Teaching, Research, and Job Satisfaction of Prosthodontic Faculty Members in Indian Academic Dental Institutions

Shigli, Kamal; Hebbal, Mamata; Nair, K Chandrasekharan

doi:10.1002/j.0022-0337.2012.76.6.tb05314.x

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“…Most of the prosthodontic academic faculty members in India gave neutral responses regarding financial support for research and institutional research rewards. [ 6 ]…”

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Job satisfaction and its influential factors in dental academic members in Tehran, Iran

Seraj

Ghadimi

Mirzaee

et al. 2014

Ann Med Health Sci Res

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Background:Assessment of job satisfaction of the faculty members and its underlying factors may increase career fulfillment and raise the educational and research productivity, leading to higher quality of dental services at the community level, ultimately improving public oral health status.Aim:This study assessed job satisfaction and its influential factors in dental academic members in Tehran.Subjects and Methods:The job satisfaction level of 203 faculty members was assessed using a Likert scale questionnaire from 0 to 4, with 4 representing very satisfied and 0 not at all satisfied. The analysis of variance was used to compare the responses among dental faculty members of three different universities. The impact of age, gender, academic rank, employment status and the date of employment on the overall faculty job satisfaction was identified by multiple linear regression analysis.Results:The mean professional satisfaction score among faculty members was 1.5 (0.5) out of four. Among the studied underlying factors, only the date of employment was seen to have a statistically significant impact on the faculties’ overall job satisfaction (P= 0.05). There was no difference in job compensation observed between the three dental faculties. Dissatisfying aspects of the academic work included educational and research policies, monetary strategies, quality of leadership and administration, promotion and tenure policies, job security, educational environment, equipments, and facilities. The only satisfying factor was the interaction between faculty colleagues and students.Conclusion:Faculty members of Tehran Dental Schools are dissatisfied with their work environments in Tehran Dental Schools. Issues such as salary and remuneration, facilities, equipments, promotion and tenure policies are strongly believed to account for the dissatisfaction.

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“…Most of the prosthodontic academic faculty members in India gave neutral responses regarding financial support for research and institutional research rewards. [ 6 ]…”

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“…most of the prosthodontic faculty members in India were satisfied with teaching and service items, but were rather dissatisfied with the financial and academic support for preparing presentations and attending conferences. [ 6 ]…”

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Job satisfaction and its influential factors in dental academic members in Tehran, Iran

Seraj

Ghadimi

Mirzaee

et al. 2014

Ann Med Health Sci Res

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“…This will improve and maintain the liveliness of academics and will prepare successfully, the future generation of academic faculty. [ 4 5 ]…”

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Nationwide survey on barriers for dental research in India

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Objective:Research in the dental field is progressing at mightier speed worldwide, but an unfortunately representation of India at this platform is negligible. The present study was undertaken to unearth the barriers for dental research among dental professionals in Indian scenario.Materials and Methods:A cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted on 1514 participant's (Master of Dental Surgery and Bachelor of Dental Surgery staff) and postgraduates in 40 dental colleges of India selected by multistage random sampling. The response rate was 75.7%. The survey was undertaken from July 2013 to December 2013. The survey instrument was 24-item, investigator developed, self-structured, close-ended, and self-administered questionnaire grouped into four categories that are, institutional/departmental support related barriers, financial/training support related barriers, time-related barriers, and general barriers.Results:Among all respondents 47.23% informed that they are administrative and educational work rather than research work as (P < 0.001). Overall 57.53% of study participants reported lack of administrative and technical support for research work as (P < 0.001). Overall 64.9% reported meager college funding was the barrier (P < 0.001). Overall 61.5% respondents reported lack of time to do research work due to clinical and teaching responsibilities (P < 0.001) was the barrier for research. Largely 80.25% agreed that, the lack of documentation and record maintenance are an obvious barrier for research (P < 0.001).Conclusions:Present study unearths certain barriers for research in an Indian scenario, which includes administrative overburden, lack of funds, and lack of documentation of the dental data. Governing authorities of dentistry in India have to make major interventions to make research non-intensive environment to research-friendly environment.

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“…Research has shown that opportunities to participate in new developments outside the home institution is another important factor infl uencing academic job satisfaction. 4 RN has been actively involved in the local dental society, and has served on many committees. These commitments can confl ict with teaching duties; however, the leadership has been supportive to allow the deferment of those responsibilities.…”

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“…An Indian study of dental academics identifi ed that the freedom to select and decide curriculum content and the opportunity to construct exams were important factors for job satisfaction. 4 Additionally, junior faculty members should be invited to serve on important boards and committees. Service on committees allows for a deeper understanding of institutional operations, challenges and opportunities.…”

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confidence: 99%