EFFECTS OF COMPENSATION, CAREER DEVELOPMENT, WORK DISCIPLINE AND WORK ENVIRONMENT ON JOB SATISFACTION AMONG PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS IN LAHAD DATU, SABAH

This chapter sets the scene for the study and informs the reader about the issue at hand. It highlights the significance of the study and distils it down to the thesis statement. Following that, the thesis's goals, objectives, and questions are provided. Finally, important definitions of terms used throughout the study are supplied in the concluding section. In organisational science and organisational behaviour, job satisfaction is not a new phenomenon. It's one of the things that's piqued the curiosity of academics in the field. For over six decades, many studies have been conducted and thousands of articles have been published on this topic (Zembylas & Papanastasiou, 2006). The majority of the studies, however, have been conducted in affluent countries such as the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand, with only a few studies conducted in developing countries. This means that there is more literature on teacher work satisfaction in industrialised countries than in emerging countries, particularly Malaysia