Predictors of Work Engagement Among University Music Education Faculty

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine which of the following variables were significant predictors of work engagement among music education faculty: (a) supervisor support, (b) university support, (c) job-related stress, (d) salary satisfaction, (e) self-efficacy, (f) workplace relationships, and (g) workload satisfaction. Music education faculty (N = 359) representing a nationwide sample participated in the study. A simultaneous multiple regression analysis revealed the independent variables combined to account for 28.6% (p < .001) of the variance in work engagement. Furthermore, self-efficacy (ß = .25, p < .001), supervisor support (ß = .18, p < .001), university support (ß = .18, p < .005), and workload satisfaction (ß = .13, p < .016) were statistically significant predictors of work engagement.