International Journal of Progressive Education
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International Journal of Progressive Education 2022, Vol. 18(6) 253-267

Investigation of the Relationship Between Academic Staff’s Life Satisfaction, Job Satisfaction and Academic Ethical Values with Structural Equation Model

Cüneyd Çeli̇k, Uğur Doğan & Şendil Can

pp. 253 - 267   |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2022.477.17

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Abstract

The purpose of the current study is to determine the extent to which academic staff’s attitudes towards ethic values and academic ethic value-focused behaviours are predicted by their life satisfaction and job satisfaction. The study employed the eexploratory sequential mixed methods design. The qualitative data of the current study were collected from the academic staff working in the Education Faculty of Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University in the spring term of the 2017-2018 academic year and quantitative data were collected from 103 academicians to verify the findings obtained from the analysis of the qualitative data. In the quantitative dimension of the study, three different measurement tools called The Academic Ethics Values Scale, Job Satisfaction Scale for Academicians, The Satisfaction with Life Scale were used. The analysis of the qualitative data revealed that adherence to academic ethic values fosters both the job satisfaction and life satisfaction of the academic staff. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was implemented to verify this finding and academic ethic values were found to predict both life satisfaction and job satisfaction.

Keywords: Academic Ethic Value, Structural Equation Modelling, Job Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, Academic Staff

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APA 7th edition
Celi̇k, C., Dogan, U., & Can, S. (2022). Investigation of the Relationship Between Academic Staff’s Life Satisfaction, Job Satisfaction and Academic Ethical Values with Structural Equation Model. International Journal of Progressive Education, 18(6), 253-267. https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2022.477.17

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Celi̇k, C., Dogan, U. and Can, S. (2022). Investigation of the Relationship Between Academic Staff’s Life Satisfaction, Job Satisfaction and Academic Ethical Values with Structural Equation Model. International Journal of Progressive Education, 18(6), pp. 253-267.

Chicago 16th edition
Celi̇k, Cuneyd, Ugur Dogan and Sendil Can (2022). "Investigation of the Relationship Between Academic Staff’s Life Satisfaction, Job Satisfaction and Academic Ethical Values with Structural Equation Model". International Journal of Progressive Education 18 (6):253-267. https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2022.477.17

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