Job satisfaction of full-time business administration faculty of higher education institutions in Bangkok and suburban area, Thailand

Purpose of the study. This study was to establish a baseline of information about public and private business administration faculty members' job satisfaction in Bangkok and its suburbs in Thailand.;Methodology. The population consisted of two groups, public and private business administration faculty members of higher education institutions in Bangkok and its suburbs in Thailand. Data from 184 responses of public business administration faculty members and 241 responses of private business administration faculty members were analyzed.;The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) and a demographic questionnaire were utilized to obtain the data for this study. Descriptive statistics and two-way analysis of variance were used to analyze the data.;Findings and conclusions. The results revealed that female and male faculty members differed significantly on the job satisfaction variable. Male business administration faculty in private institutions have the highest job satisfaction; female business administration faculty in private institutions have the lowest job satisfaction. In addition, there was an interaction between the number of years employed and the types of institutions. Public and private business administration faculty members who were employed less than six months have the highest job satisfaction in both types of institutions. Private business administration faculty members who worked 10 to 20 years have the lowest job satisfaction. However, the results showed that faculty salary levels, age levels, and types of institutions did not differ significantly on the job satisfaction variable.;Results from the open-ended questions concerning what business administration faculty members most liked and disliked about their jobs indicated that both public and private faculty members enjoyed teaching and transmitting knowledge to help students succeed and develop into functional citizens. Both groups desired to utilize their abilities and academic freedom to the fullest extent in addition, compensation and university policies and practices were the most disliked aspects of the job by both public and private business administration faculty members.