The Influence of Ability and Training on Job Satisfaction among Lecturers at Private Universities in Banten Province

The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between job satisfaction and the ability and training of professors working at private institutions in the province of Banten. The data for this research was obtained from 55 professors at Faletehan University in Banten Province by means of a structured questionnaire. The data was then analyzed by means of the Structural Equation Modeling–Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) technique. This study takes a quantitative approach. Ability has a positive and significant influence on work satisfaction (p = 0.014), and training also has a positive and significant effect (p = 0.000), with training exhibiting a higher impact than ability. The data indicate that capacity has a positive and substantial effect on job satisfaction. There was a significant amount of predictive power shown by the fact that the combination of talent and training predicted 90.9% of the variation in job satisfaction. The significance of these findings lies in the fact that it is of utmost importance to connect the abilities of lecturers with their jobs and to provide training that is both relevant and continuous in order to improve work satisfaction. It provides a number of administrative and academic implications for the purpose of enhancing human resource strategies in higher education institutions that are either private or funded by the state.