Although much has been written on shared governance, research at faith-based institutions has been limited. This study sought to answer what factors influence full-time undergraduate faculty's attitudes toward shared governance, specifically shared governance satisfaction, at 10 other religious, 4-year private institutions and Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) members. Astin's theory of student involvement formed the theoretical framework and his I-E-O model was the conceptual framework. The dataset contained 51 input and environmental variables from the 2016'2017 HERI Faculty Survey and had 685 faculty respondents. A blocked form of stepwise linear regression determined which independent variables related to faculty involvement in teaching, research, service, spirituality, and intermediate educational outcomes had a statistically significant impact on the dependent variable. The findings showed 14 variables had a statistically significant relationship with shared governance satisfaction; most of them were opinion, satisfaction and stress-related variables, clustered in the intermediate educational outcomes block, which explained 80.5% of the variance in the dependent variable. This study has several policy implications: institutions should have effective policies (a) pertaining to faculty hiring, and specifically to increase faculty diversity, (b) that better promote work-life balance, (c) that recognize faculty's involvement in governance activities and a differentiated faculty reward system, and (d) on faculty advancement and promotion decisions. Practice implications include scheduling research talks to connect faculty cross-departmentally and offer research opportunities, regular communications about research conducted, hiring departmental leaders carefully, promoting work-life balance through varied methods, and helping faculty incorporate community service as part of their coursework. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohiteacher bited 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.]