title: Predictors of job satisfaction among academic family medicine faculty: Findings from a faculty work-life and leadership survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify predictors of job satisfaction among academic family medicine faculty members.
  
  
  METHODS
  A comprehensive Web-based survey of all faculty members in an academic department of family medicine. Bivariate and multivariable analyses (logistic regression) were used to identify variables associated with job satisfaction.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario and its 15 affiliated community teaching hospitals and community-based teaching practices.
  
  
  METHODS
  All 1029 faculty members in the Department of Family and Community Medicine were invited to complete the survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Faculty members' demographic and practice information; teaching, clinical, administration, and research activities; leadership roles; training needs and preferences; mentorship experiences; health status; stress levels; burnout levels; and job satisfaction. Faculty members' perceptions about supports provided, recognition, communication, retention, workload, teamwork, respect, resource distribution, remuneration, and infrastructure support. Faculty members' job satisfaction, which was the main outcome variable, was obtained from the question, "Overall, how satisfied are you with your job?"
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 1029 faculty members, 687 (66.8%) responded to the survey. Bivariate analyses revealed 26 predictors as being statistically significantly associated with job satisfaction, including faculty members' ratings of their local department and main practice setting, their ratings of leadership and mentorship experiences, health status variables, and demographic variables. The multivariable analyses identified the following 5 predictors of job satisfaction: the Maslach Burnout Inventory subscales of emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment; being born in Canada; the overall quality of mentorship that was received being rated as very good or excellent; and teamwork being rated as very good or excellent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings from this study show that job satisfaction among academic family medicine faculty members is a multi-dimensional construct. Future improvement in overall level of job satisfaction will therefore require multiple strategies.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Research Program in the Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) at the University of Toronto in Ontario. paul.krueger@utoronto.ca.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Krueger
authors.affiliation: Professor in the DFCM at the University of Toronto, is a community-based teacher affiliated with North York General Hospital in Toronto, and is President of the College of Family Physicians of Canada in Mississauga, Ont.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: White
authors.affiliation: Biostatistician in the DFCM at the University of Toronto.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meaney
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor in the DFCM and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kwong
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor and Professional Development Education Scholarship Lead in the DFCM at the University of Toronto.
authors.forename: Viola
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Antao
authors.affiliation: Lecturer in the DFCM at the University of Toronto, and is affiliated with St Michael's Hospital in Toronto.
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology; D002170:Canada / Q000208:ethnology; D003154:Community Medicine / Q000193:education; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D000071252:Mentoring; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000072358:Work-Life Balance