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An In-Depth Study Of Assesing The Factors Affecting Higher Education In South-East Asia: A Case Study Of Two Universities, Edward Sek Khin Wong, Teoh Ngee Heng

The South East Asian Journal of Management

The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not selected factors are related to faculty job satisfaction and dissatisfaction at two selected private unversities in South-East Asia. It is an attempt to find out how faculty members feel about their jobs. What pleases them in their work? What are the intrinsic rewards they attain? What brings dissatisfaction or tends to frustrate them? Hence, this study employs the Herzberg Two-Factor theory to determine how selected factors are related to job satisfaction of university faculty members. The conclusions drawn from this study are that the major sources of job satisfaction …