A Survey on Job Satisfaction of High-level Talent in Application-oriented General Undergraduate Colleges and Universities: A Case Study of Pingdingshan College

Citation

Wang Xiaoqian. (2022). A survey on job satisfaction of high-level talent in application-oriented general undergraduate colleges and universities: A case study of Pingdingshan College. (Master’s independent study). Bangkok: Siam University.

Abstract

With the continuous development of society, people have become aware that practical teaching is an important link in cultivating students’ practical and innovation ability, and also an important way to improve students’ social professional quality and employment competitiveness. Many domestic colleges and universities have paid attention to the strengthening of the practical environment in the exploration of education and teaching reform, and actively reformed and explored in school- local cooperation, school- enterprise cooperation, teacher team construction, talent training plan and curriculum system reform, school governance structure and other aspects. Therefore, it can be seen that applied universities, high-level teaching staff is particularly important for the development of universities. For university teachers, they are not only the practitioners of talent cultivation, but also the core force for the development of universities. Improving job satisfaction is of key significance for improving the job satisfaction of college teachers, especially the satisfaction of high-level talent, and promoting the sustainable development of colleges and universities.

Even though colleges and universities are actively introducing and cultivating talent, the care for teachers is still insufficient. In actual work, under multiple pressures such as teaching, scientific research, and family, college teachers satisfaction of high-level talent in colleges and universities. Then, analyzed the influencing factors of job satisfaction, the effect of each factor and the internal mechanism, and clarified the relationship between job satisfaction and various dimensions to reduce the brain drain in colleges and universities and promote the construction of college teachers in the new era.

Through the investigation of other teachers’ job satisfaction questionnaires and the actual situation of Pingdingshan College, we compiled the ” Questionnaire on Job Satisfaction of High- level Talents in Applied Ordinary Undergraduate Universities” to collect basic personal information and job satisfaction data of teachers. SPSS data analysis software was used to carry out descriptive statistics, difference test, correlation analysis, and regression analysis on the collected information. To understand the status quo of teachers’ satisfaction with the four dimensions of work reward, work collaboration, work itself, and management system, explore the demographic variables of teachers and whether there were significant differences in each dimension of job satisfaction, so as to provide a reference for colleges and universities to formulate policies. Through the analysis of the data, the following conclusions were drawn: ( 1 ) The job satisfaction of college teachers in Pingdingshan University was at a medium level, and teachers were highly satisfied with their work and management system dimensions, while their satisfaction with work returned and work collaboration decreased in turn; (2) There was no significant difference between teachers’ gender and professional title in overall job satisfaction and each dimension.

According to the relevant theoretical and empirical research results, the application- oriented general undergraduate university – Pingdingshan University can improve teachers’ job satisfaction through the following strategies: Effectively improve the treatment of teachers in colleges and universities, and promote the reform of the salary system; build a fair teacher evaluation system and promote the optimization of the management system; optimize the work conditions and environment to meet the needs of teachers and scientific research; guide the public to give more support and care to college teachers, establish reasonable requirements and expectations to promote the growth and development of teachers.

Keywords: job satisfaction, high- level talents, applied universities, questionnaire.

A Survey on Job Satisfaction of High-level Talent in Application-oriented General Undergraduate Colleges and Universities: A Case Study of Pingdingshan College

Master of Business Administration (International Program), Siam University, Bangkok, Thailand