VARIATIONS IN JOB SATISFACTION AMONG HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTY IN UNIONIZED AND NONUNIZED INSTITUTIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA

MALCOLM D. HILL

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DOI: 10.2190/XH2E-LQYD-0YAE-R0C3

Abstract

Research pertinent to collective bargaining in higher education has investigated many of the implications and consequences of unionization for college faculty, but it has rarely examined the connection between collective bargaining and job satisfaction. This study represents an attempt to compare unionized and nonunionized faculty in Pennsylvania on six facet-specific dimensions of job satisfaction. Results of t-tests of means of job satisfaction for the two faculty groups indicate that unionized faculty are significantly more satisfied on four of the sex facet-specific dimensions as compared with nonunionized faculty. Evidence suggests that collective bargaining enhances the job satisfaction of a wide range of faculty members and not merely those who are purported to hold militant attitudes toward collective bargaining.

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