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Ponte Academic Journal
May 2018, Volume 74, Issue 5

QUALITY OF WORK LIFE - LINKAGE WITH JOB SATISFACTION: A STUDY OF EMPLOYEES IN YANBU INDUSTRIAL CITY, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

Author(s): Abdulmonem H. Alzalabani

J. Ponte - May 2018 - Volume 74 - Issue 5
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2018.5.20



Abstract:
The world is changing very fast and all organizations are striving to gain a competitive edge by attracting and retaining its human capital. At this backdrop the present study examines the Quality of Work Life (QWL) in Yanbu Industrial City, K.S.A. in terms of how employees’ job satisfaction is impacted by various factors of QWL – work morale environment, job characteristics, income, teamwork, supervision style, and participation in decision making. The result indicates that QWL is high among the employees and the majority of employees have adequate confidence regarding their skills, job characteristics, opportunity in decision making process and relationship with the management, however; some employees complained about their income. Furthermore there is a significant relationship between working environment factors and job satisfaction. The regression analysis also reveals that QWL is fairly explained about 54 percentage of the variance in job satisfaction; thus it is a good predictor for job satisfaction. The present study contributes to the understanding of QWL and job satisfaction amongst the employees of Yanbu Industrial City, K.S.A.
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