IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/sagope/v11y2021i2p21582440211027564.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Perception of Fit and Job Satisfaction Among Administrative Staff in a Mid-Western University in the United States of America

Author

Listed:
  • Mohammed Issah

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to contribute to the understanding of the impact of perception of fit and job satisfaction among administrative staff members at a university and to determine the fit component (Person-Organization fit, Person-Job fit) that predicts job satisfaction. This study used a correlational design with online survey data provided by 170 administrative staff members in a Midwestern university in the United States. Overall, administrative staff members were satisfied with their job. Regression analysis revealed that Person-Job fit was the stronger predictor for overall job satisfaction and satisfaction with the Work Itself, Pay, and Promotion Opportunities subscales. Age and years of service revealed statistically significant mean difference in satisfaction with the Promotion Opportunities facet. Male administrative staff members perceived to fit better than the female staff with their jobs. The study is limited to one university; therefore, the results are not generalizable. In addition, it relied on self-reported data and used standard multiple regression for analysis. Data were analyzed and the results confirmed the impact of perception of fit on job satisfaction, and that better fit leads to higher job satisfaction.

Suggested Citation

  • Mohammed Issah, 2021. "Perception of Fit and Job Satisfaction Among Administrative Staff in a Mid-Western University in the United States of America," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(2), pages 21582440211, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:11:y:2021:i:2:p:21582440211027564
    DOI: 10.1177/21582440211027564
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21582440211027564
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/21582440211027564?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Onanong Kaothan, 2018. "Organizational attractiveness and person job fit as the predictors of intention to stay of employees commercial bank," Journal of Administrative and Business Studies, Professor Dr. Usman Raja, vol. 4(3), pages 156-164.
    2. Barry Bozeman & Monica Gaughan, 2011. "Job Satisfaction among University Faculty: Individual, Work, and Institutional Determinants," The Journal of Higher Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 82(2), pages 154-186, March.
    3. Kharina & Zulkarnain & Meutia Nauly, 2018. "The effect of person-organization fit and hardiness on turnover intention among graduate trainee of a private palm oil enterprise in Indonesia," Journal of Administrative and Business Studies, Professor Dr. Usman Raja, vol. 4(1), pages 18-26.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Catherine P. Slade & Saundra J. Ribando & C. Kevin Fortner, 2016. "Faculty research following merger: a job stress and social identity theory perspective," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 107(1), pages 71-89, April.
    2. Jung, Jiwon & Bozeman, Barry & Gaughan, Monica, 2017. "Impact of research collaboration cosmopolitanism on job satisfaction," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(10), pages 1863-1872.
    3. Adam R. Szromek & Radosław Wolniak, 2020. "Job Satisfaction and Problems among Academic Staff in Higher Education," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-38, June.
    4. Sahil Verma & Gurvinder Kaur, 2023. "Exploring Factors of HR Climate and Their Influence on Faculty Retention: Unfolding HRM in Indian Higher Educational Settings," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(2), pages 21582440231, April.
    5. Levecque, Katia & Anseel, Frederik & De Beuckelaer, Alain & Van der Heyden, Johan & Gisle, Lydia, 2017. "Work organization and mental health problems in PhD students," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(4), pages 868-879.
    6. Mohanned Alharbi, 2019. "The Reliance of the Saudi Economy and Adequacy of its Foreign Reserves with Reference to Oil Price Volatility: An Overview," International Journal of Business and Administrative Studies, Professor Dr. Bahaudin G. Mujtaba, vol. 5(6), pages 329-339.
    7. Lars P. Feld & Sarah Necker & Bruno S. Frey, 2015. "Happiness of economists," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(10), pages 990-1007, February.
    8. Vieira, José António Cabral, 2019. "Climbing the Ladders of Job Satisfaction and Employees' Organizational Commitment: A Semi-Nonparametric Approach," IZA Discussion Papers 12787, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    9. Pattaraporn Thampradit, 2019. "Models in Enhancing English at Work for Private Enterprise Officers in Bangkok Metropolitan," The Journal of Social Sciences Research, Academic Research Publishing Group, vol. 5(2), pages 233-240, 02-2019.
    10. Jennifer Edytha Japor, 2021. "Organizational Career Growth: Literature Review and Future Agenda," International Journal of Business and Administrative Studies, Professor Dr. Bahaudin G. Mujtaba, vol. 7(1), pages 12-24.
    11. Pervin Ahu Cerci & Devrim Dumludag, 2019. "Life Satisfaction and Job Satisfaction among University Faculty: The Impact of Working Conditions, Academic Performance and Relative Income," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 144(2), pages 785-806, July.
    12. Odunayo Salau & Rowland Worlu & Adewale Osibanjo & Anthonia Adeniji & Hezekiah Falola & Maxwell Olokundun & Stephen Ibidunni & Tolulope Atolagbe & Joy Dirisu & Opeyemi Ogueyungbo, 2020. "The Impact of Workplace Environments on Retention Outcomes of Public Universities in Southern Nigeria," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(2), pages 21582440209, June.
    13. Rosalía Romero Tena & Cristina Mayor Ruiz & Carmen Yot Domínguez & Manuel Chaves Maza, 2020. "Structural Equation Models on the Satisfaction and Motivation for Retirement of Spanish University Professors," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-19, April.
    14. Joaquín M. Azagra-Caro & Carlos Benito-Amat & Ester Planells-Aleixandre, 2022. "Academic artists’ engagement and commercialisation," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 47(4), pages 1273-1296, August.
    15. Carolina Cañibano & Richard Woolley & Eric J. Iversen & Sybille Hinze & Stefan Hornbostel & Jakob Tesch, 2019. "A conceptual framework for studying science research careers," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 44(6), pages 1964-1992, December.
    16. Radoslaw Lubera∗, 2019. "The Concept of Logistic Attractiveness - Theoretical Basis," International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Dr. Mohammad Hamad Al-khresheh, vol. 5(3), pages 109-116.
    17. Yvette E. Hofmann & Maria Strobel, 2020. "Transparency goes a long way: information transparency and its effect on job satisfaction and turnover intentions of the professoriate," Journal of Business Economics, Springer, vol. 90(5), pages 713-732, June.
    18. Jon Olaskoaga-Larrauri & Carmen Enedina Rodríguez-Armenta & Elia Marúm-Espinosa, 2022. "Disagreement in the Conceptualization of Educational Quality and Job Satisfaction," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-14, June.
    19. Spencer, Marilyn & Gevrek, Deniz & Chambers, Valrie & Bowden, Randall, 2015. "Labor Supply and Productivity Responses to Non-Salary Benefits: Do They Work? If So, at What Level Do They Work Best?," IZA Discussion Papers 9153, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    20. Mario Coccia, 2018. "How do public research labs use funding for research? A case study," Papers 1805.11932, arXiv.org.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:11:y:2021:i:2:p:21582440211027564. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.