From Academics' Perceived Work Environment to Their Job Dissatisfaction: The Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy

• In Event: 61.071 - Sheraton Roundtable Session 10 - Grand Centre
  In Roundtable Session: 61.071-2 - Faculty Work Environments

Abstract

This research investigated the mediating role of academic self-efficacy in the relationship between perceived work environment and job dissatisfaction. Participants were 547 academics from the eight University Grants Committee funded universities in Hong Kong. Results showed that academics’ perceived work environment (including their perceptions of institutional expectations towards research, university governance, and of working conditions) statistically predicted their job dissatisfaction – both directly and indirectly – through academics’ self-efficacy in research and teaching. Findings have enriched the literature concerning academics’ perceived work environment, their academic self-efficacy, and job dissatisfaction. At the same time, the findings have established a meaningful link between the field of higher education and that of psychology; they have practical implications for academics and for university senior managers.

Authors

• Li-Fang Zhang, University of Hong Kong

• Mingchen Fu

• Dorothy Tao Li, The University of Hong Kong

• Gerard Postiglione, The University of Hong Kong