Exploration of Job Satisfaction Level of University Teachers: A Comparison between Public and Private Universities

Abstract

This study discovers the job satisfactionlevel of the teaching staff of 22government and private sector universities. The sample was selected througha two-stagerandom sampling technique which consisted of 660 teachers.The job satisfactionof teachers was measured through the Job Satisfaction Survey(JSS) of Spector 1994. The JSS comprised nine subscales; pay, promotion, supervision, fringe benefits, contingent rewards, operating procedures, co-workers, nature of work, and communication.The JSS was distributed to the selected teachers and the response rate was 93%.Gathered data were analyzedthrough descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (one-sample t-test, independent sample t-test, and two-way ANOVA). Theresults showeda significantdifference between the job satisfactionlevel of teachers working in government and privateuniversities.Moreover, a significant difference between the JS level of lecturers, associate professors, and professors was also found but an insignificant difference was observed between the JS level of lecturers vs assistant professors and associate professorsvs professors.