ABSTRACT Discussions of work-life balance challenges among members of the academy abound and this study contributes to those conversations by taking a step back and investigating faculty motivation. We contend that understanding the motivation of faculty members and their views of work are necessary as we engage in work-life balance conversations. More specifically, we integrate the public service motivation (PSM) literature to study the motivation of faculty in public administration and political science programs in this exploratory study. We find that faculty in this study are motivated by their desire to contribute meaningfully to society, by an interest in working with students and the fulfillment that comes with teaching, and by an opportunity for intellectual stimulation and autonomy that comes with being a member of the academy. These insights are useful because they help us understand the levels of intrinsic motivation among faculty and the resulting tendencies to experience stress, fatigue, and burnout. Undoubtedly more research in this area is needed, but we posit that understanding faculty motivation is an essential piece of the conversation about faculty work-life balance.

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调查教师动机及其与教师工作与生活平衡的联系：利用公共服务动机探索教师动机

摘要 学院成员之间关于工作与生活平衡挑战的讨论比比皆是，本研究通过退后一步并调查教师动机来促进这些对话。我们认为，在我们进行工作与生活平衡对话时，了解教职员工的动机及其对工作的看法是必要的。更具体地说，我们整合了公共服务动机 (PSM) 文献，以研究本次探索性研究中公共管理和政治学课程教师的动机。我们发现，本研究中的教职员工的动机是他们希望为社会做出有意义的贡献，对与学生合作的兴趣和教学带来的成就感，以及作为一名成员所带来的智力刺激和自主权的机会。学院。这些见解很有用，因为它们帮助我们了解教师的内在动机水平以及由此产生的压力、疲劳和倦怠的倾向。毫无疑问，需要在该领域进行更多研究，但我们认为了解教师的动机是有关教师工作与生活平衡的对话的重要组成部分。