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An analysis on work happiness among university staff in a Malaysian context

Much had been mentioned about workplace happiness as it is poised to enhance productivity and organizational development. It was identified that little empirical evidence is available on the level of happiness among university staff. Thus, this study investigates the happiness index of a public univ...

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Main Authors: Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva, M. Yassin, Sulaiman, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi, Omar, Siti Zobidah, Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza, Dahalan, Dzulhilmi, Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril, Kamaruddin, Nuraini
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Published: Serials Publications 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60806/1/An%20analysis%20on%20work%20happiness%20among%20university%20staff%20in%20a%20Malaysian%20context.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.608062019-03-27T09:00:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60806/ An analysis on work happiness among university staff in a Malaysian context Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva M. Yassin, Sulaiman Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Omar, Siti Zobidah Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza Dahalan, Dzulhilmi Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Kamaruddin, Nuraini Much had been mentioned about workplace happiness as it is poised to enhance productivity and organizational development. It was identified that little empirical evidence is available on the level of happiness among university staff. Thus, this study investigates the happiness index of a public university in Malaysia. A total of 856 university staff both academic and non-academic participated in this study. Previous literature and a nominal group technique method were used to develop the instrument of the study. Overall, the findings showed that the happiness index stood at 70.19 indicating generally the staff are happy working in the university. The study suggests that to further enhance happiness among university staff emphasis should be placed to improve on communications, infrastructure, and human resource management. Serials Publications 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60806/1/An%20analysis%20on%20work%20happiness%20among%20university%20staff%20in%20a%20Malaysian%20context.pdf Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva and M. Yassin, Sulaiman and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi and Omar, Siti Zobidah and Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza and Dahalan, Dzulhilmi and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril and Kamaruddin, Nuraini (2017) An analysis on work happiness among university staff in a Malaysian context. International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research, 15 (16). 255 - 262. ISSN 0972-7302
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description Much had been mentioned about workplace happiness as it is poised to enhance productivity and organizational development. It was identified that little empirical evidence is available on the level of happiness among university staff. Thus, this study investigates the happiness index of a public university in Malaysia. A total of 856 university staff both academic and non-academic participated in this study. Previous literature and a nominal group technique method were used to develop the instrument of the study. Overall, the findings showed that the happiness index stood at 70.19 indicating generally the staff are happy working in the university. The study suggests that to further enhance happiness among university staff emphasis should be placed to improve on communications, infrastructure, and human resource management.
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author Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
M. Yassin, Sulaiman
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza
Dahalan, Dzulhilmi
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Kamaruddin, Nuraini
spellingShingle Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
M. Yassin, Sulaiman
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza
Dahalan, Dzulhilmi
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Kamaruddin, Nuraini
An analysis on work happiness among university staff in a Malaysian context
author_facet Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
M. Yassin, Sulaiman
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Omar, Siti Zobidah
Abdul Wahat, Nor Wahiza
Dahalan, Dzulhilmi
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Kamaruddin, Nuraini
author_sort Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
title An analysis on work happiness among university staff in a Malaysian context
title_short An analysis on work happiness among university staff in a Malaysian context
title_full An analysis on work happiness among university staff in a Malaysian context
title_fullStr An analysis on work happiness among university staff in a Malaysian context
title_full_unstemmed An analysis on work happiness among university staff in a Malaysian context
title_sort analysis on work happiness among university staff in a malaysian context
publisher Serials Publications
publishDate 2017
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60806/1/An%20analysis%20on%20work%20happiness%20among%20university%20staff%20in%20a%20Malaysian%20context.pdf
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