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JOB SATISFACTION--
JOB SATISFACTION OF EXPERIENCED PROFESSORS AT A LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE
Junfeng.Ma
Background
Purpose: examine career satisfaction and explore
motivations for staying in the profession
Target: experienced professors at a moderate- sized liberal arts college Characters: tenure-track faculty who had been teaching in higher education for at least 15 years Methods: Experienced Teacher Survey and
Interview
Four Questions
To what extent are experienced college professors satisfied with their work?
What are the primary areas of satisfaction
that motivate professors to remain in their positions?
What role does scholarship play in the lives of professors?
How important is it for professors to provide service to their institution?
ETS Data Source
Of the 170 surveys that were distributed, 74 (43.5%) were returned by experienced professors
Interview Data Source
25 professors =12 males + 13 females; 12 SOLA, 6 SOS, 3 SEBA, 4 SOE
QUESTION 1
To what extent are experienced college professors satisfied with their work?
Result for Question 1
In table 1 ,by mean scores ranging from 3.25 (SD, 0.60) to 3.50 (SD, 0.65) on the 4-point scale
The survey data suggest that these experienced professors were satisfied with their jobs
QUESTION 2
What are the primary areas of satisfaction
that motivate professors to remain in their positions?
Result for Question 2
Professional satisfaction factors
Practical satisfaction factors
Social satisfaction factors
Professional satisfaction factors
Professional Satisfaction factors contributed substantially to the professors' overall satisfaction
with their work and were an important reason for their remaining in teaching
Practical satisfaction factors Practical factors were important to
professors, but not as important as the Professional Satisfaction factors
Social satisfaction factors
Two relationships : faculty colleagues and administrators Having good relationships with faculty
colleagues is more important than relationships with
administrators
QUESTION 3
What role does scholarship play in the lives of professors?
Result for Question 3
Engaging in scholarship appears to have had a
greater influence on the participants' decision to remain in the profession than the opportunity to perform service
QUESTION 4
How important is it for professors to provide service to their institution?
Result for Question 4 The opportunity to perform service was
the lowest quantitative factor professors identified as an influence in their decision to remain in the profession.
Conclusion
Professional Satisfaction factors is the most powerful motivators that induced experienced professors to remain in the classroom.
Scholarship was also a great source of satisfaction for the professors (although time
and expectations were constraints), as was their relationships with colleagues. Service to the institution and Practical Satisfaction factors were generally rated lower
as motivators
Conclusion
Having a good administrator ranked near the bottom of factors professors identified as important for their job satisfaction
Some Questions
Do you think you would get similar answers from professors at large research universities such as Penn State, Arizona State, Texas AM or Virginia Tech?
Do you think the overall satisfaction level would be lower if non-tenured professors were surveyed? And if so, what specific areas do you think would score the lowest?
Thanks