What Are University Professors' Motivations? A Realistic Approach to Self-Perception of a Group of Spanish University Professors Belonging to the G-9 Group of Universities.
higher education
motivations
teachers
Journal
International journal of environmental research and public health
ISSN: 1660-4601
Titre abrégé: Int J Environ Res Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101238455
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 07 2021
28 07 2021
Historique:
received:
15
06
2021
revised:
15
07
2021
accepted:
22
07
2021
entrez:
7
8
2021
pubmed:
8
8
2021
medline:
13
8
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Universities face challenges on a number of levels. In this scenario, university professors play an important role as facilitators of knowledge. The main objective of this study was to analyse the motivations that influence the professional performance in a sample of 102 university professors from nine Spanish public universities (Male: 54 (52.9%); Female: 48 (47.1%)). For this purpose, a questionnaire of 22 closed-ended Likert-type questions was designed, in which scores ranged from 0 to 10 (do not agree at all, strongly agree). Following analysis, the final questionnaire was composed of 17 items, and showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.858). The validity analysis showed a value of 0.822 (>0.5) in the sample adequacy measure of Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin and Bartlett's sphericity test (
Identifiants
pubmed: 34360273
pii: ijerph18157976
doi: 10.3390/ijerph18157976
pmc: PMC8345366
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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