A Comparative Study of Faculty Communication Satisfaction, Job Satisfaction and Productivity of Sectarian and Nonsectarian Private HEI’s in Manila

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe the communication satisfaction, job satisfaction, and job productivity of the permanent faculty members of Far Eastern University, Manila (nonsectarian private HEI) and Perpetual Help College of Manila (sectarian private HEI).  Also, it was designed to test the significant differences among communication satisfaction, job satisfaction, and job productivity indicators if classified according to school types. The study proves that there is no statistically significant difference among all the communication satisfaction, job satisfaction, job productivity indicators for they all manifested the same levels of satisfaction (very satisfied) in all their respective indicators. Faculty members of both schools felt moderately satisfied in their communication satisfaction level. The results also indicate that the levels of job satisfaction among the faculty members is satisfied both in terms of motivators and hygiene factors dimensions. Their job productivity level on the other hand, obtained a very satisfied result for faculty members of the sectarian school while moderately satisfied among faculty members of a nonsectarian school.  In terms of Instructions both sectarian and nonsectarian faculty members felt moderately satisfied, while they both obtained moderately satisfied in Facilities and Faculty Development areas. The yielded results of this study attest that school types are not identified as a factor for communication and job satisfaction or even for job productivity. Lastly, the study used the Quantitative design of research, particularly the Descriptive Comparative method to compare the levels of communication satisfaction, job satisfaction, and job productivity of faculty members.

Keywords: communication satisfaction, job satisfaction, job productivity