ERIC Number: EJ1465492
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-2153-1900
EISSN: EISSN-2153-1919
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A Focus on Faculty: Mentorship, Organizational Identification, and Job Satisfaction
Michael G. Strawser; Stephanie Smith; Bridget Rubenking
Journal of Faculty Development, v36 n1 p38-47 2022
The purpose of this study was to better understand the relationships between mentoring, organizational identification, and job satisfaction of U.S. faculty members through a generational perspective. Using a quantitative, online survey of a multigenerational faculty sample (N = 211), this study provides insight to demonstrate that mentorship may be an antecedent to both organizational identification and job satisfaction among faculty members, particularly those who are Millennials. Additionally, this study begins to show that the multigenerational academic workforce may be more similar than different. The implications of this study may help institutions retain faculty in a volatile job market and can provide supervisors, including department heads, deans, and other administrators, avenues to think strategically about leading and managing faculty members across the generational spectrum.
Descriptors: College Faculty, Generational Differences, Professional Identity, Job Satisfaction, Mentors, Young Adults, Adults, Older Adults, Organizational Culture, Organizational Climate, Correlation, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Administrators
Language: English
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