“QUALITY OF WORK LIFE OF COLLEGE FACULTY IN NAGA CITY ”

LAVADIA, EDNA SJ., Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University Of Nueva Caceres , City of Naga , 1994.

Keywords: College Faculty and their work life

This study determined the quality of work life among college faculty in six colleges in Naga City for the school year 1993-1994. Specific questions formulated were: 1) How do the college faculty meet their needs along existence, relatedness and growth? 2) What are the organizational opportunities provided by the school in terms of quality leadership, communications, fair reward, employee development and involvement? 3) Is there a relationship between Alderferl's theory and the organizational opportunities of the faculty with their work life?

The descriptive method was used and the primary date were gathered through the use of a questionnaire where data were treated using weighted mean and correlational coefficient or r. Research population included 169 selected college faculty in Naga City from six sectarian, non-sectarian and technical-vocational schools, s/y 1993 – 1994.

Findings and conclusions of the study were: 1) The college faculty perceived existence, relatedness and growth needs with moderate satisfactions. 2) The college faculty generally perceived the organizational opportunities to their work life with moderate satisfaction. 3) There was a very high positive correlation between Alderfer's theory and the conclusions drawn were: 1) The college faculty moderately met their needs along existence, relatedness and growth and were relatively satisfied with their present working conditions. 2) The various colleges were perceived as having a sound organizational climate and members moderately enjoyed working together with peers and administrators. 3) The organizational opportunities of the college faculty in relation to their work life were dependent on the nature of their existence, relatedness, and growth needs.