Assessing the Relationship Between Collegiality and Job Satisfaction Among Faculty Members at a Research University

• In Event: 66.025 - The Faculty Role: Privilege, Colleagues, and Change

Abstract

This study seeks to contribute to the existing literature about the relationship between collegiality and overall job satisfaction for full-time faculty. For the purposes of this study, collegiality was operationalized using measures of mentoring and collaboration, in consonance with the study’s conceptual framework described in the following section. A singular research question guided the proposed study: (a) What is the net effect of collegiality on faculty job satisfaction, controlling for various background traits and perceptions on work-life?

Authors

• Royel M. Johnson, The Pennsylvania State University

• Terrell Lamont Strayhorn, The Ohio State University

• Tonya N. Saddler, Marywood University