Satisfied employees are crucial in developing a successful organization. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that affect job satisfaction among polytechnic academic employees in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was employed and stratified random sampling was used to collect the data. A total of 130 respondents answered the questionnaires. The results revealed that job security, salary and working conditions had significant and positive influence on job satisfaction among polytechnic academic employees. Hence, strengthening the factors of job security, salary and working conditions among the polytechnic academic employees is critically important to ensure the employees are satisfied which will then lead towards a successful polytechnic.

Organizational commitment is identified as a critical factor that is closely associated with job satisfaction. A limited number of studies have been done to look into the influence of organizational commitment on job satisfaction among Polytechnic staff. Therefore, this study aims to examine the influence of organizational commitment and job satisfaction. A quantitative study was conducted, and stratified random sampling was employed to collect data. Questionnaires were distributed and answered by 130 respondents. The findings reveal that organizational commitment that comprises normative commitment, continuance commitment and affective commitment significantly and positively impacts job satisfaction. This suggests that improving the organizational commitment, more specifically, the normative commitment, continuance commitment, and affective commitment among Polytechnic staff is critically important to enhance their job satisfaction.