| Trinidad and Tobago is focused on increasing the quality and effectiveness of its tertiary education system as part of the process of moving from developing country status to that of developed country. Faculty job satisfaction has been identified as one of the contributing factors to the effectiveness of educational institutions, therefore, administrators at colleges and universities in Trinidad and Tobago need to better understand the factors that contribute to the job satisfaction of the tertiary level faculty at these institutions. Much of the research in the area of faculty satisfaction has focused on faculty within the United States, however, the rapid growth and expansion of tertiary level institutions in developing countries necessitates research in this area in these countries to better understand this component of the needs of their tertiary level faculty. This study applied Smith, Kendall, and Hulin's framework using the Job Descriptive Index and the Job In General Scale questionnaires to examine levels of satisfaction with five facets of the job as well as overall job satisfaction among tertiary level faculty in a developing Caribbean country. The study sought to determine what combination of these particular facets of job satisfaction, while controlling for faculty demographics, best predict overall job satisfaction of these tertiary level faculty. It was found that, for all faculty, the work itself, supervision and coworkers were significant predictors of faculty job satisfaction at COSTAATT. However, the work itself was the only significant predictor of job satisfaction for full-time faculty at the college while for part-time faculty, the facets of pay, work and coworkers were all significant predictors of faculty job satisfaction. |
