Identification, Motivation and Job Satisfaction among Tutors at the Open University of Israel

dc.creator	Ruth Beyth-Marom
dc.creator	Gal Harpaz-Gorodeisky
dc.creator	Avaid Bar-Haim
dc.creator	Eti Goder
dc.date	2006-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:41:12Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:41:12Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a73d277710434141aa3d931d3762a246
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/23337
dc.description	Tutors working for The Open University of Israel (OUI), a distance learning institution, are often the only academic staff who have direct contact with students. Their performance is therefore crucial for the university. The nature of their job, however, might hinder optimal performance: they are temporary and part time employees, and thus have low job security. Their academic freedom is limited and, in most OUI learning centers, they are professionally isolated. These factors can negatively affect tutors' organizational identification, job satisfaction, and motivation. This study is focused on two sets of variables that serve as possible predictors of identification, satisfaction, and motivation: (1) role perceptions (job importance and job richness); and (2) organizational attachment (relations with the university, attentiveness of the university and the university's appreciation of their work). Seventy-one (n = 71) tutors completed a general survey. Regression analysis and path analysis revealed that identification and job satisfaction were well predicted by job importance and organizational attachment, while work motivation was not. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/302/617
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 7, Iss 2 (2006)
dc.subject	distance education
dc.subject	open education
dc.subject	open learning
dc.subject	distance learning
dc.subject	tutors
dc.subject	organizational identification
dc.subject	job satisfaction
dc.subject	work motivation
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Identification, Motivation and Job Satisfaction among Tutors at the Open University of Israel
dc.type	article