Motivation, Expectation, and Satisfaction Among Engineering Faculty: to Engage in Teaching, Research, Scholarship, and Service Activities

One of the purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which faculty of engineering in Thailand were satisfied with and motivated and expected to engage in teaching, research, scholarship, and service. The other was to determine the relationship between the motivation, expectation, and satisfaction variables; and the faculty marital status, gender, years of experience, rank, and educational background. The participants were all full-time faculty members in faculties of engineering in eight selected private universities in Thailand. The means and standard deviations for each of the motivation, expectation, and satisfaction items were calculated. For the four motivation and expectation concerning teaching items, the mean was lowest for ?pressure from colleagues to teach in a particular way? and highest for ?had to change teaching method