Volume 3 Issue 14 (December 2020) PP. 39-46 DOI 10.35631/IJMTSS.314003 Copyright © GLOBAL ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE (M) SDN BHD - All rights reserved 39 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN TRENDS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES (IJMTSS) www.ijmtss.com JOB SATISFACTION INFLUENCE JOB PERFORMANCE AMONG POLYTECHNIC EMPLOYEES Muhamad Saufiyudin Omar 1* , Nurhidayah Rafie 2 , Shahrizal Ahmad Selo 3 1 Department of Tourism & Hospitality, Politeknik Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, Pauh Putra, 02600 Arau, Perlis Malaysia. Email: saufiyudin@yahoo.com 2 Department of Tourism & Hospitality, Politeknik METrO Kuantan, No. A-5, Jalan Tun Ismail 2, Sri Dagangan 11, 25000 Kuantan, Pahang Malaysia. Email: nurhidayah@pmku.edu.my 3 Department of Tourism & Hospitality, Politeknik Merlimau (PMM), Karung Berkumci 1031, Pejabat Pos, 77300 Melaka, Malaysia. Email: shahrizal@pmm.edu.my * Corresponding Author Article Info: Abstract: Article history: Received date:15.10.2020 Revised date: 21.10.2020 Accepted date: 01.11.2020 Published date: 03.12.2020 To cite this document: Omar, M. S., Rafie, N., & Selo, S. A. (2020). Job Satisfaction Influence Job Performance among Polytechnic Employees. International Journal of Modern Trends in Social Sciences, 3 (14), 39-46. DOI: 10.35631/IJMTSS.314003 This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Job satisfaction is a crucial factor that determines the performance of the employees. However, plenty of researches has been studies on this topic, but very limited studies focus on Polytechnic employees. Therefore, this study aims to examine the influence of job satisfaction and employee performance in the context of Polytechnic employees. The quantitative and cross-sectional method was employed. A total of 130 respondents answered the survey. The simple regression analysis result reveals that job satisfaction significantly and positively influenced employee performance. This suggests that enhancing job satisfaction among Polytechnic employees is critically important to improving their performances. More details about its findings and implications are discussed. Keywords: Employee Performance; Job Satisfaction; Malaysia; Polytechnic Employees Introduction Employee job performance is one common subject in researches. Many companies rely on the employees to survive as well as bring more profit to the company. The employee is a valuable