The factors effecting the grade of academicians’ satisfaction level: The reality of major field of study for classroom training

Abstract

The aim of the research is to find out the satisfaction levels of the academicians in the mainscience branch of class education; management and organizing, education, research, infrastructure andstakeholder relations subscales according to some demographic variables. Mixed method, explicativesequential pattern was used in the research. A sample of 21 academics working at the university,identified as easily accessible, constitutes the working group, with five academics identified according tothe criteria sample of the purposeful sample. Quantitative data were collected through the "Mehmet AkifErsoy University Academic Staff Satisfaction Survey" and qualitative data were collected through semistructured interview form. Quantitative data were analyzed by SPSS program and qualitative data bydescriptive analysis method. When the findings are examined; the level of satisfaction of academiciansdid not make a meaningful difference according to their titles, and they showed according to theirgenders. In addition, the most positive opinion of academicians was sub-dimension, while the mostnegative was infrastructure. The quantitative findings obtained were examined in depth and the directopinions of academicians were included. The research was discussed within the framework of relatedliterature and similar study findings and various suggestions were made.