Satisfaction Level of the Professor with his/her Career

Satisfaction Level of the Professor with his/her Career The main objective of this survey is to aid understanding of the satisfaction level of a professor with his/her career development in a University or other Institution in the European Union. Our questionnaire is designed to take a small amount of time (estimated time is a maximum of 15 minutes).

1. What country do you live in?
If other, please specify:
2. Do you have the same nationality?
YesNo If no then what is your nationality? If other, please specify:
3. Age
(years)
4. Sex:
MaleFemale
5. In which year did you complete your
5.1. Undergraduate degree? 5.2. Master degree? 5.3. Doctorate?
6. In which country did you complete your
6.1. Undergraduate degree? If other, please specify: 6.2. Master degree? If other, please specify: 6.3. Doctorate degree? If other, please specify:
7. Which is your Professional Level:
If other, please specify:
8. In your country, do you have any category that you belong to?
If other, please specify:
9. At which level or levels do you teach?
If several, please specify:
10. In what language official used in the European Union do you teach more than 50% of your teaching activity?
If other, please specify:
11. In what language official used in your country, do you teach more than 50% of your teaching activity?
If other, please specify:
12. Which are the three languages that are spoken most fluently by you?
1. 1st language: If other, please specify: 2. 2nd language: If other, please specify: 3. 3rd language: If other, please specify:
13. How many years have you spent since the beginning of your working life?

14. How many years have you spent teaching in higher education?

15. How many years have you worked in your present institution?

16. Which is your position in the Institution?
16.1. Part-time YesNo 16.2. Full-time YesNo

TEACHING Please, answer questions 17 till 20 if they are applied to you or questions 21 to 23 and then go, please, directly to question 24.
17. Average number of students in theoretical lessons:
17.1. Real < 10[10,25]]25,50]]50,75]>75 17.2. Ideal < 10[10,25]]25,50]]50,75]>75
18. Average number of students in practical lessons:
18.1. Real < 10[10,25]]25,50]]50,75]>75 18.2. Ideal < 10[10,25]]25,50]]50,75]>75
19. Average number of students in theoretical-practical lessons:
19.1. Real < 10[10,25]]25,50]]50,75]>75 19.2. Ideal < 10[10,25]]25,50]]50,75]>75
20. Average number of students in laboratory lessons:
20.1. Real < 10[10,25]]25,50]]50,75]>75 20.2. Ideal < 10[10,25]]25,50]]50,75]>75
21. Average number of students in lectures:
21.1. Real < 10[10,25]]25,50]]50,75]>75 21.2. Ideal < 10[10,25]]25,50]]50,75]>75
22. Average number of students in tutorials:
22.1. Real < 10[10,25]]25,50]]50,75]>75 22.2. Ideal < 10[10,25]]25,50]]50,75]>75
23. Average number of students in seminars:
23.1. Real < 10[10,25]]25,50]]50,75]>75 23.2. Ideal < 10[10,25]]25,50]]50,75]>75
24. Do you teach in distance system like e-learning?
YesNo
25. Do you design new teaching courses, new subjects and new lessons?
YesNo
26. Which is your degree of agreement when you teach one module in each term /semester?
Strongly DisagreeDisagreeIndifferenceAgreeStrongly Agree
27. Which is your degree of agreement when you teach two modules in each term/semester?
Strongly DisagreeDisagreeIndifferenceAgreeStrongly Agree
28. Which is your degree of agreement when you teach three modules in each term/semester?
Strongly DisagreeDisagreeIndifferenceAgreeStrongly Agree

RESEARCH
29. Do you research?
YesNo In which scientific area?
30. Is the scientific area that you research the same that you teach?
YesNo In which scientific area?
31. In your research, do you have any finantial support?
YesNo
32. Which are the three most relevant Organizations/Institutions that give to you financial support in the last 5 years?
The Government that you work in The Institution that you work in European Union United Nations World Bank Public Organization /Institution Public Companies Private Companies Professional Associations Non-governmental organization (NGO) Other. Please, specify:
33. In your research, do you belong to a research team?
YesNo 33.1. In which scientific area? 33.2. In which country? if other, please specify
34. How much percentage did the financial support represent from the total costs of the research that you develop?
%
35. What is your opinion about the sabbatical leave?
Strongly DisagreeDisagreeIndifferenceAgreeStrongly Agree
36. What is your opinion about the quality of the research published?
Very BadBadIndifferentGoodVery Good
37. What is your opinion about the diffusion level of the research that you develop?
Very BadBadIndifferentGoodVery Good
38. What is your opinion about the blind process of journals?
Very BadBadIndifferentGoodVery Good
39. What is your opinion about journals without the blind process?
Very BadBadIndifferentGoodVery Good
40. What is your opinion about all journals must submit each paper to blind process?
Very BadBadIndifferentGoodVery Good
41. Do you have any difficulty in publish in journals of your country?
YesNo
42. In which country, do you have more difficulty to publish your research?
If other, please specify:
43. How many papers do you publish (average in a year)?

