Predicting Faculty Job Satisfaction Based on Perceived Administrator Support and Employment Status

• In Event: Moscone Center North Roundtable Session 11
  In Roundtable Session: Factors Influencing Faculty Satisfaction

Abstract

This study examines the greatest predictors of faculty job satisfaction using crosstabs, frequencies, and regression analyzing data from the 2013-14 Faculty Survey administered by the Higher Education Research Institute. The study’s framework is based on Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory, and its findings reaffirm the literature’s emphasis on perceived administrator support in affecting faculty job satisfaction, while unmasking the nuanced effects of employment status. Implications of this study include increased faculty representation in governance, transparency of promotion and advancement policies and decisions, collaboration between faculty inter- and intra-departmentally, and specialized support services for adjunct faculty. Areas for future research include conducting more studies using qualitative data and framed from administrator perspectives.

Author

• Catherine Choe, University of California - Los Angeles