Graduation Year
2015
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Ph.D.
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Degree Granting Department
Secondary Education
Major Professor
Ann E. Barron, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Robert F. Dedrick, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Yi-Hsin Chen, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Yiping Lou, Ph.D.
Keywords
online teaching, part-time faculty, higher education, instructional design
Abstract
The present study investigated the job satisfaction of 205 adjunct faculty teaching standardized online courses at a private university in the United States. The extent of the relationship between demographic, motivator, and hygiene factors associated with adjunct faculty job satisfaction were identified. Results from this study indicate that adjunct faculty value work recognition, technical and instructional technology support, and take pride in their teaching. Important faculty satisfaction predictors based on analyses of hierarchical regression models were motivator factors recognition, achievement, and work itself, and hygiene factors policy and administration and salary.
Scholar Commons Citation
Ruiz, Claudia A., "Job Satisfaction of Adjunct Faculty Who Teach Standardized Online Courses" (2015). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/5770
