The relationship between work values and job satisfaction among public sector employees in Institute of Teacher Education Malaysia Campus Tun Abdul Razak, Samarahan, Sarawak/ Tee Leoni Siyung Tomis

In this challenging working environment in Malaysia, all the employees are needed to adapt themselves in the changes of policies, to increase their standard and to be knowledgeable in order to improve their performance. In addition, in order for the employees to be able to adapt themselves in this challenging workplace environment, work value is the key factor for organizational effectiveness. This study aims to examine the relationship between work values and job satisfaction by analyzing the various dimensions of work values. Quantitative method has been used to investigate the relationship between the levels of communication and job satisfaction by analyzing the three dimensions namely Openness to Change, Self-Transcendence, Conservation and Self-Enhancement that contribute to the work values of IPGKTAR employees. The findings of this study show that the employees are aware of that all the four dimensions in the work values do affect their job satisfaction. According to them, when the goals of the organization are shared and explained among each other it helps the employees to survive and continuously sustain their job satisfaction.