Relationship between Personality Types and Job Satisfaction among Employees in Malaysian Manufacturing

Mohamed, Muhamed Shabir Bashir and Asaari, Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan and Desa, Nasina Mat (2016) Relationship between Personality Types and Job Satisfaction among Employees in Malaysian Manufacturing. In: Research Journal of Social Sciences. Universiti Sains Malaysia, pp. 23-28.

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Abstract

Employee job satisfaction is one of the important measurement aspects of an employee work life. Over the years, rich and mass knowledge in terms of academic research and management practice has been collected to understand further employee job satisfaction, especially for a firm, which work design is highly dependent on human workforce. Manufacturing industry is categorized under this group. Employee job satisfaction could be explained in terms of employee personality. As such, this research is design to understand the relationship between personality type and job satisfaction level of employees. For this paper, blue collar employees from manufacturing industry ware chosen. It is hoped that this paper could contribute to the body of knowledge on this field and further help manufacturing firms to explore options in increasing their workers’ job satisfaction level so that in the long term the firm can achieve its mission and vision.

Item Type: Book Section
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions: Pusat Pengajian Pengurusan (School of Management) > Article
Zoom Profil Pakar (Expert Profile) > Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari (Distance Education)
Zoom Profil Pakar (Expert Profile) > Nasina Mat Desa (School of Distance Education)
Depositing User: ASM Ab Shukor Mustapa
Date Deposited: 17 Jul 2018 08:19
Last Modified: 04 Feb 2020 04:46
URI: http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/41079

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