Job satisfaction and organizational commitment among teachers: The moderating effect of demographic factors

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among public school teachers in Malaysia. Therefore this study could make important contribution to extant research in management and organizational behavior. Besides that, it increasing t...

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Main Author:	Ng, Hooi Wen
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Subjects:	HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management Employment
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description	The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among public school teachers in Malaysia. Therefore this study could make important contribution to extant research in management and organizational behavior. Besides that, it increasing the understanding the importance’s role of teachers in the Malaysia education system. In the literature, it discussed about job satisfaction, organizational commitment and two of these variables’ relationship. This study generated 203 teachers become the respondents for this research. In this entire study, the data were gathered through questionnaires and was analyzed through statistical model such as reliability analysis, descriptive analysis, factor analysis, correlation analysis, simple regression analysis and hierarchy regression analysis. All these analysis are used to measure the purpose, research question, objective and hypothesis in this research study. As a conclusion, there is significant relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment.
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spelling	my-uum-etd.73062021-08-11T04:10:51Z Job satisfaction and organizational commitment among teachers: The moderating effect of demographic factors 2018 Ng, Hooi Wen Tang, Swee Mei Adnan, Zurina Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management. Employment The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among public school teachers in Malaysia. Therefore this study could make important contribution to extant research in management and organizational behavior. Besides that, it increasing the understanding the importance’s role of teachers in the Malaysia education system. In the literature, it discussed about job satisfaction, organizational commitment and two of these variables’ relationship. This study generated 203 teachers become the respondents for this research. In this entire study, the data were gathered through questionnaires and was analyzed through statistical model such as reliability analysis, descriptive analysis, factor analysis, correlation analysis, simple regression analysis and hierarchy regression analysis. All these analysis are used to measure the purpose, research question, objective and hypothesis in this research study. As a conclusion, there is significant relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment. 2018 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/7306/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/7306/1/s818519_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/7306/2/s818519_02.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Abas, L. W., Hairul, N., Masood, M., & Esa, A. (2014). Job Satisfaction among Life Skills Teachers in Secondary Schools of Kluang District, Johore. Researchjournali’s Journal of Education, 2(1), 202-205. Abd Razak, N., Darmawan, I. G. D., & Keeves, J. P. (2009). Teacher commitment. 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