University Faculty and Work-Related Well-Being: The Importance of the Triple Work Profile

Autor/inn/en	Vera, Maria; Salanova, Marisa; Martin, Beatriz
Titel	University Faculty and Work-Related Well-Being: The Importance of the Triple Work Profile
Quelle	In: Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 8 (2010) 2, S.581-602 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1696-2095
Schlagwörter	Burnout; Factor Analysis; Educational Psychology; Profiles; College Faculty; Cluster Grouping; Job Satisfaction; Well Being; Foreign Countries; Occupational Clusters; Job Analysis; Faculty Workload; Teacher Researchers; Teaching Load; Instructional Leadership; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Burn out (Psychology); Burnout-syndrom; Burnout-Syndrom; Faktorenanalyse; Erziehungspsychologie; Pädagogische Psychologie; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Fakultät; Eingruppierung; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Ausland; Berufsgruppe; Arbeitsanalyse; Lehrerforschung; Lehrdeputat; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Spanien
Abstract	Introduction: The main aim of this study is to test whether different university faculty work profiles (i.e., teaching, research and management) relate with the experience of well-being at work (i.e., burnout, work engagement and intrinsic satisfaction). Method: Hypotheses were tested through a K-means cluster, ANOVA, and confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 170 Spanish university faculty members. Results: The results show the existence of four work patterns in university faculty which take into account their triple work profile (i.e., teaching cluster, research cluster, management cluster and teaching and research cluster). Moreover, ANOVA analyses indicate that there are significant differences in absorption and intrinsic satisfaction, depending on the cluster they belong to. So far, the research cluster offers the lowest value in burnout and the highest value in engagement and intrinsic satisfaction. In contrast, the management cluster presents the highest value in burnout, and the lowest in engagement and intrinsic satisfaction. Finally, the confirmatory factor analyses showed that burnout consists of the four expected dimensions (i.e., exhaustion, cynicism, depersonalization and lack of professional efficacy). Discussion and Conclusions: University faculty members whose work profile is predominated by research tasks are the ones who enjoy better levels of well-being, while faculty whose work profile is predominated by management tasks suffer the lowest degrees of well-being. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Almeria, Education & Psychology I+D+i. Faculty of Psychology Department of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120 LaCanada de San Urbano, Almeria, Spain. Tel: +34-950-015354; Fax: +34-950-015083; Web site: http://www.investigacion-psicopedagogica.org/revista/new/english/index.php
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Update	2017/4/10