ERIC Number: ED437885
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Publication Date: 1998-Nov
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Job Satisfaction in Mexican Faculty: An Analysis of its Predictor Variables. ASHE Annual Meeting Paper.
Galaz-Fontes, Jesus Francisco; Gil-Anton, Manuel
This study examined overall job satisfaction among college faculty in Mexico. The study used data from a 1992-93 Carnegie International Faculty Survey. Secondary multiple regression analysis identified predictor variables for several faculty subgroups. Results were interpreted by differentiating between work-related and intrinsic factors, as well as by relating particular predictors to conditions affecting the Mexican academic profession. The strongest predictor variables were work-related (management, job security, academic salary); academic climate (academic collaboration, intellectual atmosphere); and other intrinsic variables (teaching and governance issues) played a secondary role. The study found that while Mexican faculty were generally dissatisfied with the job situations in which they work on a day-to-day basis, on a long-term basis they hold the careers they have chosen in high regard. The results were strongest for full-time faculty and faculty holding doctorates; they were weaker for part-time faculty and full-time faculty with no graduate degrees. Eight tables summarize the data. (Contains 27 references.) (CH)
Descriptors: College Environment, College Faculty, Correlation, Educational Resources, Faculty College Relationship, Foreign Countries, Full Time Faculty, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, Mexicans, Organizational Climate, Part Time Faculty, Predictor Variables, Quality of Working Life, Statistical Analysis, Work Environment
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mexico
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