Stress Factors and Job Satisfaction Amongst Community College Lecturers in Pahang

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that stress can cause lack of job satisfaction among educators. Workload factor and student attitude are often issues experienced by lecturers nowadays. This study investigated the stress factor and job satisfaction amongst the lecturers at community colleges in Pahang. A quantitative survey method was used in this research. An online survey was conducted on 107 lectures in Pahang community colleges. The data obtained were analysed descriptively and the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 26 was used. The results showed that workload factor was more dominant that student attitude factor, which contributed to the stress of lecturers. The results also revealed that the level of job satisfaction amongst community college lecturers in Pahang was also at a moderate level. As for the implications of this study, it contributes to the corpus of knowledge in the area of stress factor and job satisfaction. This is to assist the community colleges in Pahang to help their lecturers reduce stress and get better job satisfaction .