II.
Satisfaction with Purdue
This
report begins by considering faculty members’ overall satisfaction with
Purdue. Their current satisfaction levels, reasons for initially choosing
to work at Purdue, and factors that would motivate them to leave this
institution are included in this section.
Respondents
were first asked to rate their satisfaction with their job at Purdue
on a six-point scale, with 1 low and 6 high. Their mean response was
4.3, indicating that a majority of faculty put themselves on the satisfied
side of the continuum (3.5 was the midpoint). By school, the means ranged
from lows of 4.08 in Science and 4.14 in Management to highs of 4.57
in Health Sciences and Consumer and Family Sciences (CFS). By rank,
means ranged from a low of 4.12 for associate professors, to 4.34 for
assistant professors, and 4.46 for professors. Females indicated that
they are considerably less satisfied than males with their job at Purdue
(4.14 compared to 4.39 mean response) and finally, considering responses
by race/ethnicity, underrepresented minorities (African Americans, Hispanics,
and Native Americans) are less satisfied (4.04 mean) than Asian Americans
(4.22 mean) and Caucasian respondents (4.35 mean).
