Academic job satisfaction and motivation: findings from a nationwide study in Portuguese higher education

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 541-559

  de Lourdes Machado Taylor, Maria ^a   Meira Soares, Virgílio ^b   Brites, Rui ^b   Brites Ferreira, José ^c   Farhangmehr, Minoo ^d   Gouveia, Odília Maria Rocha ^a   Peterson, Marvin ^e  

^a Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES)   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

academic staff; higher education; job satisfaction; motivation; Portuguese higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905302221     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2014.942265     Document Type: Article

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