Faculty job satisfaction in vietnam national university ho chi minh city

୯ҥᄤࠄ୯ሞεᏢ௲‫ࡹػ‬฼ᆶՉࡹᏢ‫س‬ റγፕЎ ຫࠄच‫ܴד‬ѱ୯ৎεᏢ௲ৣπբᅈཀࡋ Faculty Job Satisfaction in Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City ࡰᏤ௲௤Ǻֆ٧࣓ ࣴ‫ز‬ғ: ླྀܴӀ ύ๮҇୯ 214 ԃ Д ୯ҥᄤࠄ୯ሞεᏢ௲‫ࡹػ‬฼ᆶՉࡹᏢ‫س‬ റγፕЎ ຫࠄच‫ܴד‬ѱ୯ৎεᏢ௲ৣπբᅈཀࡋ Faculty Job Satisfaction in Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City ࡰᏤ௲௤Ǻֆ٧࣓ ࣴ‫ز‬ғ: ླྀܴӀ ύ๮҇୯ 214 ԃ Д ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My dissertation could not have been completed without the enormous help and influence of many others I am very grateful to many people that have contributed in direct or indirect ways to this dissertation I would like to express my deep appreciation and special thanks to Prof Ching-Ling Wu for the outstanding guidance and support to my dissertation As my advisor, she intellectually supported my ups and downs as a Ph.D student I am also very appreciative of the analytical comments and excellent assistance received from the other committee members, Prof An-Min Li, Prof Chen-Sheng Yang, Prof Chun-Ping Wang, and Prof Chou-Sung Yang for support of my dissertation I would like to convey my sincerest thanks and greatest gratitude to the wonderful people who have assisted me during my study Taiwan I am also thankful for all of the administrators, professors, lecturers, and staff of the Department of Educational Policy and Administration, College of Education, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan for their instruction, dedication, encouragement, and help over the past three years I am also deeply grateful to the scholarship donors from the National Chi Nan University I would like to send my very special thanks to Prof Ching-Ling Wu, Prof Feng-I Feng, and Prof Xiao Lin of the Department of Educational Policy and Administration for sponsoring and financing my job as a research assistant throughout the years of my studies allowing me to complete my dissertation It should be recognized that the success of this dissertation was through permit of Prof Sen-Ming Peng who designed the questionnaire survey the academic environment in universities which translated parts of his questionnaire into Vietnamese and used it to gather data of this dissertation I would like to acknowledge my sincere gratitude to Prof Robert i Reynolds (Department of Foreign Language and Literature, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan) who has helped me to review and edit the English language in this dissertation I would also like to give thanks to Ms Thi-Thanh-Thao Le (Tien Giang University, Vietnam), Dr Thi-Hao Nguyen (Faculty of Education, University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) and faculty members in the University of Sciences and the University of Technology, Vietnam for their agreement in helping me with the survey My most sincere appreciation also goes to Dr Anh-Hong Nguyen and Dr MaiKhanh Hoang (Faculty of Education, University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) for their support, encouragement, and trust during the years of my study in Taiwan I am thankful to many friends from far and near who have supported me with their confidence, concern, hope, and encouragement along the way Finally and most importantly, I am grateful to my grandparents, parents, siblings who would always call to give me the confidence and strength to continue, and for remembering me in their prayers Thank you very much, and remember Minh-Quang Duong will always love all you ii ፕЎӜᆀ;!ຫࠄच‫ܴד‬ѱ୯ৎεᏢ௲ৣπբᅈཀࡋ! ਠଣ‫!;س‬୯ҥᄤࠄ୯ሞεᏢ௲‫ػ‬Ꮲଣ௲‫ࡹػ‬฼ᆶՉࡹᏢ‫!!س‬ !!! !।ኧ;!238! ౥཰ਔ໔;!ύ๮҇୯ 214 ԃ Д!!!! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!ᏢՏձ;!റγ!! ࣴ‫ز‬ғ;!!ླྀܴӀ!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!ࡰᏤ௲௤;!ֆ٧࣓! ፕЎᄔा εᏢ௲ৣπբᅈཀࡋ‫ک‬ଯ฻௲‫ࠔػ‬፦৲৲࣬ᜢǶҞ߻ࣴ‫ز‬Ў᝘Жલ໒วύ୯ৎ εᏢ௲ৣπբᅈཀࡋϐჴ᛾ࣴ‫ز‬Ƕҁࣴ‫ز‬ϐҞ‫ࣁޑ‬௖૸ຫࠄच‫ܴד‬ѱ୯ৎεᏢ௲ৣϐ πբᅈཀࡋϷ‫ځ‬ቹៜӢનǴаံமҞ߻Ў᝘ϐ‫ޜ‬લǴቚ຾ჹεᏢ௲ৣπբᅈཀ᝼ᚒϐ ᕕှǶ! ҁࣴ‫ز‬аຫࠄच‫ܴד‬ѱ୯ৎεᏢ‫ޑ‬ϖ‫܌‬ԋ঩εᏢϐ 311 Տ௲ৣࣁࣴ‫ز‬ኬҁǴа ୢ‫ڔ‬ፓࢗБԄ௖૸Οঁࣴ‫ز‬ୢᚒӵΠǺ)2*!ຫࠄεᏢ௲ৣπբᅈཀࡋӵՖǻ)3*!όӕ ঁΓङඳϐຫࠄεᏢ௲ৣπբᅈཀࡋࢂցԖᡉ๱ৡ౦ǻ!)4*!