International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR) ISSN 2307-4531 (Print & Online) http://gssrr.org/index.php?journal=JournalOfBasicAndApplied --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 149 Cross-Cultural Competence and Job Exhaustion on Life Satisfaction among Bangladeshi Employees in Malaysia Afroza Akter a* , Azizan Marzuki b a,b School of Housing, Building and Planing, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia a Email: afrozaakter2011@yahoo.com Abstract In the competitive environment to survive in the marketplace, every worker needs to be satisfied with their life. Workplace exhaustion is a dominant challenge faced by different organizations all over the world. Cross- culture competence refers to knowledge, skills, and influences that ease people’s smooth integration into a multi-cultural society. Cross-culture competences, thus, highlight an individual’s ability to work effectively in a diversified culture that is different from one’s own culture. The aim of the present study was to explore the role of exhaustion and cross cultural competences in life satisfaction of Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia. For this purpose 300 self-administrative questionnaires were distributed; 266 workers responded but 18 of them answered the questionnaire partially. SPSS software was used to analyze the data. The results demonstrated that exhaustion and cross-cultural competencies have a significant role in workers’ life satisfaction. The outcomes of this study will facilitate organizations to understand the main contributors to life satisfaction, and enable them to take necessary corrective actions to enhance this. Keywords: Life satisfaction; job exhaustion; cross culture competence; Bangladeshi Employees. 1. Introduction Nowadays life satisfaction is being exceptionally studied by researchers. With an estimation of 22.0 million new competitors, the labor force has reached at 73.9 million from 2005 to 2015 [1]. A significant amount of foreign currency is remitted by around 7% of the total labor force which covers 11.1% of the national gross domestic product - a key concern for the international labor market[1]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Corresponding author. brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by GSSRR.ORG: International Journals: Publishing Research Papers in all Fields