title: [Job satisfaction in an Italian university: difference between academic and technical-administrative staff].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The changes in the academic world led to an increase in job demands and a decrease in the available job resources. In recent years, the positive image of work in academia has gradually blurred. The present study, within the theoretical framework of the job demands-resources model, aimed to analyse the relationship between some job demands (workload, work-family conflict and emotional dissonance) and some job resources (autonomy, supervisors' support and co-workers' support) and job satisfaction in a medium-sized Italian University, by observing the differences between the academic staff (professors and researchers) and the technical-administrative staff
  
  
  METHODS
  The research was conducted by administering a self-report questionnaire which allowed to detect job satisfaction and the mentioned variables. Respondents were 477 (177 from academic staff and 300 from technical-administrative staff).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analysis of variance (independent samples t-test) showed significant differences in variables of interest between academic staff and technical-administrative staff. Multiple regression pointed out that job autonomy is the main determinant of job satisfaction in the academic staff sample, whereas supervisor support is the main determinant of job satisfaction in the technical-administrative staff sample.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This research represents one of the first Italian studies on these topics in the academic context and highlights the importance of further in-depth examinations of specific job dynamics for both teaching and technical-administrative staff. Among practical implications, the importance of keeping high levels of job autonomy for academic staff and of fostering an effective leadership development for technical-administrative staff emerged.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ghislieri
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molino
authors.forename: Margherita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zito
authors.forename: Ylenia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Curzi
authors.forename: Tommaso
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fabbri
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000328:Adult; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005260:Female; D006740:Hospital Administrators / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D057566:Self Report; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology*