Abstract:
Globally, the participation of female in economic activities has already contributed to
economic development and led to high rates of growth. Fact shows that female
involvement in the workforce market is important. However, Arab traditional norms
restricted female roles in the occupation sector. In the Jordanian workforce, female are
still not treated equally especially in terms of job payment. Therefore the main objectives
of this study are to test the effect of job discrimination on job performance, job
discrimination on job satisfaction, and to determine whether job satisfaction mediates the
relationship between job discrimination and job performance. Data were collected from
169 female academicians in 10 private universities in Jordan by using a proportional
stratified sampling procedure and a self-administered survey. Collected data was analysed
using SEM Smart PLS. Findings show that job satisfaction fully mediate the relationship
between job discrimination and job performance. However, findings for this study shows
that there is no relationship between job discrimination and job performance. It is
therefore recommended that the management of universities focus more on increasing job
satisfaction among female academicians in private universities by fulfilling their need.
