Abstract: This study investigated the administrative practices of a Private Institution in relation to work
satisfaction behavior of College teachers. There are nine areas of the administrative practices as
variables. These are leadership, conflict resolution, treatment of employees, communication,
motivation of employees, exercising of power, interpersonal sensitivity, organizational planning, and
decisiveness. The work satisfaction has six areas of concern. These are professional growth, salary
and fringe benefits, faculty workloads, interpersonal relationship, working condition, and satisfaction
with community. The study employed the descriptive method, the survey technique. It utilized the
universal sampling all 30 teachers of Butuan Doctors’ College (BDC). Two questionnaires were
used; the administrative behavior and the work satisfaction. It employed sample percentage,
weighted mean and frequency distribution, chi-square product correlation, and stepwise regression
analysis. The results indicated that two areas under administrative practices got low rates namely
exercising of power and organizational planning. On work satisfaction areas, it got low rates on areas
of salary and of fringe benefits for teachers. As both correlated it found out that the areas of
communication and decisiveness are weak and need to be given attention. These areas considered as
roadblocks to the institutional development that requires better recommendations |