Tracking the employee satisfaction-life satisfaction binary: The case of South African academics
SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Tracking the employee satisfaction-life satisfaction binary: The case of South African academics | |
| Creator | Mafini, Chengedzai | |
| Description | Orientation: The study tests a conceptual framework that suggests a positive interplay between life satisfaction and five employee satisfaction dimensions, namely workplace flexibility, skills utilisation, teamwork, remuneration and autonomy.Research purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between employee satisfaction and life satisfaction amongst university academics in South Africa.Motivation for the study: The study occupies the gap in literature focusing on the interaction between employee satisfaction and life satisfaction amongst South African university academics.Research design, approach and method: A three-section survey questionnaire was administered to 273 academics recruited from three universities in Gauteng, South Africa. After a confirmatory factor analysis, hypotheses were tested using a combination of Kendall’s tau correlation coefficient and regression analysis.Main findings: Correlation tests revealed strong positive relationships between life satisfaction and three factors: workplace flexibility, skills utilisation and autonomy. Regression analysis showed that workplace flexibility, skills utilisation and autonomy were statistically significant.Practical/managerial implications: Research findings could expedite the generation of strategies for meeting the employment needs and expectations of university academics, thereby reducing the shortage of university academics in South Africa.Contributions/value-add: The conceptual framework proposed in this study is a useful tool for conceptualising the relationship between employee satisfaction and life satisfaction in the higher education environment. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2014-11-05 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajip.v40i2.1181 | |
| Source | SA Journal of Industrial Psychology; Vol 40, No 2 (2014); 11 pages 2071-0763 0258-5200 | |
| Language | eng | |
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