A Survey on Problems and Requirements of the Submission for Academic Positions of Academic Offcers in Mahasarakham University

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to study the needs and problems of requesting academic positions for academic staff at Maha Sarakham University. The instrument used to collect data was a needs questionnaire. and problems with requesting academic positions. The sample group consisted of 126 academic employees without academic positions from all 18 faculties out of a population of 594 people. The research objectives are 1) to study the needs and problems of requesting academic positions. And 2) to compare needs and the problem of requesting an academic position of academic staff classifed by gender, age, education, income, subject
group. The statistics used for analysing the collected data were percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and F-test (ANOVA). Results showed that: 1) academic offcers agreed with having the requirement of fnancial and non-fnancial support respectively, the non-fnancial support is relating to the professional value in the workplace, 2) an important problem in applying for an academic position is that the time for academic work is limited due to the heavy workload and the ability to read and translate English for use as a research document, and 3) the results of comparison of academic needs and problems of applying for academic positions showed no differences in gender and income. There was statistically signifcant difference at the .05 level for age; aged less than 30 years and aged 31-40 years, with non-monetary needs and more personal problems than the 41-year-old group. Furthermore, education level was found to be signifcantly different as Master’s and Ph.D. have more personal problems than bachelor’s degrees. Also, this study showed a signifcant difference in the specialization as the humanities and social sciences group and science and technology groups have more problems with the institutional support than health science groups.