There are several determinants which profoundly affects the perception of professional woman faculties about their working environment. In the present study, those factors which decisively affects the nature of perception of woman faculties about their working environment is identified using path analysis and stepwise regression analysis. Direct and indirect effects of profile characteristics of professional woman faculties on their perception about working environment can be well known from path analysis. Stepwise regression analysis was used to predict the extent of variation in perception caused by the independent variables. The study was conducted among hundred-woman faculties working in four state agricultural universities of Gujarat state viz: NAU, Navsari, JAU, Junagadh, AAU, Anand and SDAU, Dantewada. The path analysis results indicated that management efficiency (0.253) had exerted maximum direct positive effect and professional performance (0.250) had exerted highest positive total indirect effect on perception of professional woman faculties about working environment. In maximum substantial indirect effect on perception, annual income routed maximum times. From the stepwise regression analysis, it was understood that four independent variables such as job satisfaction (0.302*), management efficiency (0.275*), group cohesiveness (0.727*) and infrastructural facilities (0.435*) were the four variables which together accounted 21.40 per cent variation as indicated by adjusted R2 value for perception of professional woman faculties about working environment.

Keyword: Determinants; Professional woman faculties; Perception; Working environment.