The impact on faculty job satisfaction within two-year schools of business in Texas when government and industry training activities are assigned as part of the faculty member's workload /
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1990.
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| Online Access: | ProQuest, Abstract Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Abstract: | This study addressed the following purposes: (1) describe the demographic/job characteristics of community college faculty in Texas; (2) describe the typical workloads of community college faculty; (3) describe the perceptions of faculty members toward industry/government training assignments; and (4) describe why faculty members are satisfied or dissatisfied with outside training activities. To accomplish these purposes, a questionnaire was developed to measure faculty behavior. A random sample was drawn from the names received from a prior questionnaire that was sent to all community colleges in Texas. Descriptive and correlational statistics were used to answer the research questions and hypotheses developed for the study. The conclusions made from the study are as follows: (1) Characteristics of Texas faculty members are not much different than those described in other job satisfaction studies reported in the literature; (2) industry training assignments have a positive effect on faculty job satisfaction; (3) the type of organizational structures that faculty prefer have an impact on their level of job satisfaction; (4) compensation inequity exists between traditional classroom assignments and industrial training assignments; (5) significant relationships exist between demographic variables and faculty job satisfaction; and (6) professional development activities directly influence job satisfaction. The following are recommendations flowing from the study: Community colleges should: (1) fund professional development activities; (2) institute a faculty release time program for the production of scholarly activities; (3) hire professional educators; (4) institute a different compensation system for industry training assignments; (5) conduct an awareness conference; and (6) develop centralized organizational structures for industry training activities. |
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| Item Description: | Typescript (photocopy). Vita. "Major subject: Curriculum and instruction." |
| Physical Description: | ix, 170 leaves ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |