Insight of Academicians’ Job Performance: Do Transformational Leadership, Pay Satisfaction and Work Environment Matter?

It is important for a university to understand and manage issues related to academicians’ job performance. This paper is intended to examine the influence of transformational leadership, pay satisfaction and work environment on academicians’ job performance in one of Private Higher Education Institution in Malaysia. This study employed a quantitative approach and data were gathered from 142 academicians. Using multiple regression analysis, the findings shows that transformational leadership and work environment significantly influences on academicians’ job performance. However, the finding failed to predict the relationship between pay satisfaction and academicians’ job performance. The significant findings of transformational leadership and work environment provide the new insight of managing academicians job performance in both practical and theoretical ways. Management team of univesity needs to consider transformational approach. It inspires lecturers in ways that go beyond exchanges and rewards by expressing the value and purpose behind the organization’s goals. The finding indicates that transformational leadership has strong concern for job performance because this type of leadership is able to win over their subordinates’ trust and respect by conveying a clear vision, acting with resolve, and displaying a sense of authority. Same goes to work environment. It provides good sign of conducive work environment that can stimulate positive effort and attitude in the workplace. Pay satisfaction, on the other hand, may not their priority in dealing with performance management.