Job Satisfaction around the Academic World

1. Introduction: Satisfaction Around the World?
Peter James Bentley, Hamish Coates, Ian R. Dobson, Leo Goedegebuure, V. Lynn Meek

2. Academic Work at the Periphery: Why Argentine Scholars Are Satisfied, Despite All

Mónica Marquina, Gabriel Rebello

3. Factors Associated with Job Satisfaction Amongst Australian University Academics and Future Workforce Implications
Peter James Bentley, Hamish Coates, Ian R. Dobson, Leo Goedegebuure, V. Lynn Meek

4. Job Satisfaction in a Diverse Institutional Environment: The Brazilian Experience
Elizabeth Balbachevsky, Simon Schwartzman

5. Canadian University Academics’ Perceptions of Job Satisfaction: “…The Future Is Not What It Used to Be”
Julian Weinrib, Glen A. Jones, Amy Scott Metcalfe, Donald Fisher, Yves Gingras, Kjell Rubenson, Iain Snee

6. Finland: Satisfaction Guaranteed! A Tale of Two Systems
Timo Aarrevaara, Ian R. Dobson

7. Determinants of Academic Job Satisfaction in Germany
Ester A. Höhle, Ulrich Teichler

8. Factors Determining Academics’ Job Satisfaction in Japan from the Perspective of Role Diversification
Akira Arimoto, Tsukasa Daizen

9. An Academic Life in Malaysia: A Wonderful Life or Satisfaction Not Guaranteed?
Norzaini Azman, Morshidi Bin Sirat, Mohd Ali Samsudin

10. Portugal: Dimensions of Academic Job Satisfaction
Diana Dias, Maria Lourdes Machado-Taylor, Rui Santiago, Teresa Carvalho, Sofia Sousa

11. The South African Academic Profession: Job Satisfaction for a Besieged Profession?
Charl C. Wolhuter

12. Satisfaction in Stages: The Academic Profession in the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth
William Locke, Alice Bennion

13. Academic Job Satisfaction from an International Comparative Perspective: Factors Associated with Satisfaction Across 12 Countries
Peter James Bentley, Hamish Coates, Ian R. Dobson, Leo Goedegebuure, V. Lynn Meek

Keywords: Education, Higher Education, International and Comparative Education, Educational Policy and Politics