Department of Public Health Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, SIMATS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Thai Moogambigai Dental College and Hospital, Dr M.G.R Educational and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Indian J Dent Res. 2021 Apr-Jun;32(2):243-249. doi: 10.4103/ijdr.IJDR_746_19.
Assess the relationship between job satisfaction and feeling of hopelessness among dental academicians.
Cross sectional study was conducted among dental academicians across India through email and social media using a pretested questionnaire.
An Internet-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among dental academicians via social media and electronic mail (e-mail) throughout India. Demographics, credentials and job satisfaction across five dimensions (working conditions, pay and promotional potential, work relationships, use of skills and abilities and work activities) were rated on a 5-point Likert scale and a sense of hopelessness was assessed using Brief-H-Neg scale. The results were collected using self-reported Google forms. Bivariate and multivariate analysis were performed to identify the risk towards hopelessness, and the relationship between job satisfaction and hopelessness was assessed using student's t-test.
The mean hopelessness score among dissatisfied faculty was 8.5 and among satisfied was 5.6 (P < 0.05). Tutors, assistants and associate professors with salary of INR <50000/month were highly dissatisfied (P < 0.05), and those willing to quit reported significantly lesser hopelessness compared to no/maybe. Regarding job satisfaction, greater hopelessness was reported with poor work relationships, poor working conditions and poor pay and promotional opportunities (P < 0.05). Dental academicians in India are highly dissatisfied with their career as a full-time teaching faculty. Willingness to quit has a positive effect on hopelessness, depicting the stress faculties experience in institutions. Job satisfaction among academicians plays a vital role in the student's dental learning experience and dissatisfaction will have huge ramifications on the quality of dental education and future graduates in India.
评估牙科学者的工作满意度和绝望感之间的关系。
横断面研究在印度各地通过电子邮件和社交媒体对牙科学者进行。
通过社交媒体和电子邮件（电子邮件）在印度各地对牙科学者进行了基于互联网的横断面调查。使用 5 点 Likert 量表对五个维度（工作条件、薪酬和晋升潜力、工作关系、技能和能力的使用以及工作活动）的工作满意度和绝望感进行评分，并使用 Brief-H-Neg 量表评估绝望感。使用自我报告的 Google 表格收集结果。进行了单变量和多变量分析，以确定对绝望的风险，并使用学生 t 检验评估工作满意度和绝望感之间的关系。
不满意教职员工的平均绝望评分为 8.5，满意教职员工的平均绝望评分为 5.6（P < 0.05）。月薪低于 INR <50000 的讲师、助理和副教授非常不满意（P < 0.05），而愿意辞职的人报告的绝望感明显少于不愿意辞职的人。关于工作满意度，较差的工作关系、较差的工作条件、较差的薪酬和晋升机会与更高的绝望感相关（P < 0.05）。印度的牙科学者对他们作为全职教学教师的职业非常不满意。愿意辞职对绝望感有积极影响，描绘了教职员工在机构中所经历的压力。学者的工作满意度在学生的牙科学习体验中起着至关重要的作用，不满将对印度的牙科教育质量和未来毕业生产生巨大影响。
