Relationship Between Job Satisfaction with Intention to Turnover: A Study on Malaysia France Institute
The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between job satisfaction with turnover intentions of Malaysia France Institute employees. The instrument employed was the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) (Weiss et al., 1967) to measure job satisfaction, and a four-items adapte...
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| description | The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between job
satisfaction with turnover intentions of Malaysia France Institute
employees. The instrument employed was the Minnesota Satisfaction
Questionnaire (MSQ) (Weiss et al., 1967) to measure job satisfaction, and a
four-items adapted from Hunt, Osborn and Martin ( 198 1) was used to
measure intention to turnover. The Pearson correlation, T -test, and ANOVA
test were used to determine the relationships and differences between
variables.
A total of 130 self-administered questionnaire was distributed to all
MFI employees and 72 (55. 38%) responses were collected. The results
showed that more than half (55. 6%) of MFI employees were either satisfied
or very satisfied with their current job and only 5. 6% have low job
satisfaction. The main job satisfiers in MFI were the job activity and
relationship among co-workers. Meanwhile the main job dissatisfiers were
company policy and practices, and job advancement.
Though it was found that job satisfaction has a moderate negative
relationship (r=-0.397, p<0.0 1) with overall intention to turnover, the
intention to turnover in MFI was high too. Only 8.3% respondents have low
turnover intention, while 30.6% have high turnover intention and the other
6 1. 1 % have moderate turnover intention level. Other findings obtained like age, salary and working tenure did not
have any significant relationship with both job satisfaction and turnover
intention. Job satisfaction and intention to turnover also did not differ by
gender and academic qualification.
The analysis confirms that the measures of job satisfaction exert an
inverse relationship with intention to turnover. That is, the higher levels of
job satisfaction are associated with lower levels of intention to turnover.
However, the situation in MFI was a little different, where high level of job
satisfaction does not guarantee low intention to turnover.
The probable reason behind the finding was that though the MFI
employees are satisfied with their current job, they perceive that there are
better job opportunities available elsewhere. |
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| spelling | upm-79222023-11-28T02:05:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7922/ Relationship Between Job Satisfaction with Intention to Turnover: A Study on Malaysia France Institute See, Brian Mei Chiat The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between job satisfaction with turnover intentions of Malaysia France Institute employees. The instrument employed was the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) (Weiss et al., 1967) to measure job satisfaction, and a four-items adapted from Hunt, Osborn and Martin ( 198 1) was used to measure intention to turnover. The Pearson correlation, T -test, and ANOVA test were used to determine the relationships and differences between variables. A total of 130 self-administered questionnaire was distributed to all MFI employees and 72 (55. 38%) responses were collected. The results showed that more than half (55. 6%) of MFI employees were either satisfied or very satisfied with their current job and only 5. 6% have low job satisfaction. The main job satisfiers in MFI were the job activity and relationship among co-workers. Meanwhile the main job dissatisfiers were company policy and practices, and job advancement. Though it was found that job satisfaction has a moderate negative relationship (r=-0.397, p<0.0 1) with overall intention to turnover, the intention to turnover in MFI was high too. Only 8.3% respondents have low turnover intention, while 30.6% have high turnover intention and the other 6 1. 1 % have moderate turnover intention level. Other findings obtained like age, salary and working tenure did not have any significant relationship with both job satisfaction and turnover intention. Job satisfaction and intention to turnover also did not differ by gender and academic qualification. The analysis confirms that the measures of job satisfaction exert an inverse relationship with intention to turnover. That is, the higher levels of job satisfaction are associated with lower levels of intention to turnover. However, the situation in MFI was a little different, where high level of job satisfaction does not guarantee low intention to turnover. The probable reason behind the finding was that though the MFI employees are satisfied with their current job, they perceive that there are better job opportunities available elsewhere. 1999 Project Paper Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7922/1/GSM_1999_29_.pdf See, Brian Mei Chiat (1999) Relationship Between Job Satisfaction with Intention to Turnover: A Study on Malaysia France Institute. [Project Paper Report] Malaysia France Institute. Job satisfaction - Malaysia. Turnover (Business) - Malaysia. English |
| spellingShingle | Malaysia France Institute. Job satisfaction - Malaysia. Turnover (Business) - Malaysia. See, Brian Mei Chiat Relationship Between Job Satisfaction with Intention to Turnover: A Study on Malaysia France Institute |
| title | Relationship Between Job Satisfaction with Intention to Turnover: A Study on Malaysia France Institute |
| title_full | Relationship Between Job Satisfaction with Intention to Turnover: A Study on Malaysia France Institute |
| title_fullStr | Relationship Between Job Satisfaction with Intention to Turnover: A Study on Malaysia France Institute |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationship Between Job Satisfaction with Intention to Turnover: A Study on Malaysia France Institute |
| title_short | Relationship Between Job Satisfaction with Intention to Turnover: A Study on Malaysia France Institute |
| title_sort | relationship between job satisfaction with intention to turnover: a study on malaysia france institute |
| topic | Malaysia France Institute. Job satisfaction - Malaysia. Turnover (Business) - Malaysia. |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7922/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7922/1/GSM_1999_29_.pdf |