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Job satisfaction and locus of control in an academic setting
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In this article, the authors presented a study on the relationship between job satisfaction and educational success in higher education and the Expectancy-Value Framework (Evaluation Framework) and found that job satisfaction was positively associated with educational success.Abstract:
.................................................................................................................... xiv CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ...........................................1 Background ..............................................................................................................3 Problem Statement ...................................................................................................4 Purpose of the Study ................................................................................................5 Research Questions ..................................................................................................5 Importance of the Study ...........................................................................................6 Study Limitations .....................................................................................................7 Definition of Terms..................................................................................................8 Social Learning Theory............................................................................... 8 Expectancy-Value Framework.................................................................... 8 Attribution ................................................................................................... 9 Perception of Control .................................................................................. 9 Locus of Control ......................................................................................... 9 Internal Locus of Control ............................................................................ 9 External Locus of Control ......................................................................... 10 Job Satisfaction ......................................................................................... 10 Years Teaching in Higher Education ........................................................ 10 Tenure ....................................................................................................... 10 Organization of the Study ......................................................................................11 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW ....................................................................13 Human Motivation .................................................................................................13 Need Reduction Theories .......................................................................... 14 Freud‘s Psychoanalytic Theory of Motivation ..............................15 Hull‘s Drive Theory .......................................................................15 Expectancy-Value Theories ...................................................................... 15 Kurt Lewin‘s Field Theory ............................................................16 Achievement Theory .....................................................................16read more
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