| The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among communication satisfaction, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and individual characteristics of nonsupervisory resident business faculty members of the 10 universities in the Pacific Athletic Conference (PAC-10). The relationships among the four variable areas (communication satisfaction, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and faculty characteristics), and faculty overall satisfaction and self-rated productivity were also examined.;The results of the study showed significant relationships among communication satisfaction, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. Furthermore, faculty age related significantly to communication satisfaction with organizational perspective and to the university commitment. Significant correlation also was found between faculty salary and their satisfaction with pay. In addition, certain aspects of communication satisfaction, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment related significantly with faculty overall satisfaction and self-rated productivity.;Based on the findings of the study, some of the conclusions drawn were: (1) Faculty satisfaction with supervision, promotion, and co-workers could be increased by means of the factors that increased their satisfaction with the university's communication, particularly in the areas of (a) relations with superiors, (b) media quality, (c) communication climate, (d) personal feedback, and (e) horizontal communication. (2) Faculty commitment to the university could be increased by means of the factors that (a) increased their satisfaction with work, supervision, and promotion, (b) increased their satisfaction with communication climate, (c) increased their communication satisfaction with organizational integration, and (d) covaried with age. (3) Faculty communication satisfaction with the university's perspective could be increased by means of the factors that covaried with faculty age. (4) Faculty satisfaction with pay could be increased by improvement of the compensation system. (5) Faculty overall satisfaction could be increased by means of the factors that (a) increased their satisfaction with personal feedback and communication climate, (b) increased their satisfaction with work, pay, supervision, and promotion, and (c) increased their commitment to the university. |
