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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| 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 |
| 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 |
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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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| spelling | upm-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 |
| 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 |
| title | 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_short | 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 |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60806/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60806/1/An%20analysis%20on%20work%20happiness%20among%20university%20staff%20in%20a%20Malaysian%20context.pdf |