The present study integrated the Expectancy Theory by Vroom (1964), Equity Theory by Adams (1965), Path-Goal Theory by House & Mitchell (1974), and Two-Factor Theory by Herzberg (1987), as well as the work of Allen & Meyer on Organizational Commitment and Bandura's work on Self-Efficacy with a Teaching Performance measure to test a model of the factors influencing Undergraduate Faculty Morale, Teaching Performance, and Institutional Effectiveness. A questionnaire was formulated and emailed to all 22 non-supervisory full-time and 50 part-time faculty members in a nontraditional undergraduate college environment. Seventy-seven percent of the full time faculty responded and thirty-six percent of the part-time faculty responded.; Adjunct faculty reported higher levels of satisfaction, than full-time faculty, on six facets of the Job Satisfaction Index, and higher levels of Organizational Commitment; despite the fact that full-time faculty reported higher levels of Teaching Performance than the adjunct faculty members. A significant high negative correlation was noted between Self-Efficacy and Organizational Commitment; a positive relationship was noted between Self-Efficacy and Teaching Performance, and a marked negative relationship between Organizational Commitment and Teaching Performance. No significant correlations were noted between Job Satisfaction and the other factors.; It was suggested, here, that motivation to teach was influenced by Self-Efficacy and Organizational Commitment. The reality of life in academia, however, may be that there are few unambiguous cause and effect relationships; multiple causes and circumstances may be operating.; It was suggested, as well, that higher education administrators might want to attend to some of the human resource management factors, e.g., faculty rank and workload, and faculty performance evaluations more closely. Finally, researchers should continue to explore our understanding of institutional effectiveness issues. Such an understanding may be gained from the identification, analysis and organization of multirelevant concepts within a multivariate framework of what occurs in an organizational setting.
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