The Level of Job Life Quality among Faculty Members at Jeddah University

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of job life quality as perceived by faculty members at Jeddah University. The study used the descriptive approach through administering a questionnaire for collecting the study data and achieving its objectives. The questionnaire consisted of (44( items distributed among four domains and it was administrated to the responded 218 male faculty members in the humanities and sciences faculties at the University of Jeddah during the frst semester of the academic year (2021-2022). The fndings of the study showed that the level of quality of job life for faculty members at the University of Jeddah, in general, was in an average level; the job characteristics domain came frst in terms of guality while the facilities and university services domain was in the last rank with a low level. The rest of domains were found to be at an average level. The study results also indiacted signifcant statistical differences between the responses of the study sample were attributed to the difference in the college and in favor of the scientifc faculties and signifcant statistical differences attributed to the difference in the scientifc rank in all the domains of the study and at the total level in favor of the professor rank. The results also displayed that there were signifcant statistical differences due to the difference in the number of year of service and in favor of those with more than 10 years service, and there were signifcant statistical differences due to the difference in nationality, in favor of non-Saudis. Based on the fndings, the study made several recommendations most important of which were involving faculty members in making and taking the decisions that concerned them.