Identification, Motivation and Job Satisfaction among Tutors at the Open University of Israel

Tutors in the OUI- The Open University of Israel (a distance learning institution) are often the only academic staff who have direct contact with students. Therefore, their performance is crucial for the university. However, the nature of their job might hinder optimal performance: they are temporar...

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Autores principales:	Ruth Beyth-Marom, Gal Harpaz-Gorodeisky, Avaid Bar-Haim, Eti Goder
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2006
Materias:	job satisfaction tutor survey Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bdcc0c549c194205af099c8cf4e17de12021-12-02T17:15:38ZIdentification, Motivation and Job Satisfaction among Tutors at the Open University of Israel10.19173/irrodl.v7i2.3021492-3831https://doaj.org/article/bdcc0c549c194205af099c8cf4e17de12006-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/302https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Tutors in the OUI- The Open University of Israel (a distance learning institution) are often the only academic staff who have direct contact with students. Therefore, their performance is crucial for the university. However, the nature of their job might hinder optimal performance: they are temporary and part time employees, thus having low job security. Their academic freedom is limited and in most learning centers of the OUI they are professionally isolated. These factors can affect negatively organizational identification, job satisfaction and motivation. The present study is focused on two sets of variables that serve as possible predictors of identification, satisfaction and motivation: role perceptions (job importance and job richness) and organizational attachment (relations with the university, attentiveness of the university and the university's appreciation of their work). 71 tutors completed a general survey. Regression analysis and path analysis revealed that identification and job satisfaction were well predicted by job importance and organizational attachment, while work motivation was not. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.Ruth Beyth-MaromGal Harpaz-GorodeiskyAvaid Bar-HaimEti GoderAthabasca University Pressarticlejob satisfactiontutorsurveySpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 7, Iss 2 (2006)
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description	Tutors in the OUI- The Open University of Israel (a distance learning institution) are often the only academic staff who have direct contact with students. Therefore, their performance is crucial for the university. However, the nature of their job might hinder optimal performance: they are temporary and part time employees, thus having low job security. Their academic freedom is limited and in most learning centers of the OUI they are professionally isolated. These factors can affect negatively organizational identification, job satisfaction and motivation. The present study is focused on two sets of variables that serve as possible predictors of identification, satisfaction and motivation: role perceptions (job importance and job richness) and organizational attachment (relations with the university, attentiveness of the university and the university's appreciation of their work). 71 tutors completed a general survey. Regression analysis and path analysis revealed that identification and job satisfaction were well predicted by job importance and organizational attachment, while work motivation was not. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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title	Identification, Motivation and Job Satisfaction among Tutors at the Open University of Israel
title_short	Identification, Motivation and Job Satisfaction among Tutors at the Open University of Israel
title_full	Identification, Motivation and Job Satisfaction among Tutors at the Open University of Israel
title_fullStr	Identification, Motivation and Job Satisfaction among Tutors at the Open University of Israel
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Identification, Motivation and Job Satisfaction among Tutors at the Open University of Israel

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