Empirical evidence of job satisfaction among employees at sharia compliance hotel

  • Nlizwa Rashid Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka - Malaysia
  • Samer Ali Al-shami Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka - Malaysia
  • Amira Azman Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka - Malaysia
  • Adina Nawi Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka - Malaysia
Keywords: Sharia Compliance hotel, Employee Satisfaction and work environment

Abstract

Nowadays, there are growing demands of sharia compliance hotels in Malaysia due to increasing number of Muslims visitors in this country. Basically, the ultimate aims of sharia compliance hotels establishment are to fulfill customer needs in the area of halal accommodation and food providers. Most of the research in this area are focusing on success factors towards increasing customer’s satisfaction and lack of empirical evidence on study of employee satisfaction.  Therefore, the purpose of this research is to determine factors that influence job satisfaction at the sharia compliance hotel. The main objective of this research is to study the relationship between work environment, reward, training, supervisor support and job satisfaction in the sharia compliance hotel. This research employed a quantitative research methodology thru questionnaire segregation. 135 copies of the questionnaire segregate in Melaka sharia compliance hotel among employees. The study used the data analysis through Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The findings indicate that the work environment is the most influential and has resulted in a significant on job satisfaction among employees in Melaka sharia compliance hotel.

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Author Biography

Nlizwa Rashid, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka - Malaysia

Corresponding author.  Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia

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Published
2019-07-29
How to Cite
Rashid, N., Al-shami, S. A., Azman, A., & Nawi, A. (2019). Empirical evidence of job satisfaction among employees at sharia compliance hotel. Religación, 4(17), 166-179. Retrieved from https://revista.religacion.com/index.php/religacion/article/view/376