ERIC Number: ED646873
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 123
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Examining the Relationship between Organizational Health and Faculty Satisfaction in Institutions of Higher Education
Malea Crosby
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Indiana State University
Institutions of higher education are facing increased pressure to do more with less while continuing to provide a high-quality education. Faculty are asked to teach more and do more with decreased resources and without additional compensation. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on institutions of higher education resulting in decreased enrollment, reduced funding, and increased stress and workload on faculty and staff. With all of these additional pressures, faculty are at an increased risk of burnout and decreased job satisfaction. One thing institutions of higher education can do to improve faculty satisfaction is to examine its organizational health. Unhealthy organizations have faculty who are dissatisfied, and dissatisfied faculty lead to high rates of absenteeism, withdrawal behaviors, poor organizational commitment, and decreased productivity. This study had two purposes: first, to examine the relationship between organizational health and faculty satisfaction at institutions of higher education, and second to examine the relationships between the variables of organizational health and the variables of job satisfaction. This quantitative study collected data from 424 full-time tenure or tenure-track faculty at four-year public and private institutions of higher education. Organizational health was measured using the Organizational Health Inventory (Hoy & Feldman, 1987), and job satisfaction was measured by the Job Satisfaction Survey (Spector, 1985). A Pearson correlation was conducted to examine the relationship between organizational health and job satisfaction. The results indicated a statistically significant positive relationship between the total organizational health score and the total job satisfaction score. A canonical correlation was conducted to examine the relationships between the variables of organizational health and the variables of job satisfaction. The results found statistical significance at four of the possible seven roots. Root one indicated all variables of organizational health and all variables of job satisfaction were related. Canonical root two, identified as Institutional Environment versus Personal Environment, indicated that lower ratings of institutional integrity, low consideration, low administrator influence and high ratings of morale were associated with low ratings of operating procedures and high ratings of coworkers. Canonical root three, identified as Mission versus Employer Policy, indicated that high institutional integrity, low resource support, and high academic emphasis were associated with high satisfaction of supervision, and low ratings of fringe benefits and operating procedures. Canonical root four, identified as Institutional policy versus Tangible goods, indicated that high ratings of the organizational health variables of initiating structure, resource support, and academic emphasis were associated with high satisfaction with pay and low satisfaction with supervision. In addition to the significant findings, this study adds to the body of research on the relationship between organizational health and job satisfaction and helps to fill the gaps about the relationship between these two in the higher education setting. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Organizational Climate, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Correlation, Job Satisfaction, Faculty Workload, COVID-19, Pandemics, Risk, Burnout, Stress Variables, Teacher Attendance, Teacher Burnout, Organizational Culture, Tenure, State Universities, Private Colleges, Integrity, Institutional Characteristics, Institutional Mission, Academic Education, Supervision, Fringe Benefits, Salaries
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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