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ROLE OF WORK-FAMILY ENRICHMENT IN IMPROVING JOB SATISFACTION

Ng Swee Fung1, Aminah Ahmad2 and Zoharah Omar1
  • 1 Department of Professional Development and Continuing Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, Malaysia
  • 2 Institute for Social Science Studies, Putra Infoport, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Abstract

The role of work-family enrichment in improving job satisfaction has been given little attention. In this study a mediation model was tested which includes work-family enrichment as the mediator, job characteristics (job autonomy and job involvement) as antecedent factors and job satisfaction as the outcome. Data were gathered from 280 public secondary school teachers in Malaysia using self-administered questionnaires. Work-family enrichment partially mediated the relationships between job characteristics and job satisfaction. The results contribute towards understanding how work-family enrichment could help improve job satisfaction.

American Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume 11 No. 1, 2014, 96-104

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2014.96.104

Submitted On: 3 October 2013 Published On: 7 December 2013

How to Cite: Fung, N. S., Ahmad, A. & Omar, Z. (2014). ROLE OF WORK-FAMILY ENRICHMENT IN IMPROVING JOB SATISFACTION. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 11(1), 96-104. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2014.96.104

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Keywords

  • Work-Family Enrichment
  • Job Autonomy
  • Job Involvement
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Teacher