The influence of total quality management practices towards employee job satisfaction

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify the relationships between Total Quality Management (TQM) practices as well as their effects towards employees' job satisfaction at Majlis Bandaraya Melaka Bersejarah (MBMB). The objective is to have a better understanding on one of the approaches as in TQM practices in preparing the organization which is to deal with environmental changes. This study involved 261 respondents from lower and middle level management employees. This study found that training and teamwork dimension had significant, strong and positive relationships with job satisfaction, while top management commitment and customer focus dimensions were recognized to have significant, moderate and positive relationship with job satisfaction. On top of that, it was discovered that training and teamwork dimension of TQM practices had the greatest influence towards employees' job satisfaction. Top management commitment was the second influential factor of TQM practices towards employees' job satisfaction. However, customer focus was not found to have any significant influence towards MBMB employees' job satisfaction.