The influence of career commitment and workload on academics’ job satisfaction: the moderating role of a supportive environment
This paper serves to study the influences of career commitment and workload on job satisfaction among academics in higher education. We investigated whether a supportive environment is a significant moderator between workload and job satisfaction. For this cross-sectional study, the stratified rando...
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| author | Janib, Jamali Mohd Rasdi, Roziah Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab |
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| description | This paper serves to study the influences of career commitment and workload on job satisfaction among academics in higher education. We investigated whether a supportive environment is a significant moderator between workload and job satisfaction. For this cross-sectional study, the stratified random sampling method yielded 191 academics from five research universities in Malaysia. Partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) showed that high levels of career commitment correspond with high levels of satisfaction at work of academics. Also, a greater workload diminishes job satisfaction among academics. The analysis of the interaction-moderation dynamics showed that a supportive environment reduces workload effects on academics’ job satisfaction. This study contributes to confirming the important roles of career commitment and workload in predicting job satisfaction. It also expands literature on the buffering role of a supportive environment in the interaction between workload and job satisfaction among academics. |
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| spelling | upm-1035992023-05-16T07:31:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103599/ The influence of career commitment and workload on academics’ job satisfaction: the moderating role of a supportive environment Janib, Jamali Mohd Rasdi, Roziah Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab This paper serves to study the influences of career commitment and workload on job satisfaction among academics in higher education. We investigated whether a supportive environment is a significant moderator between workload and job satisfaction. For this cross-sectional study, the stratified random sampling method yielded 191 academics from five research universities in Malaysia. Partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) showed that high levels of career commitment correspond with high levels of satisfaction at work of academics. Also, a greater workload diminishes job satisfaction among academics. The analysis of the interaction-moderation dynamics showed that a supportive environment reduces workload effects on academics’ job satisfaction. This study contributes to confirming the important roles of career commitment and workload in predicting job satisfaction. It also expands literature on the buffering role of a supportive environment in the interaction between workload and job satisfaction among academics. Society for Research and Knowledge Management 2022 Article PeerReviewed Janib, Jamali and Mohd Rasdi, Roziah and Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab (2022) The influence of career commitment and workload on academics’ job satisfaction: the moderating role of a supportive environment. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 21 (1). pp. 1-17. ISSN 1694-2493; ESSN: 1694-2116 https://ijlter.org/index.php/ijlter/article/view/4639 10.26803/ijlter.21.1.1 |
| spellingShingle | Janib, Jamali Mohd Rasdi, Roziah Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab The influence of career commitment and workload on academics’ job satisfaction: the moderating role of a supportive environment |
| title | The influence of career commitment and workload on academics’ job satisfaction: the moderating role of a supportive environment |
| title_full | The influence of career commitment and workload on academics’ job satisfaction: the moderating role of a supportive environment |
| title_fullStr | The influence of career commitment and workload on academics’ job satisfaction: the moderating role of a supportive environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of career commitment and workload on academics’ job satisfaction: the moderating role of a supportive environment |
| title_short | The influence of career commitment and workload on academics’ job satisfaction: the moderating role of a supportive environment |
| title_sort | influence of career commitment and workload on academics’ job satisfaction: the moderating role of a supportive environment |
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