Lecturers’ Satisfaction towards University Management & Decision-making Styles in some Malaysian Public Universities

Abstract

This paper discusses the effect of management and decision-making styles on job satisfaction of academic staff in Malaysian public universities. The sample consisted of 419 respondents. The instruments used in the study were the Teacher Job Satisfaction Questionnaire and the Decision Style Inventory. Structural Equation Modelling was used to determine the effect of management and decision-making styles on lecturers’ job satisfaction. The findings showed that universities had adopted the behavioral decision-making style. Communication was the dominant style of management. Direct-effect of decision-making styles on lecturers’ job satisfaction was found. Hygiene factors were the predictors for job satisfaction as perceived by the lecturers at universities.