The relationship between monetary rewards and job satisfaction among administrative personnel at selected public schools in Maran district, Pahang / Nurfarina Amran

This research paper was aimed to investigate the correlations between monetary
rewards and job satisfaction among administrative personnel in selected public schools at
Maran District. Pahang. 50 respondents completed the survey questionnaire which was
adopted from Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (1967) and Robles (2018). This study
used all population as the respondent and the response rate was 100%. SPSS V-20 was
used to analyze the questionnaires in order to determine the result. Most of the
respondents were from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Jengka Pusat 2, with grade
position of N19. The respondents have a salary range of RM2,001 - RM3,000 and have
10 to 15 years working experience. The findings showed that there was strong
relationship between monetary rewards and job satisfaction among administrative
personnel at selected public school in Maran District, Pahang (r=0.70, p=0.00).
However, there is no correlation between salary and job satisfaction (r=0.07, p=0.60) and
the finding indicates the correlation was insignificant for bonuses and job satisfaction
(r=0.26, p=0.07) as well. The findings also shows that the correlation was significant as a
result between allowance and job satisfaction (r=0.87, p=0.00). Generally, administrative
personnel's satisfaction was highly satisfied were (M=3.70, SD=0.78). It is
recommended that the organization should improve workers skills, consistently give
praise and improve working condition as well as work environment. Future study should
increase sample size and focus not only public schools but private schools as well.
Future researcher should investigate other types of employees that serve in schools
environment including teachers.