Factors Influencing Academic Staff Job Satisfaction In The College Of Business And Economics At Addis Ababa University

The purpose of this study was to assess factors that influence academic staff job satisfaction in the College of Business and Economics at Addis Ababa University. Four basic questions were formulated, which emphasized the extent to which all the sample stakeholders understand about the academic job satisfaction and factors influencing in Addis Ababa University in general and College of Business and Economics in particular. To conduct this study, descriptive survey design was employed. Academic staff’s members, (Deans, coordinators, department heads and HRM Representative) were purposely selected and involved in the interview session while other sample academic staffs were also included as respondents using simple random sampling technique and treated through questionnaire. Questionnaire was used as main tool of data collection. Interview and document analysis were also used to substantiate the data gathered through questionnaire. Frequency, percentage, mean value, mean difference and standard deviation were utilized to analyze quantitative data gained through the questionnaire. The qualitative data gathered through interview and document analysis were expressed in a narration form. The result of the study indicated that a significant proportion of the sample respondents/Academic staffs (Which accounts 97.12%) had second and third degree that are the minimum requirement of qualification needed in higher education and required to teach at least the first degree program. On the other hand, most of the CoBE- academic staffs have relatively adequate experiences and able to accomplish the intended institutional goal. Besides, dissatisfaction always associated with less job satisfaction among academic staff of the university and job satisfaction was moderate in the sample college and it is confirmed the response gained from the sample respondents. Significant numbers of the participants were moderately happy and felt comfortable with the support from the management and university for family package and offers. Based on the overall score value, more than half of the study participants were partly happy and moderately pro the existing student monitoring practices at CoBE. Furthermore, it can be said that a reasonable number of the sample respondents were partly satisfied with the number of publications produced over the years. Finally, ,it is possible to conclude that College of Business and Economics at Addis Ababa university academic staffs were moderately satisfied with the workload given and still some others remain pro the workload and as a recommendation, it is better to identify facets of the academic staff’s job satisfaction and to offer them timely to the staff. Employees that don’t find their work interesting or don’t feel they are contributing to the mission of the university will not be engaged.rnKey Words: Factors, Job Satisfaction, Academic Staff, University

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