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This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily on January 11, 2018

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is ranked fourth out of seven Asian countries based on JobStreet.com’s Employee Job Happiness Index 2017 survey. The survey shows more than half of the respondents in Malaysia are neutral to happy with their jobs.

In a statement yesterday, Jobstreet.com said Malaysia scored 4.65 on a 10-point scale. Indonesia and Singapore took the first and seventh spots respectively, according to Jobstreet.com.

“In the region, the happiest country in the 2017 Index is Indonesia (5.27). With more than three out of four people being happy at work, Vietnam (5.19) ranked the second, followed by the Philippines (4.97) as the third. Thailand (4.55), Hong Kong (4.45) and Singapore (4.31) took the fifth, sixth and seventh places respectively,” Jobstreet.com said.

A total of 35,513 people were surveyed. They were from seven countries — Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam; across 20 industries; and included fresh graduates as well as those in top management positions.

In Malaysia, Jobstreet.com said it had surveyed 10,143 employees, and 58% of respondents said they are neutral to happy with their jobs.

“Malaysian employees reported that having a good work location, good colleagues and company reputation are the top three key factors that affect their job happiness. The survey results also show employees working in the civil service, food and beverage, and medical industries are the happiest.

“Breaking down into specialisation, the happiest employees turned out to specialise in sales (telesales/telemarketing), engineering (electrical and civil engineering) and healthcare (nurses, medical support and assistants).

“In contrast, poor leadership, a lack of career development and training opportunities were flagged by respondents as the top three factors contributing to job unhappiness,” Jobstreet.com said.

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