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Astro Awani | Updated: January 02, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR: Overall work happiness score of Malaysian employees have dropped from 60.04 per cent in 2012 to 59.05 per cent in 2013.
Malaysian employees are most unhappy with advancement and opportunities at work and rated career advancement as the most important aspect of their work, at a scale of 4.65 out of 10.
This is followed by salary (5.27) and interesting work (5.30).
A total of 3,508 employed Malaysians took part in the JobsCentral Malaysia’s Work Happiness Survey 2013, which was carried out from April to July.
The survey also found those with professional degree being the most unhappy employees in the country as there were lack of jobs for them.
The professional degree holders, or doctors, lawyers and engineers, scored a work happiness rating of 53.3, the lowest of happiness score by job qualification.
The survey stated that their drive for higher positions is hard to be fulfilled in Malaysia, leaving them frustrated and unhappy at work.
Employees with professional qualifications – graduates from post-secondary institutions but not diploma or degree-holders, scored the second-lowest at 56.4.
The highest on the score are pre-university, Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) or A-Levels graduates who scored 61.4 of work happiness rating.
The survey also found permanent workers had lower job satisfaction at 58.6 than part-timers or interns at 60.7
The survey said this could be because part-timers did not have to think about job promotions and because top reason for work unhappiness is advancement opportunities.
The survey further revealed that female workers are slightly happier than their male counterparts, scoring 59.28 compared to 58.62.
The survey also found Malaysian employees earning RM999 a month and below are happiest workers while those with monthly salaries of between RM8,000 and RM8,999 had poorest job satisfaction.
Source: Astro Awani
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