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Job Satisfaction and its Influential Factors in Dental Academic Members in Tehran, Iran
BACKGROUND: Assessment of job satisfaction of the faculty members and its underlying factors may increase career fulfillment and raise the educational and research productivity, leading to higher quality of dental services at the community level, ultimately improving public oral health status. AIM:...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3991938/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24761236 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.129035 |
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author | Seraj, B Ghadimi, S Mirzaee, M Ahmadi, R Bashizadeh, H Ashofteh-Yazdi, K SahebJamee, M Kharazi, MJ Jahanmehr, M |
author_facet | Seraj, B Ghadimi, S Mirzaee, M Ahmadi, R Bashizadeh, H Ashofteh-Yazdi, K SahebJamee, M Kharazi, MJ Jahanmehr, M |
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description | BACKGROUND: Assessment of job satisfaction of the faculty members and its underlying factors may increase career fulfillment and raise the educational and research productivity, leading to higher quality of dental services at the community level, ultimately improving public oral health status. AIM: This study assessed job satisfaction and its influential factors in dental academic members in Tehran. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The job satisfaction level of 203 faculty members was assessed using a Likert scale questionnaire from 0 to 4, with 4 representing very satisfied and 0 not at all satisfied. The analysis of variance was used to compare the responses among dental faculty members of three different universities. The impact of age, gender, academic rank, employment status and the date of employment on the overall faculty job satisfaction was identified by multiple linear regression analysis. RESULTS: The mean professional satisfaction score among faculty members was 1.5 (0.5) out of four. Among the studied underlying factors, only the date of employment was seen to have a statistically significant impact on the faculties’ overall job satisfaction (P= 0.05). There was no difference in job compensation observed between the three dental faculties. Dissatisfying aspects of the academic work included educational and research policies, monetary strategies, quality of leadership and administration, promotion and tenure policies, job security, educational environment, equipments, and facilities. The only satisfying factor was the interaction between faculty colleagues and students. CONCLUSION: Faculty members of Tehran Dental Schools are dissatisfied with their work environments in Tehran Dental Schools. Issues such as salary and remuneration, facilities, equipments, promotion and tenure policies are strongly believed to account for the dissatisfaction. |
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spelling | pubmed-39919382014-04-23 Job Satisfaction and its Influential Factors in Dental Academic Members in Tehran, Iran Seraj, B Ghadimi, S Mirzaee, M Ahmadi, R Bashizadeh, H Ashofteh-Yazdi, K SahebJamee, M Kharazi, MJ Jahanmehr, M Ann Med Health Sci Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Assessment of job satisfaction of the faculty members and its underlying factors may increase career fulfillment and raise the educational and research productivity, leading to higher quality of dental services at the community level, ultimately improving public oral health status. AIM: This study assessed job satisfaction and its influential factors in dental academic members in Tehran. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The job satisfaction level of 203 faculty members was assessed using a Likert scale questionnaire from 0 to 4, with 4 representing very satisfied and 0 not at all satisfied. The analysis of variance was used to compare the responses among dental faculty members of three different universities. The impact of age, gender, academic rank, employment status and the date of employment on the overall faculty job satisfaction was identified by multiple linear regression analysis. RESULTS: The mean professional satisfaction score among faculty members was 1.5 (0.5) out of four. Among the studied underlying factors, only the date of employment was seen to have a statistically significant impact on the faculties’ overall job satisfaction (P= 0.05). There was no difference in job compensation observed between the three dental faculties. Dissatisfying aspects of the academic work included educational and research policies, monetary strategies, quality of leadership and administration, promotion and tenure policies, job security, educational environment, equipments, and facilities. The only satisfying factor was the interaction between faculty colleagues and students. CONCLUSION: Faculty members of Tehran Dental Schools are dissatisfied with their work environments in Tehran Dental Schools. Issues such as salary and remuneration, facilities, equipments, promotion and tenure policies are strongly believed to account for the dissatisfaction. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3991938/ /pubmed/24761236 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.129035 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Seraj, B Ghadimi, S Mirzaee, M Ahmadi, R Bashizadeh, H Ashofteh-Yazdi, K SahebJamee, M Kharazi, MJ Jahanmehr, M Job Satisfaction and its Influential Factors in Dental Academic Members in Tehran, Iran |
title | Job Satisfaction and its Influential Factors in Dental Academic Members in Tehran, Iran |
title_full | Job Satisfaction and its Influential Factors in Dental Academic Members in Tehran, Iran |
title_fullStr | Job Satisfaction and its Influential Factors in Dental Academic Members in Tehran, Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | Job Satisfaction and its Influential Factors in Dental Academic Members in Tehran, Iran |
title_short | Job Satisfaction and its Influential Factors in Dental Academic Members in Tehran, Iran |
title_sort | job satisfaction and its influential factors in dental academic members in tehran, iran |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3991938/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24761236 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.129035 |
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