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The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors contributing to nurses’ job satisfaction at a private healthcare center in Malaysia. The researcher uses questionnaire to measure the determinants of job satisfaction (remuneration, work environment, promotion, and fairness of treatment) and job satisfaction. Subsequently, a conceptual framework is constructed and Pearson correlation analysis is conducted to test the association between remuneration, work environment, promotion as well as fairness of treatment, and job satisfaction. The findings demonstrate significant positive relationship among all variable tested. In addition, fairness of treatment revealed to be the most significant factors in determining nurses’ job satisfaction. The findings suggested that when employees are treated equally in organization, it will significantly affect their level of job satisfaction. The employees’ motivation is affected not only by their expectancies and the rewards they receive but also by their perceptions of how fairly they are treated in relation to others.
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Mokhtar, N., Azman, M.F.M.K., Sauid, M.K., Ebrahim, Z.B., Mustakim, N.A. (2019). Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction of Nurses at a Private Healthcare Center in Malaysia. In: Mohamad Noor, M., Ahmad, B., Ismail, M., Hashim, H., Abdullah Baharum, M. (eds) Proceedings of the Regional Conference on Science, Technology and Social Sciences (RCSTSS 2016) . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0203-9_36
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