44. How many reference books and pedagogical works do you publish (average in a year)?

45. How much time (average hours per week) do you spend in teaching activities?
0[1,4][5,8][9,12]>12
46. How much time (average hours per week) do you spend researching to teaching?
0[1,4][5,8][9,12]>12
47. How much time (average hours per week) do you spend in administrative teaching activities?
0[1,4][5,8][9,12]>12
48. How much time (average hours per week) do you spend in planning and supervising orientation, assessment, advice and guidance to students?
0[1,4][5,8][9,12]>12
49. How many students those go to your office (average in a week)?
49.1. Real 0[1,4][5,8][9,12]>12 49.2. Ideal0[1,4][5,8][9,12]>12
50. How much time (average hours per week) do you spend with practical experiences of your students in Firms/Institutions?
0[1,4][5,8][9,12]>12
51. How many students made practical experiences in firms/Institutions (average in a school year)?
51.1. Real 0[1,4][5,8][9,12]>12 51.2. Ideal0[1,4][5,8][9,12]>12
52. How much time (average hours per week) do you spend in researching activities?
0[1,4][5,8][9,12]>12
53. How much time (average hours per week) do you spend in administrative research activities?
0[1,4][5,8][9,12]>12
54. How much time (average hours per week) do you spend in planning and supervising orientation, assessment, advice and guidance to researching teams?
0[1,4][5,8][9,12]>12
55. How much time (average hours per week) do you spend in learning new scientific methods and pedagogy?
0[1,4][5,8][9,12]>12
56. How much time (average hours per week) do you spend with other activities?
0[1,4][5,8][9,12]>12
57. Do you have flexible time job?
YesNo
58. Are you satisfied with the work schedule per week?
YesNo
59. How many days, do you have of holidays during a year?

60. Is distance from your home to your school acceptable to you?
YesNo
61. Do you receive any extra financial bonus or compensation?
YesNo Which is for: Teaching Researching Firms/Institutions Government Other:
62. Do you develop other professional or external activities?
YesNo Which is: External examiner External member of other universities’ validation panels Invited speaker at courses Invited speaker at professional events Invited speaker at conferences Invited writer in publications Consultancy expertise Other:
63. Which is your level of satisfaction with remuneration category?
Strongly DisagreeDisagreeIndifferenceAgreeStrongly Agree
64. Which is your level of satisfaction with retirement planning?
Strongly DisagreeDisagreeIndifferenceAgreeStrongly Agree
65. Which is your level of satisfaction with your total salary?
Strongly DisagreeDisagreeIndifferenceAgreeStrongly Agree
66. Do you feel that in your institution you are being harassed or discriminated against?
YesNo
67. Which is your level of satisfaction with labour environment?
Strongly DisagreeDisagreeIndifferenceAgreeStrongly Agree
68. Which is your level of satisfaction with promotion in your institution?
Strongly DisagreeDisagreeIndifferenceAgreeStrongly Agree
69. Are you being fairly and appropriately compensated?
Strongly DisagreeDisagreeIndifferenceAgreeStrongly Agree
70. Which is your level of satisfaction with all your working life?
Strongly DisagreeDisagreeIndifferenceAgreeStrongly Agree
71. Which were the expectation levels when you decided to become professor?
Very LowerLowIndifferentHighVery Higher
72. In general, which is your level of satisfaction with policy of personnel in your institution?
Strongly DisagreeDisagreeIndifferenceAgreeStrongly Agree
73. Do you work (research and distance teaching) in your home?
YesNo
74. Did your University/Institution have all the conditions to work (research and teaching)?
YesNo
75. In the last year (2005), how many persons did your University/Institution have?
75.1. Students 75.2. Professors 75.3. Staff
76. Do you agree with the Bologna Process?
YesNoWithout opinion
77. Do you agree with the Research & Development strategy developed by the European Union?
YesNoWithout opinion
78. Any other comments you wish to make:



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