Effects Of Organizational Characteristics, Burnout, Faculty Identity, And Job Embeddedness On Job Satisfaction Of University Professors

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the effects of perceived burnout, faculty identity, job embeddedness, and environmental and organizational factors on professors’ job satisfaction. The study examined the overall trends of burnout, faculty identity, job embeddedness, and job satisfaction, as perceived by professors, and the correlations among these variables. The study then analyzed the effects on job satisfaction of professors’ characteristics and backgrounds and of burnout, faculty identity, and job embeddedness, as their psychological factors. A total of 27 universities were selected for sampling, considering the region and university size, and the survey results of 236 respondents out of 247 were used as analysis data. The results showed that although professors in university organizations had slightly higher levels of burnout, they generally held positive perceptions of their faculty identity, job embeddedness, and job satisfaction. Faculty identity, job embeddedness, and job satisfaction showed positive correlations, whereas burnout showed a negative correlation. Moreover, the appointment type and, as psychological factors, faculty identity, embeddedness, and exhaustion component of burnout were important factors affecting the job satisfaction of professors.