Policy for motivation of university lecturers: A survey in Vietnam

Abstract

 This paper studies lecturers job satisfaction at public universities in Vietnam to compare the differences in job satisfaction of lecturers at public universities.
The method used to achieve the research purpose is the quantitative method. The research team surveyed 820 teachers from 8 public universities in the end, 800 survey
questionnaires were included in the analysis. Research results show that salary, the job itself, development opportunities, recognition, relationships at work,
environment, and working conditions have an impact on teacher job satisfaction. However, the level of impact of each factor on the satisfaction of the teachers from
public universities is different from that of teachers from non-public universities. The empirical results in this paper indicate that there is a clear difference in job
satisfaction between teachers from public universities and non-public universities. We found that salary, the job itself, development opportunities, recognition,
relationships at work, environment, and working conditions have an impact on the job satisfaction of teachers at non-public universities. The job satisfaction of a team
of teachers also plays an important role in the success of universities, it determines the quality of higher education, promoting innovation in universities.