Determinants of employee job satisfaction in Malaysia
List of Authors
  • Nurul Afifah Iskandar Khaira , Nurul Sima Mohamad Shariff

Keyword
  • Job satisfaction, turnover rate, work environment

Abstract
  • Job satisfaction has always linked with the performance of an organization, as a higher satisfactory of employees leads to a better reputation of the firm and a lower turnover rate. Every organization’s success indeed depends on employee satisfaction on job as their effort has been paid off. This study aims to determine the determinants of employee job satisfaction such as demographic factors (gender and living areas), education and skills, work environment and compensation. 132 employees are involved in the survey from various sectors in Malaysia. The analysis involved in this study are Pearson’s correlation between variables and the Ordinal Logistic Regression. Based on the findings, the study concludes that among five variables that have been studied, living area, education qualification and skills and compensation are significant and considered important factors to meet their job satisfaction compared to gender and work environment.

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