ZADOVOLJSTVO POSLOM I ALOKACIJA VREMENA NASTAVNIKA NA ZAGREBAČKOM SVEUČILIŠTU
SATISFACTION WITH WORK AND THE ALLOCATION OF PROFESSORS' TIME AT ZAGREB UNIVERSITY

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this research was to determine the motives that had prompted professors of Zagreb University to choose their profession, the allocation of time for different jobs they perform, the evaluation of significanee of certain factors in choosing their profession and the satisfaction they get from their work. In order to achieve the aims we set before us, we conducted a personal survey with 207 professors at 19 faculties of Zagreb University. Priority objectives were given by the examinees in the following order: 1. advancement of students' knowledge, 2. improvement of their own knowledge, 3. promotion of the institution, 4. advancement of the academic world's knowledge and 5. promotion of managerial skills. The distribution of the professors' time into various obligations was as follows: lectures - 45%, research - 25%, consulting - 14% and administrative engagements - 16%. If these findings are compared with those of certain regions of the world, we can conclude that, in terms of time allocation, university professors in Croatia are the first regarding time spent on lectures, and the last with regard to time spent on research.

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