Mohammad Hadi Safi; Masud Falahi Khoshknab; Mehdi Russel; Mehdi Rahgozar
Volume 7, Issue 1 , July 2010, , Pages 34-43
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Introduction: Identifying effective factors of job satisfaction amongst academic staff could be useful in improving their job satisfaction and motivating them to perform educational and research activities Hence this study was performed to investigate the effective individual environmental and ...
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Introduction: Identifying effective factors of job satisfaction amongst academic staff could be useful in improving their job satisfaction and motivating them to perform educational and research activities Hence this study was performed to investigate the effective individual environmental and occupational factors of job satisfaction amongst the academic staff of University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences Methods: In t his descriptiveanalytical study 94 members of academic staff of University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences participated In order to analyze the data stepwise regression Pearson correlation coefficient independent sample tTest KurskalWallis test one way ANOVA and descriptive statistics were applied Results: T he mean ( ± SD) of academic staffs job satisfaction score was 726 (± 1691) out of 135 Marital status personal car possession academic degree and position spouses educational status and the status of personal house possession influenced academic staffs job satisfaction (P
Mansour Ranjbar; Kourosh Vahidshahi
Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2008, , Pages 92-99
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Background & Objective : Faculty members are one of the most important parts of Input in the Educational system so fine determination of effective factors on their Job satisfaction is critically important This study was designed to evaluate effective factors on faculty members job satisfaction in ...
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Background & Objective : Faculty members are one of the most important parts of Input in the Educational system so fine determination of effective factors on their Job satisfaction is critically important This study was designed to evaluate effective factors on faculty members job satisfaction in Mazandaran University of Medical sciences 2006 Methods : In this descriptive cross sectional study all faculty members (135 ones) of medical college who participated as the study samples completed a questionnaire (based on Herzberg theory) consisted demographic variables 40 items in 11 domains for assessment of effective factors on job satisfaction according to 4 point Likert seal degree Results : Among our sample 106 faculty members participated in the study (875% response rate) majority of them were clinical specialists and sub specialists and mostly were assistant professors (735%) The highest mean score (±SD) for effective domains on job satisfaction were as follow: salary 381(±061) condition of work environment 372(±075) job position 33(±081) The least important domains include: method of monitoring and supervising 191(±063) gratitude 2(±074) and communications 202(±085) Basic sciences faculties cared significantly more about salary steady job environment career promotion and quality while for assistant professors environment and responsibility were more significant Conclusion : This study showed that external factors including salary and job environment were the most effective factors on job satisfaction of faculty members but factors related to organizational position of faculty members (communications and supervision) were less important In Overall this study indicated less importance of organizational and team spirit in faculty members and predominance of individual benefits which should be modified by appropriate programs