Influence of participatory decision making on job satisfaction: the moderating effect of staff experience

The relationship between participatory decision-making (PDM) and job satisfaction (JS) has attracted the attention of researchers not only in the field of business industries but also education sector. However, the issue has not been given noteworthy priority in educational administration research let alone in Islamic tertiary institution context. Thus, the purpose of this study is threefold: 1) to validate the psychometric properties of administrative staff’s PDM and JS constructs, 2) to examine the degree of influence of administrative staff’s PDM on their JS, and 3) test the moderating role of staff’s working experience on the influence of PDM on JS. Using a quantitative survey approach, data were collected from 255 administrative staff working in different faculties, divisions, and centers of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The study employed co-variance-based SEM by using AMOS version 24 in order to achieve the objectives. First, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was employed to test the psychometric properties (such as convergent validity, divergent validity, and reliability) for both PDM and JS. Second, a Full-Fledged SEM was conducted to test the influence of PDM on JS. Finally, to examine the moderating effect of the staff working experience in the relationship between PDM and JST, a multi-group analysis (MGA) was applied. The results confirmed that the multidimensional hypothesized model of PDM and JS were empirically valid and reliable. The results also revealed a statistically significant impact for PDM on JS. Besides, the working experience was found to have a moderating role in the effect of PDM on JS. The study suggests that administrative staff involvement in decision making process is highly required as it increases their job satisfaction

أثر أبعاد الرضا الوظيفي لدى معلمي مدارس التعليم الأساسي بسلطنة عمان على تماثلهم التنظيمي = The impact of job satisfaction dimensions on organizational identification among schools’ teachers (5-10) in sultanate of Oman

The aim of this research was to examine the effect of the dimensions of job satisfaction on the organizational identification among school teachers in Sultanate of Oman. The descriptive survey design was adopted in this quantitative study using cross-sectional method to collect data. A five likert-scale questionnaire consisting of (65) items was distributed amongst 1000 teachers in seven educational governorates in Oman. Stratified random sampling was employed to obtain (846) questionnaires, out these 846 participants 419 were males and 427 were males. SPSS version 26 was used to conduct the descriptive analysis, while AMOS (version 26) was used to perform confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess the validity and reliability of this study model. AMOS was also used to examine the relationships between job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The results revealed a significant direct impact for three dimensions of job satisfaction (work conditions, salary and school administration) on teachers’ organizational identification. However, there is no direct effect for the other three dimensions of job satisfaction, i.e., professional development, educational supervision and social status. The study concluded with recommendations and suggestions for future studies

Influence of participatory decision making on job satisfaction: evidence from an Islamic tertiary institution with moderating role of staff experience

The relationship between participatory decision-making (PDM) and job satisfaction (JS) has attracted the attention of researchers not only in the field of business industries but also education sector. However, the issue has not been given noteworthy priority in educational administration research let alone in Islamic tertiary institution context. Thus, the purpose of this study is threefold: 1) to validate the psychometric properties of administrative staff’s PDM and JS constructs, 2) to examine the degree of influence of administrative staff’s PDM on their JS, and 3) test the moderating role of staff’s working experience on the influence of PDM on JS. Using a quantitative survey approach, data were collected from 255 administrative staff working in different faculties, divisions, and centers of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The study employed co-variance-based SEM by using AMOS version 24 in order to achieve the objectives. First, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was employed to test the psychometric properties (such as convergent validity, divergent validity, and reliability) for both PDM and JS. Second, a Full-Fledged SEM was conducted to test the influence of PDM on JS. Finally, to examine the moderating effect of the staff working experience in the relationship between PDM and JST, a multi-group analysis (MGA) was applied. The results confirmed that the multidimensional hypothesized model of PDM and JS were empirically valid and reliable. The results also revealed a statistically significant impact for PDM on JS. Besides, the working experience was found to have a moderating role in the effect of PDM on JS. The study suggests that administrative staff involvement in decision making process is highly required as it increases their job satisfaction