A Study of the Job Satisfaction of College Faculty
Author : Susan Marie Henry
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Page : 202 pages
File Size : 20,92 MB
Release : 1991
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Author : Susan Marie Henry
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Page : 202 pages
File Size : 20,92 MB
Release : 1991
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Author : Ahmad Sonhadji K. Hasan
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Page : 392 pages
File Size : 26,15 MB
Release : 1989
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Author : Linda Serra Hagedorn
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,90 MB
Release : 2000-07-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780787954383
In recent years, the attention of college trustees and administrators as well as the general public has turned largely to increasing positive student outcomes and cost effectiveness, while the satisfaction of faculty and staff has been viewed as a significantly lesser concern. This volume argues that positive outcomes for the entire campus can only be achieved within an environment that considers the satisfaction of all of those employed in the academy. The contributors examine various jobs within the campus community-including classified staff and student affairs administrators as well as faculty-and suggest factors that will promote job satisfaction and thereby foster other positive outcomes. They review, for example, the positive relationship between sabbatical leave and the development and satisfaction of faculty. They also explore the role of the faculty union in the satisfaction of community college faculty, the unique challenges to achieving satisfaction that face women faculty members and faculty of color, and other key issues.
Author : Robert T. Blackburn
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Page : 416 pages
File Size : 16,10 MB
Release : 1995
Category : College teachers
ISBN : 9780801849428
"Draws together empirical evidence on college and university faculty at work; develops and tests a theoretical framework of faculty motivation to engage in different teaching, research, and service activities; and suggests how administrative practices can be improved so that faculty work lives are enriched and institutions become more productive organizations." -- Resources in Education
Author : David Weymouth Wheeler
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Page : 186 pages
File Size : 14,84 MB
Release : 1971
Category : College teachers
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Author : Andrea Mary Olson
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Page : 278 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 1996
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Author : Cathy Ann Trower
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 50,55 MB
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 1421405970
Satisfaction ratings from tenure-track faculty at 200 institutions across the country reveal best practices and the key elements of workplace success. Landing a tenure-track position is no easy task. Achieving tenure is even more difficult. Under what policies and practices do faculty find greater clarity about tenure and experience higher levels of job satisfaction? And what makes an institution a great place to work? In 2005–2006, the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education surveyed more than 15,000 tenure-track faculty at 200 participating institutions to assess their job satisfaction. The survey was designed around five key themes for faculty satisfaction: tenure clarity, work-life balance, support for research, collegiality, and leadership. Success on the Tenure Track positions the survey data in the context of actual colleges and universities and real faculty and administrators who talk about what works and why. Best practices at the highest-rated institutions in the survey—Auburn, Ohio State, North Carolina State, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Iowa, Kansas, and North Carolina at Pembroke—give administrators practical, proven advice on how to increase their employee satisfaction. Additional chapters discuss faculty demographics, trends in employment practices, what leaders can do to create and sustain a great workplace for faculty, and what the future might hold for tenure. An actively engaged faculty is crucial for American higher education to retain its global competitiveness. Cathy Ann Trower’s analysis provides colleges and universities a considerable inside advantage to get on the right track toward a happy, productive workforce.
Author : Spencer Alex Isom
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Page : 254 pages
File Size : 14,76 MB
Release : 2004
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Author : Janet Henchie Neely
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Page : 430 pages
File Size : 34,72 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Socialization
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Measures and compares job satisfaction in terms of intrinsic, extrinsic, and general satisfaction for full-time and part-time faculty at two-year community colleges. Relates, for the part-time faculty, levels of satisfaction for comparison to the outside employment of the part-time faculty member. Measures the positive relationship between levels of satisfaction of part-time faculty with three socialization strategies, training, education, and apprenticeship, and the levels of satisfaction for the faculty.
Author : Russell Warren Howton
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Page : pages
File Size : 50,53 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Communication in education
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The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between selected demographic and educational variables of faculty members employed in the Alabama Community College System and their impact on job satisfaction. The variables included in the study are the demographic variables of age, gender, ethnicity, salary, and degree status, along with the institutional variables of academic ability of students, advancement in technology, faculty workload, tenure, co-worker relationship, administrative governance and support, and professional growth opportunities. This study was conducted to educate college administrators regarding faculty morale and to provide a means of communication between administrators and faculty to address faculty concerns, thus leading to a more stable learning environment for students. A survey research design was used to collect and analyze the data from faculty members at 10 community colleges within the state of Alabama. An instrument designed by the researcher entitled the Howton Community College Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey was used to collect the data using SurveyGizmo.com. The instrument was validated by a panel of experts and a pilot study determined the reliability coefficient to be .786. The data were analyzed through the use of descriptive statistics, factoral analysis, and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The findings of the study indicated a four scale structure for the created instrument which consisted of the following components: 1) administrative support and its affect on the personal life of faculty members; 2) obtaining tenure and the evaluation process; 3) technology in the classroom and training through professional development activities; and 4) relationship among colleagues. Results from ANOVA show that there were no between or within group differences among mean scores with regard to age, sex, ethnicity, salary, tenure status, or degree status. Examining measures of central tendencies revealed that over 20% of faculty members responded negatively with regard to satisfaction in the areas of academic ability of students, administrative support, professional development opportunities, and advancements in technology. However, 87% of faculty members responded favorably regarding their overall job satisfaction.