MEASURING FACTORS AFFECTING JOB SATISFACTION AND ENGAGEMENT AMONG ACADEMIC STAFF AT THE TERTIARY LEVEL

Vũ Văn Tuấn; Bế Hoài Anh

doi:10.34238/tnu-jst.5373

MEASURING FACTORS AFFECTING JOB SATISFACTION AND ENGAGEMENT AMONG ACADEMIC STAFF AT THE TERTIARY LEVEL

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Received: 22/12/21 Revised: 09/03/22 Published: 09/03/22

Authors

1. Vu Van Tuan , Hanoi Law University
2. Be Hoai Anh, Hanoi Law University

Abstract

The university autonomy mechanism has a far-reaching consequence on the transformation of universities from line agencies to their overall autonomy. As such, the organizational restructure might influence academic staff in terms of their satisfaction and engagement to their affiliations. This study investigated which factors affect teachers’ job satisfaction and engagement with the involvement of 175 teacher participants who returned their viewpoints via an active Google form for 24 items of the researcher-made questionnaire. The results reveal that teachers’ intrinsic factors are more important than extrinsic ones. The school administrators’ support and care of the academic teachers’ professional development would create a favourable, competitive, collaborative environment for teachers to devote and sacrifice their careers. Furthermore, the outcomes confirm that leaders’ good hear, vision, and talents have a decisive impact on university’s sustainable development as well as academic teachers’ job satisfaction and engagement. This study also provides useful references for university stakeholders to invest further in not only their teaching staff, but also school administrators. Besides, regular university basics should be renovated and furnished to keep up with the requirements of current, advanced teaching and learning.

Keywords

Job satisfaction; Academic staff; Tertiary level; Workplace; Engagement

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.34238/tnu-jst.5373

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