Title : ANALYSIS OF MOTIVATION, ABILITY, OPPORTUNITY, AND THREAT AND ITS INFLUENCE TO THE LECTURER EFFORTS TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC POSITION
Authors : Marsudi Lestariningsih
University as an institution of higher education requires lecturers with adequate status in the teaching-learning process. University lecturers who have high academic positions will have many benefits. However, the attempts to realize high academic positions seem not optimal and there are still many problems occurring, so that the number of lecturers with the certain rank required by the university has not been sufficient enough. Many lecturers are supposed to have reached a certain position. This situation encourages to be investigated which factors really cause Lecturer efforts in improving their academic position. This study is aimed at determining whether the variables influence faculty's efforts in improving their academic position, and which is the dominant influencing variable. This study uses a mainstream approach by exploring the Multiple Regression analysis to test the formulated hypothesis. Research was conducted at University X, Surabaya, while the research objects are lecturers at the University , and Threat have a significant influence, and Ability is not. Motivation is also shown as dominant variable effect on Lecturer efforts to improve academic positions.
