Análise fatorial da satisfação no trabalho dos professores dos cursos de graduação em Ciências Contábeis do estado do Paraná

Abstract

This research was carried out with an exploratory analysis with the professors of the undergraduate courses in Accounting Sciences that work in the State of Paraná to identify the main factors that affect the level of satisfaction in the performance of the profession. For that, an exploratory-descriptive research, of the type survey and with quantitative approach was carried out. The data were collected through questionnaires, sent to all course coordinators of the educational institutions that offered the Graduation in Accounting Sciences in the year 2018. After the validation of the questionnaires of 57 respondents, it was applied to the exploratory factorial analysis with the results of 23 variables available in the questionnaire applied. In the results of the analysis, it was verified that only 11 of the 23 variables were significant, which were grouped and resulted in four factors that explain the main factors that affect teacher satisfaction: (i) Remuneration / Recognition; (ii) Relationship at work; (iii) Relationship with students and (iv) Motivation for work. It was also possible to identify that the satisfaction of the professionals investigated is significantly influenced by the factor related to remuneration and recognition.