- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Selected factors affecting faculty work motivation in historically black colleges and universities, 1989
- Creator:
- Cook, Alvin J.
- Date of Original:
- 1989-07-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
dissertations - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Purpose: This study was conducted to identify selected factors perceived as having an effect upon faculty work motivation at public and private HBCUs in the southeastern region of the United States. Procedure; The following variables were chosen and used to examine faculty work motivation at HBCUs: 1.Salary (fringe benefits, career opportunities) 2.Recognition (Inter-personal support) 3.School location (metropolitan, urban, suburban, rural) 4.Job satisfaction 5.School prestige/popularity (reputation) 6.Decision-making system (open-closed) 7.Demographic characteristics (marital status, race, sex, religion, culture, age, tenured or non-tenured) The hypothesis is that there was no significant relationship exist among the selected variables and faculty work motivation at HBCUs. The researcher developed and validated a survey questionnaire for the purpose of collecting perceptual data from HBCU faculty members. This questionnaire was hand delivered to 1090 randomly selected participants of 10 randomly chosen HBCUs from 117 HBCUs. The 10 HBCUs chosen were within a 300 square mile radius of Atlanta, Georgia. Twenty percent or 202 of the total HBCU faculty population were randomly chosen for the data analysis. The following techniques were used to analyze each variable: (1) Frequency analysis (2) Factor analysis (3) Pearson R correlation Selected Findings: Analysis of the data revealed that there was a significant relationship between faculty work motivation and most of the selected independent variables with the exception of the demographic variables. The implications are that HBCU administrators must identify and meet the specific needs of their faculty members. Analysis of the data suggests that faculty members are more motivated when they are recognized, allowed to participate in the decision-making system, have high job satisfaction, are paid well, and work for a school which they believe to be prestigious. Both job satisfaction and recognition have a positive effect upon work motivation. The demographic variables were equally important. Job satisfaction had the strongest relationship with work motivation in this sample. Recognition, school-prestige, decision-making system, and salary followed in that order.
Date of award: 7/1/1989
Degree type: dissertation
Degree name: Doctor of Education (EdD)
Granting institution: Atlanta University
Department: Department of Leadership International Development Education
Advisor: Turner, Trevor - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1989_cook_alvin_j
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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