Investigation of Academic Work Profiles and Job Satisfaction of Academicians at Midwifery Department
Project no. 915 · Status: Kapanmış · 2017
Summary
The aim of the universities is to educate the young minds of the future by providing a quality education approach and to meet the necessary work force. When the research and application of the information is carried out by qualified academicians, the quality of the universities and the professional professionals who grow from these universities increases. As in any profession, job satisfaction is the key to working efficiently in academia. In this study, it is aimed to examine the academic study profiles and job satisfaction of midwife academicians. Participant questionnaire form and Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale were used as data collection tools. 50.7% of the academicians working in midwifery department have completed doctoral studies while 32.8% of them are continuing their doctorate education. Of the participants, 53% were midwifery, 39.6% were nursing undergraduate students and 83.6% worked in the health sector before becoming an academician. The average job satisfaction score of the academicians was 70.62 ± 12.9. A statistically significant relationship was found between being satisfied with working as an academician (p=0.000) and getting an academic incentive fee (p=0.001) and job satisfaction. The number of academicians working in midwifery departments in our country is 298. The number of academicians participating in the study constitutes 45% of the midwifery academicians in our country. The fact that 53% of the participants are midwifery undergraduate graduates shows that midwifery academicians are now educated in the field. The average score of the academicians from Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale is 70.62. According to the results of this study, it was found that the job satisfaction of the academicians working in midwifery department was at a moderate level; those who are happy to work as academicians and those benefiting from the academic incentive fee have higher job satisfaction.