Examination of work motivation, work environment, and work engagement relation with job satisfaction during covid -19

ABSTRACT

Due to the covid-19s global spread, companies have been obliged to set up or adopt remote work arrangements. However, business managers are not certain that how these new arrangements would effect on employees' job satisfaction and performance. This quantitative study examines the relationship between work motivation, work environment, and work engagement toward job satisfaction of academicians including lecturers and educators who work from home during covid-19 in the higher education sector in Malaysia by implementing Herzbergs two-factor theory as the main theory for this paper. The study applied deductive reasoning and the philosophy ofpositivism to assess the impact of variables on employees' job satisfaction. simple random sampling with 382 respondents was utilized in his study to ensure that every academician in the higher education field that teaches online during the epidemic in Malaysia had the same opportunity. 230 trustable responses were analysed in SPSS. The results showed that, work motivation and work engagement have a significant positive environment and job satisfaction among academicians who work from home during covid-19 in the higher education sector in Malaysia