Dud students sap job satisfaction ACADEMICS in Group of Eight universities are the least satisfied in Australia despite having less resource pressure, better prepared students and more available time for research, all factors that adversely influence job satisfaction in other universities. "Poor student quality was highly significant on its negative relationship with job satisfaction, while being employed at a Group of Eight university was also significant and negatively related with job satisfaction," write the authors of a chapter on the Australian context in a new book, Satisfaction Around the Academic World.