Contemporary issues of motivation for lecturers

Abstract

Abstract 
Job satisfaction that employees gain from work has a great impact in their lives. 
This is the perception of being pleased with the job and the position in the working 
place. . 
How pleased are lecturers in the Public Universities in Kosovo? What are the key 
factors that contribute to this? How motivated are they? The goal of this paper is to 
determine of the level, resources and the nature of the lecturer’ satisfaction with 
their work in the Public Universities. This study is developed in Educational 
institutions, and tried to recognize inner and external factors that are responsible 
for the behavior of people in a determined way.  
Lecturers are the basic factors on developing of a successful education system. One 
of the development issues is offer of academic services. A great contribution to this 
is satisfaction in work. By listening to their voice, important results could be 
achieved for their motivation and their stay in the profession. In addition there are 
also services and factors that in a unique way determined their work. In terms of 
methodology and data sources the present study is conducted at the end of 
Academic year 2013/2014. The questionnaire is administered to professors as a 
representative sample of academic staff, male, female, experienced, less 
experienced, part-time, and full-time. Results show a positive correlation between 
motivation and satisfaction in work. Motivation increases by the increase of 
satisfaction in work and vice versa. This may be due to the fact that responsible 
factors for motivation and satisfaction in work should be present in the 
environment of the organization. Research finds out also the relevance of various 
factors that contribute to the satisfaction of employees.