The purpose of this study was to assess whether student satisfaction with faculty and academic advisors varied based on the sex of the student and the students' academic college at a large public university in the Southeast. With the university aiming to improve its graduation rates, particularly male graduation rates, the Theory of Student…

This study aims to investigate the influence of gamification on students' engagement, learning effectiveness, and satisfaction in higher education, as well as the function of engagement and learning effectiveness in moderating the connection. Data were obtained quantitatively from 306 undergraduate and graduate students in Vietnam who participated…

Enrollment in soil science courses at land grant universities in the United States has been stagnant or declining for the last 20 years and this trend is expected to continue in the foreseeable future. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a newly developed course in drinking water and human health (DWHH) that was designed to widen soil science…

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationships among personal characteristics (i.e., age, race, marital status, education level, and years of teaching experience), work environment characteristics (i.e., pay, benefits, type of program, age group of children, and class size), job satisfaction, and turnover intention of…

Faculty job satisfaction, which is a contributor to faculty retention, develops from the complex interaction of a faculty member's experiences, identities, and work-life situations. Among these things are interactions with administrators. Previous research has demonstrated that faculty job satisfaction is impacted by relationship with…

Purpose: The purpose of the article is to examine the motivation of the academics in a developing country, Cambodia, which is an under-researched country in order to look into the satisfaction level of the academics in various aspects of academic profession. This study helps inform policy makers and other stakeholders in higher education in…

The purpose of the study was to address gaps in the use of library information resources and services among distance learners. The study followed a pragmatic paradigm and employed a mixed-method research approach with a sequential explanatory design. A questionnaire was used to elicit information from 1,170 s-year distance learning students in…

Employee job satisfaction is a major factor in employee retention and success. The Leadership team of any organization is key to the wellbeing of the organization and its employees. The purpose of this quantitative study is to investigate the relationship between leadership styles and leadership dispositions of supervisors and the impact on the…

Professional development (PD) is critical for maintaining and developing teachers' qualities and competencies; however, how to make PD more effective in relation to EFL teachers' expectations and examine their satisfaction levels with PD activities organized in a foreign language center remains a major concern for administrators, researchers, and…

The use of smartphones has become a primary need in supporting human daily activities. With the presence of a smartphone, various activities can be carried out only through an application. One application that is currently popular with Indonesians is an investment application with products such as stocks, mutual funds, and crypto. The presence of…

The purpose of this research was to explore the effects of organizational culture on teacher retention in Richland County School District 2 in Columbia, South Carolina. This qualitative phenomenological research explored the participants' experiences and perceptions of the phenomenon under study. This was done by interviewing 12 participants to…

World Language (WL) education is facing a teacher supply crisis affecting the quality and stability of programs in K-12 schools. The extant literature on teacher attrition draws attention to the challenges of early career teachers with implications for how teacher preparation and induction programs might increase retention in schools. This survey…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to draw from the conservation of resources (COR) theory and investigate two separate models termed Model A and Model B. Model A examines the mediating role of life satisfaction (LS) on the relationship between servant leadership (SL) and lecturers' attitudinal loyalty (AL) and behavioral loyalty (BL). Model B…

Background: Video conferencing technology has moved online education into a new stage of real-time video interaction. However, shortcomings such as students' lack of concentration and substantive engagement during video conferencing greatly limit the improvement of online learning effectiveness. According to social presence theory and the…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of supervisors' past experiences in school on their present learning behaviors. Design/methodology/approach: Data were gathered in a time-lagged study. Supervisors populated a previously validated survey about their quality of school life. One week later, a direct measure of learning…