A study on the relationship between person-job fit, person-organization fit and job satisfaction among secondary school teachers in Kuala Selangor

The objective of this study is to determine the relationship between person job fit and organizational job fit towards job satisfaction among secondary school teachers in Kuala Selangor. A total of 400 teachers participated in this study by answering survey questionnaire. Data collection was through 27 items questionnaire on a five-point Likert and another 5 items were demographic questions. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (correlation and multiple regressions). The finding from this study showed that there
was a significant relation between Person-Organisation fit and Job Satisfaction and secondly, there was a significant relation between Person-Job fit and Job Satisfaction among secondary school teachers in the district of Kuala Selangor. Meanwhile, based on multiple regression result, 21.9% of the variance in Job Satisfaction among secondary school teachers was explained by the two independent variables that is Person-Job Fit and Person-Organisation fit as predictors of Job Satisfaction. This study will assist the management of education to enhance and strengthen the good fit of organization values, norms and goals being determined by Ministry of Education and schools as well. Likewise, a good fit between teacher fundamental characteristics such as personality and attitude would lead to positive outcome in producing good students at secondary level.