Quality Work Life among Factory Workers in Malaysia

Quality of Work Life among employees is important as it entails strong participation in many of the programs organized by firms. Moreover, having quality work life will lead to better well being of the workers and society. This study was conducted at one of the largest factories in northern part of Malaysia. With a respond rate of 70%, Pearson correlation indicates that job satisfaction, job involvement and job security have significant relationship with quality of work life. The study contributes to the mainstream knowledge of the work life study as it delineates the situation from the perspectives of locals working in multinational firm. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V. Selection and/or peer-review under the responsibility of Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies(cE-Bs), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia