Post-pandemic challenges: Person-organization fit, satisfaction and work adjustment for expatriate academics

Najihah Hanisah Binti Marmaya and Bamini KPD Balakrishnan (2025) Post-pandemic challenges: Person-organization fit, satisfaction and work adjustment for expatriate academics. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 15. pp. 842-850. ISSN 2222-6990

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Abstract

This study explores the work adjustment among expatriate academics in Malaysia during post covid 19. Specifically, this study examines the antecedents of expatriate academics’ job satisfaction and work adjustment in public universities in Malaysia. A quantitative method was adopted in this study and responses from 160 expatriate academics were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The result showed that all of the hypotheses were supported. This result shows that expatriate academics were satisfied with their work environment when the needs that they possess related to work offered by their work environment. Job satisfaction was also found to link with work adjustment. This study adopts a cross-sectional research design and examined the opinions of expatriates at only one point in time. Longitudinal research design should be done for a better result. The result indicate that top management should focus on maintaining expatriates’ satisfaction to increase their level of work adjustment during post covid 19. This empirical study attempts to enrich the understanding of the work adjustment among expatriate academics in Malaysia.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Expatriate Academics, Person-Organization Fit, Satisfaction, Work Adjustment
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF1-6182 Commerce > HF5001-6182 Business > HF5549-5549.5 Personnel management. Employment management L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB5-3640 Theory and practice of education > LB2300-2430 Higher education > LB2331.7-2335.8 Teaching personnel
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Business, Economics and Accounting
Depositing User:	SITI AZIZAH BINTI IDRIS -
Date Deposited:	24 Jun 2025 15:06
Last Modified:	24 Jun 2025 15:06
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/44245

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