Job Satisfaction Components and Turnover Intention at Selected Automotive Manufacturing Facility in Malaysia

Turnover has become a crucial problem in organization and it has impacted the employee performance as well as the whole organization’s performance. The objectives of this study aim to focus on the turnover issue of the employee at selected automotive manufacturing facility in Malaysia. Questionnaires and document analysis were blended to capture authenticity and exhaustiveness of the data. 80 participants were selected from employees of the said organization. Both inferential and descriptive statistics were used to present the results. Next, the data collection in this study was also analyzed by using frequency, descriptive analysis, reliability, Pearson’s Correlation analysis and Multiple Regression Analysis in order to answer the research questions. The researchers have found that out of four components of job satisfaction that were chosen for this study, the only one factor that is significant on the employee turnover intention is nature of work. Another three-factor (supervision, salary and welfare) have no significant impact on employee turnover intention in the case of this organization. In other words, this organization needs to put serious effort in order to have a better nature of work thus will reduce turnover intention among its employees.