ঁΓङඳ‫ک‬εᏢᕉნჹຫ ࠄεᏢ௲ৣπբᅈཀࡋ‫ޑ‬ቹៜࣁՖǻҁࣴ‫่݀ز‬ᡉҢǴຫࠄεᏢ௲ৣ‫ޑ‬πբᅈཀࡋࣁ ύ΢ำࡋǶӧπբᅈཀࡋ‫ޑ‬ϖঁಔԋय़ӛύǴ௲ৣჹ‫ܭ‬ϲ฻‫ޑࡋڋ‬ᅈཀࡋനଯǹჹ‫ܭ‬ ᖒၗ‫ޑ‬ᅈཀࡋനեǶԜѦǴόӕ‫܄‬ձǵ௲‫ػ‬ำࡋǵаϷ౥཰୯ৎ‫ޑ‬ຫࠄεᏢ௲ৣϐπ բᅈཀࡋԖᡉ๱‫ޑ‬ৡ౦Ǻ‫܄ت‬௲ৣ‫ޑ‬πբᅈཀࡋଯ‫ܭ‬ζ‫܄‬௲ৣǹᏱԖᅺγᏢՏ௲ৣ‫ޑ‬ πբᅈཀࡋଯ‫ܭ‬ᏱԖᏢγᏢՏ௲ৣǹ౥཰‫ܭ‬ՋБ୯ৎ௲ৣ‫ޑ‬πբᅈཀࡋଯ‫ܭ‬౥཰‫ܭ‬ຫ ࠄ‫ک‬٥ࢪ୯ৎ௲ৣǶࣴ‫่݀ز‬ҭᡉҢǴຫࠄεᏢ௲ৣπբᅈཀࡋ‫ঁډڙ‬ΓङඳᆶεᏢ ᕉნቹៜǺԃសჹ௲ৣπբᅈཀࡋԖॄӛ‫ޑ‬ቹៜǹςஆǵଯ௲‫ػ‬ำࡋǵ౥཰‫ܭ‬ՋБ୯ iii ৎჹ௲ৣπբᅈཀࡋԖ҅य़‫ޑ‬ቹៜǹεᏢ‫ؼ‬ӳ‫ޑ‬ሦᏤբ॥ǵਠ༜ඳᢀǵ‫ک‬Չࡹਏ౗ჹ ௲ৣπբᅈཀࡋԖ҅ӛ‫ޑ‬ቹៜǶനࡕǴਥᏵа΢ࣴ‫่݀ز‬Ǵҁࣴ‫ز‬ჹଯ฻௲‫ࡹػ‬฼‫ڋ‬ ‫کޣۓ‬ଯ฻௲‫ػ‬ᆅ౛‫ޣ‬ගрࡌ᝼Ƕ! ᜢᗖຒǺຫࠄǵଯ฻௲‫ػ‬ǵ௲ৣπբᅈཀࡋ! iv Title of Dissertation: Faculty job satisfaction in Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City Name of Institute: Department of Educational Policy and Administration, College of Education, National Chi Nan University Graduation Time: 06/2014 Pages: 127 Degree Conferred: Doctor of Philosophy Student Name: Minh-Quang Duong Advisor Name: Ching-Ling Wu Abstract Faculty job satisfaction and teaching quality in higher education are closely related Little is known about higher education faculty job satisfaction in developing countries The main purpose of this study is to investigate faculty job satisfaction in Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City and examine affecting factors in order to fill the research gap in this area and better understand faculty job satisfaction.! This study used a questionnaire to survey 200 faculty members working full-time in the five member universities of Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City The study was designed to answer three research questions: (1) What is the general level of faculty job satisfaction in Vietnamese universities? (2) Do any significant differences exist in the level of faculty job satisfaction regarding personal factors? and (3) How is faculty job satisfaction affected by personal and university environment factors? The study found that Vietnamese faculty members were moderately satisfied with their job In the five dimensions of faculty job satisfaction, faculty members were most satisfied with faculty promotion mechanism and least satisfied with their salaries The study also found that gender, educational attainment, and country of graduation were significant differences in faculty job satisfaction This study showed that male faculty members were more satisfied than their female counterparts v Faculty members holding master’s degree were more satisfied than those holding bachelor’s degrees Faculty members who received the highest degrees in Western countries were more satisfied than their colleagues who received the highest degrees in Asian countries or Vietnam Moreover, the study found that faculty job satisfaction was significantly affected by both personal and university environment factors A significant negative effect was found between faculty job satisfaction and age groups In addition, personal factors such as marriage, educational attainment, graduation from Western countries vs Vietnam had significantly positive effects on faculty job satisfaction University environment factors such as leadership style, campus landscape, and administrative efficiency had significantly positive effects on faculty job satisfaction Finally, based on the findings of this study, recommendations for policy makers and university administrators were also discussed Key words: Vietnam, higher education, faculty job satisfaction vi ... faculty job satisfaction in developing countries The main purpose of this study is to investigate faculty job satisfaction in Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City and examine affecting factors... Dissertation: Faculty job satisfaction in Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City Name of Institute: Department of Educational Policy and Administration, College of Education, National Chi Nan University. .. ຫࠄच‫ܴד‬ѱ୯ৎεᏢ௲ৣπբᅈཀࡋ Faculty Job Satisfaction in Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City ࡰᏤ௲௤Ǻֆ٧࣓ ࣴ‫ز‬ғ: ླྀܴӀ ύ๮҇୯ 214 ԃ Д ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My dissertation could not have been completed without the enormous