MODELING JOB SATISFACTION AMONG LECTURERS
IN UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA
USING STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING
NUR KHALIDAH KHALILAH BINTI LUMFWDIN
A project report in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of
Master of Science (Industrial Statistics)
Faculty of Science, Technology and Human Development
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
JULY 2015
ABSTRACT
The universities in Malaysia indirectly contribute to the nation's future development
by developing a pool of professionally educated and trained employees. In general, it
is undeniable that the role of lecturers is really important in producing a quality
graduate who will in turn brings up the nation ahead since the educated graduates are
the assets of one country. Therefore, the main purpose of the study is to investigate
certain factors influencing on job satisfaction namely workload, work-place
environmenf relationship with colleagues, management style, promotional
opportunities and remuneration using Covariance-Based Structural Equation
Modeling (CB-SEM) and Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-
SEM), This study used self administered questionnaires which were distributed to
245 lecturers from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). This study found
that workload, relationship with colleagues, management style and remuneration
were significantly affect job satisfaction of lecturers using CB-SEM. Meanwhile, the
factor of workload, relationship with colleagues, promotional opportunities and
remuneration were significantly affect job satisfaction of lecturers using PLS-SEM.
Overall, the PLS-SEM was more reliable and valid method for modeling job
satisfaction among lecturers in UTHM since the factor loading and Average Variance
Extracted values during Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were higher than CB-
SEM.
ABSTRAK
Universiti-universiti di Malaysia secara tidak langsung menyumbang kepada
pembangunan negara pada masa akan datang dengan melahirkan sekumpulan pekerja
yang berpendidikan tinggi dan terlatih. Secara umum, tidak dapat dinafikan bahawa
peranan pensyarah sangat penting dalarn menghasilkan graduan yang berkualiti yang
akan membangunkan negara kelak kerana mereka adalah aset dalarn sesebuah
negara. Oleh itu, tujuan utama kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk mengkaji beberapa
faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi kepuasan terhadap kerja di kalangan pensyarah
iaitu beban kerja, persekitaran tempat kerja, hubungan dengan rakan sekerja, cara
pengurusan, peluang kenaikan pangkat dan gaji menggunakan Model Berstruktur
Linear Berasaskan Kovarians dm Model Berstruktur Linear Kuasa Dua Terkecil
Separa. Kajian ini telah menggunakan borang sod selidik yang diedarkan kepada
245 orang pensyarah di Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). Kajian ini
mendapati bahawa beban kerja, hubungan dengan rakan sekerja, cara pengurusan dan
gaji memberi kesan yang penting kepada kepuasan pensyarah terhadap kerja
menggunakan Model Berstruktur Linear Berasaskan Kovarians. Manakala faktor-
faktor seperti beban kerja, hubungan dengan rakan sekerj a, peluang kenaikan pangkat
dan gaji telah memberi kesan kepada kepuasan pensyarah terhadap kerja
menggunakan Model Berstruktur Linear Kuasa Dua Terkecil Separa. Secara
keseluruhan, Model Berstnrktur Linear Kuasa Dua Terkecil Separa adalah kaedah
yang lebih konsisten dan tepat untuk pemodelan kepuasan terhadap kerja dalam
kalangan pensyarah di UTHM kerana pemberat faktor dan nilai Purata Varian
Diperoleh semasa Pengesahan Analisis Faktor adalah lebih tinggi daripada Model
Berstddur Linear Berasaskan Kovarians.
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