Employee Satisfaction and its Impact on Faculty Members' Performance at Al Ain University of Science and Technology in the UAE

Abstract

This study aims to determine the level of job satisfaction and examine factors affecting job satisfaction among Faculty members at Al Ain University of Science and Technology in the United Arab Emirates. A sample of 110 faculty members, responded to the study. Job satisfaction was measured by The Brayfield Rothe Job Satisfaction Index as modified by Warner and self-efficacy by the General Self-efficacy Scale. T-test analysis, Pearson correlation, one-way analysis of variance with Tukey post hoc and multiple regression analyses were employed. Results indicated that faculty members had a high level of job satisfaction. Moreover, results showed differences in the level of job satisfaction for men with higher academic ranks and more teaching experience. No significant difference in job satisfaction could be seen among married and bachelor faculty members. Therefore, this variable was excluded from the further analysis. The result of stepwise multiple linear regression showed that the independent variables (self-efficacy, gender, age, teaching experience, and academic rank) accounted for 46.7% of the variance in the job satisfaction of faculty members. Findings showed that higher self-efficacy aligned with high levels of job satisfaction hence self-efficacy emerged as the most significant predictor of job satisfaction. Recommendations include that higher education policymakers in the United Arab Emirates must focus attention on self-efficacy and its inclusion in recruitment review and training & development of faculty, as an effort to improve faculty members’ job satisfaction.