This exploratory study analyzed ten factors related to motivation towards job satisfaction, as proposed by Herzberg, Mausner, and Snyderman (1959), and their influence on faculty performance in a representative sample of faculty members of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador between 2010 and 2011. These factors included work characteristics (internal factors) as well as context characteristics where work is performed (external factors). The effect that some faculty members' characteristics, such as faculty time category (i.e. full-time, half-time, part-time), position category, and gender had on job satisfaction and on the motivational factors was also analyzed. Statistical analysis showed that the external factor “job supervision” was a significant predictor of faculty performance. Statistically significant differences were found in some specific motivational factors, depe...

This exploratory study analyzed ten factors related to motivation towards job satisfaction, as proposed by Herzberg, Mausner, and Snyderman (1959), and their influence on faculty performance in a representative sample of faculty members of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador between 2010 and 2011. These factors included work characteristics (internal factors) as well as context characteristics where work is performed (external factors). The effect that some faculty members' characteristics, such as faculty time category (i.e. full-time, half-time, part-time), position category, and gender had on job satisfaction and on the motivational factors was also analyzed. Statistical analysis showed that the external factor “job supervision” was a significant predictor of faculty performance. Statistically significant differences were found in some specific motivational factors, depe...

ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to evaluate the construct validity based on the internal structure, the relationship with other variables, and the internal consistency among items of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) in a sample of 743 Ecuadorians. The findings confirm the presence of a bifactor structure, which includes a general factor and two specific factors: one emotional and the other physiological. The general factor, and the specific factors presented adequate levels of internal consistency. Finally, the FCV-19S showed a highly significant relationship with GAD-7 at the latent level. The scale has adequate psychometric properties for its application.