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Amanda M. Kulp; Elizabeth A. Gregg; Amanda Blakewood Pascale – Research in Higher Education, 2024
The role of the department chair is considered one of the most thankless jobs in higher education, but there is surprisingly little research on the daily work-lives of faculty members serving in departmental leadership roles. This study updates the literature by using a national sample of 3,317 associate and full professors serving in department…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Department Heads, Instructional Leadership, Job Satisfaction
Ping Zhao; Jing Yuan; Yongmei Hu – Research in Higher Education, 2024
Several studies have demonstrated the relevance of job demands-resources theory in examining the subjective well-being of Chinese university teachers. Nevertheless, the specific impact and mechanisms of various dimensions of job demands and resources on faculty members' subjective well-being are not well understood. This study seeks to identify…
Descriptors: Working Hours, College Faculty, Work Environment, Faculty Workload
Yoon, So Yoon; Aldridge, Julie L.; Cox, Monica F.; Main, Joyce B.; McGee, Ebony Omotola; Hailu, Meseret F. – Research in Higher Education, 2023
Gender disparities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) faculty composition remain a major issue in U.S. higher education. Specifically, the underrepresentation of women of color has been described as a crisis. We developed the Workplace Climate and Persistence Scale (WCPS) for STEM faculty to assess departmental-level…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Work Environment, Teacher Persistence
Giuseppe Croce; Emanuela Ghignoni – Research in Higher Education, 2024
This study investigates the effects of studying abroad through the Erasmus Programme (EP), a European Union programme launched primarily to foster international mobility and cultural exchange of University students, on the school-to-work transition of university graduates. Since a satisfactory transition does not only mean finding a job, but also…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Experience, Study Abroad, Educational Cooperation
Mudrak, Jiri; Zabrodska, Katerina; Kveton, Petr; Jelinek, Martin; Blatny, Marek; Solcova, Iva; Machovcova, Katerina – Research in Higher Education, 2018
The effects of changing academic environments on faculty well-being have attracted considerable research attention. However, few studies have examined the multifaceted relationships between the academic work environment and the multiple dimensions of faculty well-being using a comprehensive theoretical framework. To address this gap, this study…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, College Faculty, Labor Demands, Work Environment
Rawn, Catherine D.; Fox, Joanne A. – Research in Higher Education, 2018
Teaching Focused Faculty (TFF) roles are growing across Canada and around the world, raising questions about how to understand the nature of faculty work and how faculty in non-traditional work distributions feel about their work. Our study is the first attempt to survey TFF members' work and job attitudes at large research intensive universities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty
Kessler, Stacey R.; Spector, Paul E.; Gavin, Mark B. – Research in Higher Education, 2014
We examined the relationship between gender and both job satisfaction and research productivity using data from 1,135 psychology faculty working in 229 academic departments. We found that gender differences in job satisfaction and research productivity were related to elements of the department (i.e., teaching orientation and structure). Overall,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Gender Differences, Job Satisfaction, Productivity
Campbell, Corbin M.; O'Meara, KerryAnn – Research in Higher Education, 2014
In a modern context of constrained resources and high demands, faculty exert agency to strategically navigate their careers (Baez 2000a; Neumann et al. 2006). Guided by the O'Meara et al. (2011) framework on agency in faculty professional lives, this study used Structural Equation Modeling to investigate which departmental factors…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Individual Power, Career Development, Structural Equation Models
Lawrence, Janet; Ott, Molly; Bell, Alli – Research in Higher Education, 2012
Building on a theoretical framework that links characteristics of individuals and their work settings to organizational commitment (OC) and citizenship behavior, this study considers why faculty may be disengaging from institutional service. Analyses of survey data collected from a state system of higher education suggest that job characteristics,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Socialization, Citizenship, College Faculty
Examining Herzberg's Theory: Improving Job Satisfaction among Non-Academic Employees at a University
Smerek, Ryan E.; Peterson, Marvin – Research in Higher Education, 2007
This study reports the results of a survey of 2700 employees in business operations at a large public, research university. The analysis tests Herzberg et al.'s ("1959") well-known, duality theory of motivators and hygiene factors and the impact of personal characteristics and job characteristics on perceptions of the work environment and job…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Employees, Research Universities, Job Satisfaction
August, Louise; Waltman, Jean – Research in Higher Education, 2004
Retention of female faculty is an important issue for institutions of higher education aiming for excellence and diversity. However, an essential first step in understanding retention is to examine what contributes to career satisfaction for academic women. This study is based on data from a census survey of faculty conducted in 1996 at a Research…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Women Faculty, Labor Turnover, Higher Education
Pike, Gary R. – Research in Higher Education, 2006
Because it focuses on the interactions between students and their environments, Holland's theory of vocational choice provides a powerful framework for studying college experiences. The present study assessed the relative merits of psychological and sociological interpretations of Holland's theory by examining the relationships among students' …
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Intention, Student Attitudes, Psychological Patterns
Mayhew, Matthew J.; Grunwald, Heidi E.; Dey, Eric L. – Research in Higher Education, 2006
The purpose of this paper is to identify factors that create a positive climate for diversity and to demonstrate how these factors predict outcomes related to achieving a positive campus climate for diversity. Based on survey data collected from 437 staff members employed at a large, public, predominantly White University in the Midwest, results…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Work Environment, Educational Environment, College Faculty

Peterson, Marvin W.; White, Theodore H. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
Using a theoretical model of institutional culture, organizational climate, and faculty motivation, a study examined how faculty (n=1,123) and administrators (n=381) in 10 colleges differed in their perceptions, whether differences were affected by institution type, and to what extent faculty and administrators had different implicit models of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Environment, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics

Gress, James R. – Research in Higher Education, 1976
An exploratory study isolated factors useful for predicting faculty attitude toward collective bargaining: monetary issues, working conditions, participation in institutional decision-making, promotion and tenure policies, and individual faculty compensation. Implications are discussed for faculty, administrators, faculty organizers, and…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Financial Policy, Higher Education
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