Organizational support, job satisfaction and work engagement of university teachers: Basis for teachers’ career development program

International Journal of Research Studies in Management
CollabWritive Special Issue
2023 Volume 11 Issue 7

Available Online: 25 August 2023

Author/s:

Li, Mengxu
Graduate School, Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas, Philippines (306014594@qq.com)

Abstract:

The paper described the effect of organizational support on work engagement and determined whether work engagement has impact on job satisfaction of university teachers. Specifically, this study defines organizational support in terms of research and teaching conditions, leadership style, management system, career development and support; assessed work engagement in terms of energy, dedication and focus on working; described job satisfaction in terms of salary, work tasks, relationship between colleagues and self-actualization; tested the significant relationship between organizational support and work engagement, work engagement and job satisfaction, and analyzed the significant relationship between organizational support, work engagement and job satisfaction of university teachers. Finally, teachers career development program was established. This paper analyzed the results of in-depth interviews with the university teachers and the data gathered through the questionnaires. It utilized the quantitative analysis methods to conduct multivariate statistical analysis based on SPSS software on the data content of the questionnaire feedback, including descriptive analysis, correlation analysis and regression analysis, and organically combined the quantitative analysis results to form a teachers’ career development program. Results of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between organizational support, work engagement and job satisfaction of university teachers, indicating that the better   organizational support, the better work engagement and the better job satisfaction.

Keywords: organizational support, work engagement, job satisfaction, university teachers, teachers career development program

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsm.2023.1081

Cite this article:
Li, M. (2023). Organizational support, job satisfaction and work engagement of university teachers: Basis for teachers’ career development program. International Journal of Research Studies in Management, 11(7), 31-40. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsm.2023.1081