Sakthivel Batumalai (2019) The relationship between habitual physical activity, workload and gratitude towards job satisfaction among young lecturers in UMS and spiritual leadership as a moderator. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
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Abstract
Jobs are one of the most essential requirement humans in the 21st century. Without jobs or careers, individuals will not be able to fulfil their basic needs. Hence, by being employed, individuals have the income to purchase the necessities that they require to sustain their lives. Furthermore, jobs play a huge role in a person’s life; a substantial portion of one’s time is also being spent at his or her workplace. Thus, it is very crucial for employees that the satisfaction they experience at their workplaces is at max in order for them to have a satisfied life. Same situation is applied to the educators among Malaysian higher education institutions. Educational sector is regarded as the backbone of a country since good leaders are born through the learning processes and learning curves that they encounter in their schooling lives. Hence, it is very important for the educators to experience high job satisfaction in order to produce quality and excellent students which will help in the up growth of the nation. The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between habitual physical activity, workload and gratitude towards the job satisfaction that is being experienced by the lecturers of Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Spiritual leadership is used as a moderator between workload and job satisfaction. The survey design was adopted using validated instruments including Baecke Questionnaire for Measurement of a Person’s Habitual Physical Activity (Beacke et al., 1982), Quantitative Workload Inventory (Spector and Jex 1998), The Gratitude Questionnaire-Six Item Form (McCullough, Emmons and Tsang 2001), Job Satisfaction Survey (Spector, 1994) and Spiritual Leadership theory questionnaire (Fry, 2003). Thus, the result indicates that all the variables that are listed above do have a significant relationship with the job satisfaction that is being experienced by the lecturers. Besides, spiritual leadership does have a partial moderation effect as a moderator between workload and job satisfaction.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Keyword: | Job satisfaction, Workload, Spiritual leadership |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28-9999 Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28-70 Management. Industrial management > HD56-57.5 Industrial productivity |
| Department: | FACULTY > Faculty of Science and Natural Resources |
| Depositing User: | DG MASNIAH AHMAD - |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Oct 2024 15:32 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 15:32 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/41365 |
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