@article {1544218, title = {Non-Tenure Track Faculty Satisfaction: A Self-Determination Model}, journal = {Journal of Career Assessment}, volume = {28}, number = {3}, year = {2019}, pages = {425-445}, abstract = {Full-time non-tenure track faculty, commonly referred to as NTT faculty, shoulder much of the teaching load within academic institutions. Self-determination theory (SDT) has shown promise as a conceptual frame for characterizing the relationship between environmental support factors and NTT faculty satisfaction. Full-time NTT faculty were sampled nationwide to investigate an SDT-based model positing basic psychological needs (i.e., volitional autonomy and relatedness) as mediators between six environmental support indices and NTT faculty satisfaction. Structural equation model results showed volitional autonomy and relatedness fully mediated the relationships between the six environmental supports and both indices of faculty satisfaction.\ }, url = {https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1069072719870681}, author = {Kent A. Crick and Lisa M. Larson and Matthew T. Seipel} }