| Summary: | The aim of this study is to determine whether the job design factors influence the
employees' engagement and intention to quit. Primary data was collected using a
questionnaire. About 113 respondents from Private Higher Learning Institution in
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah participated in this study. The respondents chosen for this
study are private higher learning institution's employees from nine universities
namely Institut Pengurusan Dinamik Sabah (IPDS), Eastern College, Kolej Yayasan
Sabah (KYS), Asian Tourism Institute (ATI), ·Stamford College, Kinabalu Commercial
College, Cosmo Point College, International University College Technology Twintech
(IUCIT) and INTI College. Data collected was analyzed by utilizing the SPSS
computer software program. Through this study design, we can see the results of
the hypotheses testing which involved the relationship between those three
variables; 'Independent Variable' (Job design), Intervening Variable (Employees'
engagement) and 'Dependent Variable' (Intention to Quit). The analysis of available
data indicated that there is a significant relationship between the job design and
intention to quit, there is a significant relationship between the job design and
employees' engagement, there is a significant relationship between the employees'
engagement and intention to quit and the employees' engagement has significance
to mediate the relationship between job design and intention to quit. The study
recommends that the employers need to ensure the job design is clear and well
design. They should pay more attention to some factors such as task significance
and employees' engagement to keep employees' retention in the organizations.
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