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Al Zeer, Imad; Ajouz, Mousa; Salahat, Mahmoud – International Journal of Educational Management, 2023
Purpose: Considering the importance of employee performance in the changes in state higher education institutions, this study aims to conceptualize the mediating role of employee engagement and empowerment in predicting employee performance. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses a quantitative survey method to collect data from staff members…
Descriptors: Employees, Work Attitudes, Empowerment, Predictor Variables
Sarah Jean Owens – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In 2021, there were 68.9 million job separations. Of those, 47.4 million people willingly left their jobs (Romans, 2022). As the "Great Resignation" in the COVID-19 era continues, many professional staff in higher education are re-examining their relationship with work (McClure, 2021). Higher education professional staff, often feeling…
Descriptors: Occupational Mobility, Higher Education, Work Attitudes, COVID-19
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Agalday, Bünyamin – Pedagogical Research, 2022
This study aimed to examine the effect of alienation from the academic profession (AAP) on organizational deviance (OD) and the mediating role of job satisfaction (JS) in this relationship. A quantitative correlational design was employed. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data gathered from 257 academics in Turkey. The results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Alienation, Career Choice
Haysetta Shuler – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Many organizations experience turnover rates that may result from work-life imbalance. Organizations with increased turnover rates experience various negative consequences. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between work-life balance, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) classification status, and…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Family Work Relationship, Federal Legislation, Labor Legislation
Aydiner, Cihan – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The research investigates the interdependencies among higher education, motivation, belonging, and development. Also, the study covers the literature on integration and gender of international migrants. The first study examines the motivation to serve and its predictors among Turkish military officers and Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) prior to…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Immigrants, Correlation, Higher Education
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Anthun, Kirsti Sarheim; Innstrand, Siw Tone – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
This study examines the predictive value of job demands and resources on the meaning of work and organisational commitment across three age groups; young workers (<30 years), a middle age group of workers (30-49 years) and older workers (>50 years). Data were collected from a survey conducted among university employees (N = 3,066).…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Predictor Variables, Job Satisfaction, Work Environment
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Relojo, Dennis; Pilao, Sonia Janice; Dela Rosa, Rona – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2015
Positive thinking, in conjunction with a robust attitude, can affect one's well-being and coping strategies under stressful events. This study sought to identify the role of Emotional Quotient (EQ) to Work Attitude Behaviour (WAB) of selected faculty members from three higher educational institutions in the Philippines. Using a non-experimental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emotional Intelligence, Predictor Variables, Work Attitudes
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Selmer, Jan; Jonasson, Charlotte; Lauring, Jakob – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2014
In educational studies much attention has been directed to engagement as a precondition for positive student outcomes. Very few studies, however, have focused on the engagement of the faculty members. This is a regrettable omission because engagement has been argued to lead to more satisfied, more productive and healthier faculty members. In this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Faculty, Social Exchange Theory
Lowhorn, Greg L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study utilized a predictive, multivariate research design to test the relationship between three independent variables--supportive organizational leadership, organizational socialization, and satisfaction with supervision--and the dependent variable--turnover intent--as mediated by organizational commitment and job satisfaction. The…
Descriptors: Supervision, Labor Turnover, Faculty, Higher Education
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Granrose, Cherlyn Skromme – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1984
Identifies factors influencing women's (N=202) intention to work during the first three years following childbirth using a model which proposes that intentions are a function of work experience, vicarious experience with a working mother, subjective normative pressure, and attitudes. Results indicated that attitudes had the strongest influence on…
Descriptors: Birth, College Students, Employed Parents, Females
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Terpstra, David E. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1983
Investigated job-seeker preferences for selected job factors in a study of 266 students who rated fictitious job descriptions. Results showed adequate pay was relatively more important than factors related to the type of work. Sex, age, grade average, parents' income, experience, and achievement need influenced students' attitudes. (JAC)
Descriptors: College Students, Compensation (Remuneration), Higher Education, Occupational Information
Etaugh, Claire; Gilomen, Gina – 1986
Although mothers have been entering the labor force in increasing numbers, little is known about the characteristics of those who hold varying attitudes toward maternal employment. A study was conducted to identify demographic predictors of attitudes toward working mothers. The Attitudes Toward Working Mothers Scale and a biographical…
Descriptors: College Students, Demography, Employed Parents, Higher Education
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Neumann, Yorm; Neumann, Lily – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1982
Examined the relationship between university professors' (N=120) work orientation and attitudes toward their work. Found that a global work orientation is a strong predictor of attitudes toward intrinsic aspects of work in social sciences and a moderate predictor in physical sciences. (Author)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction
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Siegfried, William D.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1981
Both male and female college students rated motivators as important, but females also placed importance on environmental factors. The subject's sex could be predicted by both the importance for self and importance for opposite sex ratings. Females' job preferences were related to their mothers' educational achievement. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Family Influence, Higher Education, Mothers
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Pollock, Timothy G.; Whitbred, Robert C.; Contractor, Noshir – Human Communication Research, 2000
Tests two theories regarding the factors that influence job satisfaction in an organizational setting: the job characteristic theory, and the social information processing theory. Finds individuals' job satisfaction is predicted by objective characteristics of the job, and an individual's level of job satisfaction is influenced by the job…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Employee Attitudes, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction
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