Although it seems reasonable to assume that start-up packages are important for faculty success, the contribution of start-up packages to faculty professional development is understudied. The aim of this study was to explore how the number of benefits obtained in start-up package agreements (number of benefits), faculty satisfaction with the start-up packages (faculty satisfaction), and faculty perception if the university honored the start-up package agreements (honored packages) influenced faculty perception of the contribution of start-up packages to faculty professional development (contribution to professional development). Professional development is a planned activity that improves faculty member’s knowledge and skills that are essential to their performance. Faculty at all ranks (N = 121) from a public research university from the southeastern U.S. completed a Start-Up Package Satisfaction Survey. To measure the contribution to professional development, we asked participants to rate their level of agreement with the following statement, “My start-up package has helped me or contributed to my professional development.” Multiple mediation analyses revealed that: (1) number of benefits was positively associated with contribution to professional development, (2) both honored packages and faculty satisfaction mediated the link between number of benefits and contribution to professional development in a parallel fashion, and (3) honored packages and faculty satisfaction also sequentially mediated the link between number of benefits and contribution to professional development. The findings are valuable for university practice because they provide evidence of the importance of faculty satisfaction with start-up packages as well as faculty perception of university fair treatment and accountability.

尽管可以合理地假设启动软件包对教师的成功很重要，但仍未对启动软件包对教师专业发展的贡献进行研究。这项研究的目的是探讨如果大学认可初创企业，从初创企业协议中获得的收益数量（收益数量），教师对初创企业的满意度（教师满意度）以及对教师的看法套餐协议（荣誉套餐）影响了教师对初创套餐对教师专业发展（对专业发展的贡献）的贡献的看法。专业发展是一项计划内的活动，旨在提高教师对其绩效至关重要的知识和技能。教师在各级（ñ = 121）来自美国东南部的一所公立研究型大学完成了“初创企业计划满意度调查”。为了衡量对专业发展的贡献，我们要求参与者在以下陈述中对他们的同意程度进行评分：“我的创业计划对我的职业发展有所帮助或做出了贡献。” 多种调解分析显示：（1）福利数量与对专业发展的贡献成正相关；（2）奖励待遇和教职人员满意度都以平行的方式介导了福利数量与对专业发展的贡献之间的联系；以及（3 ）奖励计划和教职员工的满意程度也依次介导了福利数量与对专业发展的贡献之间的联系。