PERSONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS OF ACADEMIC JOB SATISFACTION IN CONTEXT OF ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, AMHARA REGION

Abstract

This study determines the effect of personal and institutional factors on job satisfaction and probes majorly that determining academic job satisfaction among lecturers of Amhara region Public Universities. The study comprises three universities believing that this three university will represents all Public universities in the region and 300 respondents drawn from three universities as a sample. In order to test whether Age, working experience, education level, marital status and gender are determinant factors of job satisfaction, the study applied binary logistic model by treating Job satisfaction as Dichotomous. And finally the study was found that variables most prevalent in the prediction of job satisfaction are: Age, working experience, education level and field of specialization. Whereas other variables such as university (institution where lecturers working), marital status and gender doesn’t determine the level of job satisfaction among academics