TY  - JOUR
T1  - Job Satisfaction among Academic Staff: A Case
Study in the Public University in Malaysia
AU - Che Nawi, Noorshella AU - Ismail, Mohammad AU - Ahmad Raston, Nursalihah AU - Jaini, Azila AU - Asrul Hery Ibrahim, Mohd AU - Abdullah, Azwan AU - Zamzamir Zamzamin, Zaminor 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
SP  - 649
EP  - 657
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2017.649.657
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2017.649.657
KW  - Employee satisfaction
KW  -academic staff
KW  -public university
KW  -effect
KW  -Malaysia
AB  - The study reported here perceivedatmosphere, research, teaching and learning, benefits and
governance as factors contributing towards job satisfaction among the academic staffs of public universities
in Malaysia under the premises of existing literature. This study adopted a cross-sectional design and
quantitative data was collected from the 71 selected respondents working as academic staff in a public
university within Peninsular Malaysia. Findings of this study revealed that teaching and learning, benefits and
governance has significant effect on the job satisfaction of academicians in public universities of Malaysia.
Particularly benefits and governance have been found to have a highly significant effect on the job satisfaction
level of academics. In order to enhancejob satisfaction among the academics, the packages and policies of
universities should therefore focus on improving benefits for the academicians and imply more liberalizing
governance upon them.
ER  -