TITLE:
Administrative Management and Faculty Job Satisfaction in Higher Education: A Documentary Review
AUTHORS:
Jessica Leticia Meza Adalid
KEYWORDS:
Higher Education, Administrative Management, Faculty Job Satisfaction, Organizational Climate, Selective Documentary Review
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Leadership,
Vol.15 No.4,
November
11,
2026
ABSTRACT: This selective qualitative documentary review examines how administrative management relates to faculty job satisfaction in higher education. Fourteen core publications are summarized in the analytical table, with institutional evidence concentrated in Mexico and Peru and complemented by international research. The synthesis identifies five recurrent themes: organizational climate; leadership, communication, and participation; work organization and working conditions; recognition and professional development; and well-being, satisfaction, and organizational commitment. A three-level interpretive model distinguishes management practices, workplace conditions and perceptions, and attitudinal outcomes. Organizational climate is located at the perceptual level rather than treated as an independent management practice. The reviewed studies differ in population, design, and outcome, and some provide contextual rather than direct satisfaction evidence. Because the original search and screening counts are unavailable, the review does not claim systematic coverage or estimate the frequency of findings in the literature. The synthesis identifies plausible organizational relationships, not causal effects, and highlights the need for more transparent, comparative, and longitudinal research.