Prethodno priopćenje
SATISFACTION WITH WORK AND THE ALLOCATION OF PROFESSORS' TIME AT ZAGREB UNIVERSITY
Tanja Kesić
; Ekonomski fakultet, Zagreb
Jozo Previšić
; Ekonomski fakultet, Zagreb
Sažetak
The aim of this research was to determine the motives that had
prompted professors of Zagreb University to choose their profession,
the allocation of time for different jobs they perform, the
evaluation of significanee of certain factors in choosing their profession
and the satisfaction they get from their work. In order to
achieve the aims we set before us, we conducted a personal survey
with 207 professors at 19 faculties of Zagreb University.
Priority objectives were given by the examinees in the following
order: 1. advancement of students' knowledge, 2. improvement of
their own knowledge, 3. promotion of the institution, 4. advancement
of the academic world's knowledge and 5. promotion of
managerial skills. The distribution of the professors' time into various
obligations was as follows: lectures - 45%, research - 25%,
consulting - 14% and administrative engagements - 16%. If
these findings are compared with those of certain regions of the
world, we can conclude that, in terms of time allocation, university
professors in Croatia are the first regarding time spent on lectures,
and the last with regard to time spent on research. For a
comprehensive evaluation of their work we used collective attitudes
through the question:"Would you choose the same job,
again?". 64% of the examinees answered positively (comparative
countries group data - 74%). A decisively unfavorable attitude
was obtained with the statement"l would recommend this job to
a younger colleague without hesitation". Only 9% agreed with the
statement, 18% agreed partly (total positive attitude - 27%). The
professors' discontent stems from the viewpoint that career
achievement is more a result of external factors upon which no influence
can be exerted, than of their own abilities and work. This
attitude is enhanced by inadequate social evaluation of the work
the professors are engaged in and their place in society in general.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
32212
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.1.1996.
Posjeta: 2.184 *