Whereas evaluation of faculty members by means of students' opinions is a common practice in a good number of universities, evaluation of the academic setting by faculty members is almost nonexistent. The Academic Setting Evaluation Questionnaire (ASEQ) attempts to fill this gap. A total of 655 faculty members took part in this second replication study to analyze the formal properties of the questionnaire. The results, obtained by using the confirmatory factor analysis technique, support the three dimensions found in previous analyses of the questionnaire: satisfaction with university institutions, intradepartmental social climate, and relationships with students.
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