Appendix 1

Survey questionnaire sample questions (translated)

1. Areas of Academic Practice

1.1 In the institutional culture, how important are the following areas of academic practice? From your personal perspective, how important do you think they should be?

VI: Very Important I I: Important I NVI: Not Very Important I NI: Not Important I
?: No Definite Opinion

1.2 What is your degree of personal satisfaction and well-being in each one of the four areas of academic practice in your professional experience? (Reply only if applicable)

2. Teaching

Negative degrees=dissatisfaction; Positive degrees=satisfaction; 0 =neutral position

(Note: The above scale was converted into a 9-point scale to calculate mean and standard deviation values)