaction has influence on their quality of performance. Hence, the factors which may affect their level of job satisfaction is critical to higher education institutions. This research is an attempt to examine the differences in the job satisfaction among academic staff in terms of their demographic characteristics. The total population was 3430 academic staff working at three Malaysian Research Universities, whereby out of this number, 400 were surveyed, making up a response rate of 74.5%. Using Wood Faculty Job Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction Scale, results are revealed in terms of intrinsic, extrinsic, and overall job satisfactions, whereby the academic staffs were found to be at the moderate satisfaction level. Gender, academic rank, and age were identified as the influencing factors for academic staff job satisfaction, while their level of education was not.
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author Sadeghi, Amir
Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
Elias, Habibah
Foo, Say Fooi
spellingShingle Sadeghi, Amir
Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
Elias, Habibah
Foo, Say Fooi
Demographic analysis on academic staff’s job satisfaction in Malaysian Research Universities
author_facet Sadeghi, Amir
Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
Elias, Habibah
Foo, Say Fooi
author_sort Sadeghi, Amir
title Demographic analysis on academic staff’s job satisfaction in Malaysian Research Universities
title_short Demographic analysis on academic staff’s job satisfaction in Malaysian Research Universities
title_full Demographic analysis on academic staff’s job satisfaction in Malaysian Research Universities
title_fullStr Demographic analysis on academic staff’s job satisfaction in Malaysian Research Universities
title_full_unstemmed Demographic analysis on academic staff’s job satisfaction in Malaysian Research Universities
title_sort demographic analysis on academic staff’s job satisfaction in malaysian research universities
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
publishDate 2012
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40874/1/Demographic%20Analysis%20on%20Academic%20Staff%E2%80%99s%20Job%20Satisfaction%20in%20.pdf
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