This study identified determinants of publication productivity of Ph.D. faculty in arts and science departments at undergraduate colleges. Separate analyses were also conducted of faculty publishing at public, nondenominational, Protestant, and Catholic institutions. The sample consisted of 1,216 faculty selected from the respondents in the…

The sources of faculty work dissatisfaction in U.S. colleges and universities were studied in 1978-1979. A sample of 1972 faculty teaching in 24 institutions were mailed questionnaires, and 1,096 usable responses were received. The sample included faculty from eight universities, eight liberal arts colleges, and eight community colleges. Five…

Faculty role conflicts with respect to 17 work activities are examined in a rapidly changing university School of Education. Actual and perceived expectations for each activity with respect to the role sets of undergraduate and graduate students, administrators, and faculty themselves are shown. Difficulty in fulfilling expectations is a third…

Questions regarding changing professorial values are examined from three sources and methodologies--historical, sociological, and humanistic. Each approach contributes to an answer to the issue although each method has limitations. (The historical record is spotty. Socioeconomic status and religious background data are cross-sectional, not…

In the present document, 18 empirical studies on the mobility of academic men are examined. Results of the study indicate that it is difficult to determine what faculty members will change their jobs for what reasons. It is felt that the economic aspects of a new job offering are not the only reasons for a faculty member's decision to change…

This inquiry determines the degree of relationship between observed faculty personal characteristics and judged teaching effectiveness. Students in a liberal arts college rated faculty on two typical teaching evaluation instruments and on a semantic differential form. Data came from 1,500 student judgments on 108 faculty (86 percent). Factor…

This study has a two-fold purpose: (1) to examine career patterns of music faculty in institutions accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), and (2) to determine how these faculty perceive the importance of selected determinants of job choice as they to mobility. (Author)

A study explored the relationship between the traditional system of college faculty rank and faculty research productivity from the perspectives of behavioral reinforcement theory and selection function. Six hypotheses were generated and tested, using data from a 1989 national faculty survey. Results failed to support completely either the…

The purpose of the present study was to determine faculty output and accountability within faculty workload by determining the unit cost in output and effort in graduating a single Ph.D. student. Work equivalents are determined from institutional and faculty self-reports at a major graduate university in which 225 faculty members were surveyed.…

This report discusses criticism of academic tenure and examines the literature that supports or refutes these criticisms. The author finds current tenure practices result in a collective faculty that will age over time and that the percentage of tenured faculty will increase markedly. But he also concludes that studies of faculty adaptability and…

A study investigated the test-retest reliability of critical faculty productivity measures used in a 1988 major national survey, "Faculty at Work." It further sought to explain reliability differences among items and item types, identify variables and constructs wrongly assumed to be stable over time, and examine implications for other…

The comparative success of Black faculty in White research universities was studied. Findings reveal similarities between Black and White professors--in work effort, scholarly productivity, favorableness of the racial climate, and the endorsement of universalistic over particularistic reward standards. (Author/MLW)

This paper reports the recruitment, socialization, and retention of a faculty of medicine. The study shows the process of M.D. and Ph.D. conversion to academic medicine through socialization and the factors which affect retention and attrition of a medical faculty. The research utilizes Sherlock and Morris' professional development paradigm. As…

Examines data related to correlates of scholarly productivity. Data were collected from 8,692 college and university faculty members. Findings indicate that those faculty members who publish the most articles and books receive degrees when young, develop a habit of regular output, and work in a university with a reputation for scholarship.…