Physical working condition, leadership style and compensation and its effect on teachers' job satisfaction of Sekolah Agama Rakyat (People's Religious School), Kedah

Abstract

Employee job satisfaction is very important not only to employee himself but also to the organization. There are many researches were done to study on this field and the factors contributed. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of physical working condition, leadership style and compensation and its effect on teachers' job satisfaction in Sekolah Agama Rakyat @ SAR(People's Religious School) in Kedah. To attain the objective, quantitative method was used and data were collected through questionnaire among teachers in 28 Sekolah Agama Rakyat@ SAR in Kedah. 300 questionnaires were distributed and 200 questionnaires returned constituted 66.67% response rate. This study utilize reliability analysis, descriptive statistic, normality test, linearity test, Pearson correlation and regression analysis to examine the relationship between variables. The result show physical working condition have a great influence to job satisfaction. Leadership style also contribute in attain job satisfaction among teachers at Sekolah Agama Rakyat@ SAR Negeri Kedah. Furthermore, compensation also give impact to job satisfaction of teachers at Sekolah Agama Rakyat@ SAR Negeri Kedah. The study finding also shows that, compensation have a very strong relationship to job satisfaction among the teachers. All these element need to be taken into consideration by Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Negeri Kedah @ JHEAIK in enhancing job satisfaction among teachers at Sekolah Agama Rakyat @ SAR Negeri Keda