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The complexity of nursing working environment can adversely affect their satisfaction towards the job. In general, job characteristics can be categorized into job demands and job resources. Job demands can be managed by having sufficient job resources to meet the favourable work outcome. Job satisfaction is much influenced by both job demands and job resources. Therefore, this paper attempts to examine the relationship between job demands and job resources on job satisfaction among staff nurses at a general hospital in Malaysia. A total of 180 staff nurses were randomly selected from a general hospital in Malaysia to determine the relationship. The finding of present study found that there is only one dimension that is emotional demands under job demands was found a significant negative relationship with job satisfaction. Meanwhile, only one dimension that is feedback at work under job resources was found to have a significant positive relationship with job satisfaction among staff nurses in Malaysia.
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To Cite this Article: Tahir, N. K. M., Hussein, N., & Rahim, A. R. A. (2020). Job Demands and Job Resources on Job Satisfaction: A Study of Staff Nurses at a General Hospital in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(13), 41–50.
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