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Morrison, Emory; Rudd, Elizabeth; Picciano, Joseph; Nerad, Maresi – Research in Higher Education, 2011
This paper empirically evaluates Caplow and McGee's (The academic marketplace, 1958) model of academia as a prestige value system (PVS) by testing several hypotheses about the relationship between prestige of faculty appointment and job satisfaction. Using logistic regression models to predict satisfaction with several job domains in a sample of…
Descriptors: Reference Groups, Job Satisfaction, Reputation, Social Sciences
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Parson, L. Alayne; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A faculty (n=347) survey at a research-oriented public university identified four major sources of faculty support: off-campus personal relationships; colleagues within the academic unit; professional support outside the academic unit; and an ethnic/minority network, on and off campus. Differences related to gender and rank were investigated.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Family Role, Helping Relationship, Higher Education