Abstract
The purpose of this study was to empirically test whether academic satisfaction (university vision, respect and recognition, relationship with colleagues, teamwork, incentives, management support, salary) has an effect on university commitment (affective, normative, continuance), The population comprised of academic staff in Applied Science Private University, a questionnaire survey was adopted to collect the primary data from the respondents whom they were randomly selected using a stratified sampling technique, a total of 300 questionnaires were administered to potential respondents from the 9 faculties.The study findings indicate that overall academic satisfaction has a statistical significant effect on overall university commitment, it also reveals that university vision, teamwork, management support, salary and work environment has more impact on overall university commitment than respect and recognition, relationship with colleagues and incentives.
Highlights
Most research into job satisfaction has been undertaken in the business sector, with attempts often having been made to adapt these findings to higher education
The purpose of this study was to empirically test whether academic satisfaction has an effect on university commitment, The population comprised of academic staff in Applied Science Private University, a questionnaire survey was adopted to collect the primary data from the respondents whom they were randomly selected using a stratified sampling technique, a total of 300 questionnaires were administered to potential respondents from the 9 faculties.The study findings indicate that overall academic satisfaction has a statistical significant effect on overall university commitment, it reveals that university vision, teamwork, management support, salary and work environment has more impact on overall university commitment than respect and recognition, relationship with colleagues and incentives
The main purpose of this study was intended to measure whether academic satisfaction has a statistical significant effect on university commitment, it intended to determine which of academic satisfaction variables has more effect on each dimension of university commitment as a case study in the applied science private university in Amman, Jordan
Summary
Most research into job satisfaction has been undertaken in the business sector, with attempts often having been made to adapt these findings to higher education. Given the shortages of prospective faculty to fill the numerous vacancies that exist, the matters of job satisfaction, recruitment, and retention must be given priority attention (Okapara; Squillace and Erondu, 2004). Employees are the internal customers of the business; they satisfy the current working environment and are willing to cooperate with the business to accomplish business goals. Academic staff requirements must be fulfilled to improve the working environment and enable them to achieve outstanding research and teaching performance. It is in the interest of universities to retain academic staff and minimize turnover
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