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Job satisfaction of academic staffs at a higher educational institution: A case study of UiTM, campus Sungai Petani

The purpose of this study was to examine the academic staffs’ job satisfaction in a higher educational institution, namely UiTM (Universiti Teknologi MARA), campus Sungai Petani. Survey was conducted using instrument Job Descriptive Index (JDI) and few demographic variables to measure the academic s...

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Main Authors: Ju, Soon Yew, Din, Mohd Salleh, Kong, Lai Kuan
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Language:English
Published: 2004
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spelling my.uum.repo.28832017-05-03T01:16:42Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/2883/ Job satisfaction of academic staffs at a higher educational institution: A case study of UiTM, campus Sungai Petani Ju, Soon Yew Din, Mohd Salleh Kong, Lai Kuan LB2300 Higher Education The purpose of this study was to examine the academic staffs’ job satisfaction in a higher educational institution, namely UiTM (Universiti Teknologi MARA), campus Sungai Petani. Survey was conducted using instrument Job Descriptive Index (JDI) and few demographic variables to measure the academic staffs job satisfaction. The findings shown that majority of the academic staffs were highly satisfied with three aspects of job, which are job in general, present job, and present pay. About half of them indicated highly satisfied with co-workers and supervision. Conversely, only a small portion of them highly satisfied with the opportunities for promotion. The result of this study shown that in general, academic staffs were highly satisfied with their job, except the opportunities for promotion. In this aspect, in order to motivate them, top management should reviewed the promotional system in the organization based on academic merit and contribution where the academic staffs that have excellent job performance will be rewarded and promoted accordingly. The promotional structure, system and process should be clearly communicated and understood by all the academic staffs. 2004 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/2883/1/paper5jusoonyew.pdf Ju, Soon Yew and Din, Mohd Salleh and Kong, Lai Kuan (2004) Job satisfaction of academic staffs at a higher educational institution: A case study of UiTM, campus Sungai Petani. In: ASEAN Symposium on Educational Management and Leadership (ASEMAL4), 13 - 15 Disember 2004, Grand Plaza Parkroyal, Penang. (Unpublished)
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Ju, Soon Yew
Din, Mohd Salleh
Kong, Lai Kuan
Job satisfaction of academic staffs at a higher educational institution: A case study of UiTM, campus Sungai Petani
description The purpose of this study was to examine the academic staffs’ job satisfaction in a higher educational institution, namely UiTM (Universiti Teknologi MARA), campus Sungai Petani. Survey was conducted using instrument Job Descriptive Index (JDI) and few demographic variables to measure the academic staffs job satisfaction. The findings shown that majority of the academic staffs were highly satisfied with three aspects of job, which are job in general, present job, and present pay. About half of them indicated highly satisfied with co-workers and supervision. Conversely, only a small portion of them highly satisfied with the opportunities for promotion. The result of this study shown that in general, academic staffs were highly satisfied with their job, except the opportunities for promotion. In this aspect, in order to motivate them, top management should reviewed the promotional system in the organization based on academic merit and contribution where the academic staffs that have excellent job performance will be rewarded and promoted accordingly. The promotional structure, system and process should be clearly communicated and understood by all the academic staffs.
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author Ju, Soon Yew
Din, Mohd Salleh
Kong, Lai Kuan
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Din, Mohd Salleh
Kong, Lai Kuan
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title Job satisfaction of academic staffs at a higher educational institution: A case study of UiTM, campus Sungai Petani
title_short Job satisfaction of academic staffs at a higher educational institution: A case study of UiTM, campus Sungai Petani
title_full Job satisfaction of academic staffs at a higher educational institution: A case study of UiTM, campus Sungai Petani
title_fullStr Job satisfaction of academic staffs at a higher educational institution: A case study of UiTM, campus Sungai Petani
title_full_unstemmed Job satisfaction of academic staffs at a higher educational institution: A case study of UiTM, campus Sungai Petani
title_sort job satisfaction of academic staffs at a higher educational institution: a case study of uitm, campus sungai petani
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