Academic leaders at managerial universities have been confronted with significant challenges of recruiting and sustaining faculty members who are both committed to their work and satisfied with it. This study investigated the mediating effect of research self-efficacy and job stress on the relationship between transformational leadership and…

Evaluating the perceptions of active learning strategies is often seen from the perspective of the learners at the primary and secondary education levels. Additional data on beliefs of active learning in higher education such as of faculty members is needed. Active learning strategies are on the front line in education as a method to enhance…

Physical education teachers in colleges and universities have the crucial responsibility of acting as mentors and guides for the healthy growth of students. The work engagement of these teachers affects the quality of higher education personnel training and health education. Based on the job demand-resource model, this study conducted a…

Even though in 2021 many universities have decided to resume teaching activities face to face, we believe that the use of online applications will remain a feature of the educational system due to the flexibility offered and the learning possibilities. We aim to analyze the predictive role of personal factors, such as self-efficacy, technostress…

This quantitative study explored the relationships and differences between faculty groups at US higher education institutions (HEI) on their collective efficacy (CE) beliefs, perceived insider status (PIS), and job satisfaction. Faculty at six HEIs and across social media responded to a self-report survey. Faculty were divided into tenure/tenure…

Using data from 450 public sector faculty members, a job demand-resource model of antecedents of satisfaction with work-family balance (balance satisfaction) was tested using PLS SEM. To understand the factors and processes that shape up balance satisfaction, the mediating variables in the model were psychological capital, work-to-family conflict,…

This study investigated faculty-perceived stressors and their relationships with teacher efficacy, engagement and teaching satisfaction in mainland China. The results of a survey of 2758 faculty members from 25 public institutions showed a generally high level of stress, and the stress varied among different types of institution and demographic…

This study focused on the relationships between teachers' subjective well-being, perceived teacher support and students' subjective mental and physical health. We surveyed students at the beginning, halfway, and at the end of the second semester, collecting 1230 observations clustered within 410 students. Additionally, 66 of their teachers rated…

Despite the surge in online social work education throughout the last two decades, scholarship examining the pedagogical transition to virtual environments from educators' perspectives remains nascent. To address this gap, an interpretative phenomenological analysis explored the lived experiences of 17 social work educators across the United…

Background: In a context where synchronous online teaching has become a new trend of instruction for online education due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is valuable and insightful to examine what factors contribute to teachers' satisfaction with synchronous online teaching. Objective: Informed by the technology acceptance model (TAM), this study…

This cross-sectional, quantitative study explored the relationship between job satisfaction and teacher self-efficacy among online adjunct faculty in the United States. Online adjuncts face unique working conditions, lack institutional support, and earn lower pay when compared to their face-to-face counterparts, and these affect job satisfaction…

Library and information support services (LISS) to distance learners (DLs) and tutors are mandatory for qualitative learning and teaching. From the literature, LISS needs of Open and Distance Learners (ODLs) and their tutors (such as user education and information literacy instruction) were not adequately researched in Nigeria. This study,…

This study investigated the associations between challenge job demands, job resources, emotional exhaustion and work engagement, and examined the mediation effect of teacher efficacy as a personal resource in the job demands-resources model. The results of a questionnaire survey of 2758 university teachers from 25 universities in mainland China…

The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of 11 African American participants who completed a bachelor's degree at a Hispanic-serving university in the Chicagoland region (Illinois) and exploring the academic and social factors that influenced their persistence to completion. Data for this study was obtained through semi-structured…

The current study aimed at using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to detect the factors affecting the role of faculty members in university colleges for e-learning system (Moodle). The study has used the descriptive approach through the questionnaire tool which consisted in its final form of (33) items distributed on (10) factors. The study…