期刊名称：Drustvena istrazivanja. Journal for General Social Issues
印刷版ISSN：1330-0288
出版年度：1996
卷号：5
期号：1 (21)
页码：147-159
出版社：Institute of Social Sciences IVO PILAR
摘要：The aim of this research was to determine the motives that had prompted professors of Zagreb University to choose their profession, the allocation of time for different jobs they perform, the evaluation of significanee of certain factors in choosing their profession and the satisfaction they get from their work. In order to achieve the aims we set before us, we conducted a personal survey with 207 professors at 19 faculties of Zagreb University. Priority objectives were given by the examinees in the following order: 1. advancement of students' knowledge, 2. improvement of their own knowledge, 3. promotion of the institution, 4. advancement of the academic world's knowledge and 5. promotion of managerial skills. The distribution of the professors' time into various obligations was as follows: lectures - 45%, research - 25%, consulting - 14% and administrative engagements - 16%. If these findings are compared with those of certain regions of the world, we can conclude that, in terms of time allocation, university professors in Croatia are the first regarding time spent on lectures, and the last with regard to time spent on research. For a comprehensive evaluation of their work we used collective attitudes through the question:"Would you choose the same job, again?". 64% of the examinees answered positively (comparative countries group data - 74%). A decisively unfavorable attitude was obtained with the statement"l would recommend this job to a younger colleague without hesitation". Only 9% agreed with the statement, 18% agreed partly (total positive attitude - 27%). The professors' discontent stems from the viewpoint that career achievement is more a result of external factors upon which no influence can be exerted, than of their own abilities and work. This attitude is enhanced by inadequate social evaluation of the work the professors are engaged in and their place in society in general.
