Examining the Relationships Between Job Characteristics and Employees' Job Satisfaction in the Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia

The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between the job characteristics and the level of employees’ job satisfaction in the Fisheries Development
Authority of Malaysia (FDAM). The data was collected from 150 respondents by using a structured questionnaire. The data was analyzed by using Pearson Correlation, T-Test
and ANOVA. Results of the study indicate significance relationships between job characteristics and job satisfaction. As a whole, the findings of the study can be
summarized as follows :

i. Significance relationships exist between overall job characteristics and job satisfaction.

ii. The results of the study suggest job characteristics variables such as skill variety , task identity, task significance, task autonomous and task feedback
are positively related to job satisfaction.

iii. Demographic factors such as age, tenure, job position, marital status number of dependents were found to be correlated with job satisfaction.

and
iv. Significance differences exist between demographic factors such as age, tenure, job position, marital status, number of dependents and job satisfaction.