Relationship between working environment and job satisfaction among employees at Kuching Immigration Department Sarawak Malaysia/ Geogina Bisok

Working environment and job satisfaction are one of the topics that had been researched since the introduction of motivational theories. The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between working hours, workplace relationship, esteem needs and job satisfaction. Besides, for this study, the convenience sampling technique was used to investigate the issue. The data was collected from survey questionnaire and there were 85 valid questionnaires analyzed in this study. The questionnaire is adapted from previous survey which is from Abdul Raziq and Raheela Maulabakhsh (2015). The findings
indicated positive, strong and significant correlation between workplace relationship and job satisfaction (r = 0.583**, P < 0.01) while the correlation between esteem needs and job satisfaction was positive, medium and significant (r = 0.416**, P < 0.01). On the other hand, the correlation between working hours and job satisfaction was positive, low and insignificant (r = 0.111, P > 0.01). These findings indicated that having good relationships with colleagues can affect the level of employees’ job satisfaction. The findings will help to provide additional information for the future researcher and employees. The researcher
can try different setting of the study such as the scope of target respondent. The organization also can conduct a frequent meeting that involves all employees to voice out their ideas and gives an opportunity to communicate with the management. Although this study is a replication from previous studies, it presented different findings from the perspective of government servants at the Kuching Immigration Department Sarawak Malaysia which is valuable to the existing body of knowledge.