%0 Journal Article
%T The Effect of Promotion Opportunity in Influencing Job Satisfaction among Academics in Higher Public Institutions in Malaysia
%A Noraani Mustapha
%A Zaizura Che Zakaria
%J International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
%D 2013
%I Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
%X The objective of this study was to determine the influence of promotion opportunity on job satisfaction among lecturers in four public universities in Kelantan, Malaysia. Sample was selected through systematic random procedure and data was collected from 320 lecturers using self-administered questionnaire. Data was then analysed using descriptive analysis to describe demographic profile of respondents and Pearson Product Moment Correlation to test the relationship between variables. The result indicated that there was a positive significant relationship between promotion opportunity and job satisfaction. Organization should consider this variable in promoting satisfaction among employees in order to retain their best brain.
%K Job satisfaction
%K promotion opportunity
%U http://www.hrmars.com/admin/pics/1651.pdf