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Abstract
Job satisfaction of faculty members has a considerable role in the output, productivity and performance of universities and research centers, and neglecting it has unfavorable impacts on the educational and research systems of the country. This research was accomplished in order to pave the way for informing ...
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Job satisfaction of faculty members has a considerable role in the output, productivity and performance of universities and research centers, and neglecting it has unfavorable impacts on the educational and research systems of the country. This research was accomplished in order to pave the way for informing the policy-makers, planners and higher education leadership about job satisfaction of faculty members in order to strengthen and amend the rules, programs and decisions made. In this research, in order to identify the grounds and factors affecting job satisfaction of faculty members in Iran, the systematic technique review was employed to get a coherent conclusion about the results of research carried out in this field. The statistical population of the research includes 54 published articles about Job satisfaction of faculty members (including public universities affiliated to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and the Ministry of Health and Medical Education and also some branches of Islamic Azad University). The results of this research show that improving the quality of education and research at universities and research centers was among the factors highlighted by faculty members and also pointed to in most of the research studies. Moreover, income, providing the requirements for promotion, having academic freedom and independence in managing the university, participation in decision-making, providing welfare services and facilities and increasing the social status were among other key factors in providing and preserving job satisfaction of faculty members. The results of the study indicate a moderate satisfaction on the part of faculty members in Iran.
