The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of demographic, psychological, and situational variables on the job involvement, or psychological identification with work, of student affairs professionals in community and junior colleges in the United States. Job involvement is related to the quality of life for individuals and effectiveness for organizations. It is influenced by individual and situational characteristics. A national sample of 430 was drawn. Data were collected through a mailed questionnaire and analyzed using multiple regression analysis. Two individual difference variables were significant contributors to job involvement in this sample: work involvement and satisfaction,with the amount of respect and recognition received for one's work. Work involvement, the belief that work should satisfy one's needs, was the greatest influence on job involvement. An unexpected finding was that higher involvement was related to low satisfaction with the amount of respect and recognition received. Student affairs professionals were job involvement despite the lack of respect and recognition. Job skill variety, satisfaction with the opportunity for promotion, and satisfaction with the interesting and enjoyable nature of the work were expected to be significantly related to job involvement. Although nonsignificant, those variables did merit discussion because of their prominence in the literature of student affairs. Job involvement in this sample was influenced by the combination of many individual and situational variables. Professionals in student affairs reported a high quality of work life as evidenced by the high involvement score. This high involvement was influenced most by individual variables. They will probably continue to be vital and energetic even in times of rapid external change because, unlike individuals in business and industry, their involvement was not significantly influenced by situational variables. / Ed. D.

This study analyzed the characteristics of United States public community college wellness programs to determine the relationship of institutional size or line item budgeting on (a) staffing, (b) departmental affiliation, (c) programming, and (d) facilities. Data were collected via mail surveys from 156 public community colleges within the United States. The population consisted of United States public community colleges with wellness programs. Two purposeful samples were utilized: a conference based sample consisting of those institutions which were represented at the 1993 Sixth Annual Community College Wellness Conference and a director identified based sample of community colleges which had been identified by state directors as having a wellness program. The review of literature examined (a) definitions of wellness, (b) goals/objectives of wellness programs, (c) components of wellness programs, (d) corporate wellness programs and, (e) wellness programs in educational settings. Methodological procedures included development of a 46 item survey instrument which consisted of 43 forced choice items, and three open-ended questions. Data did not support line item budgeting significantly relating to staffing, departmental affiliation, or programming, however. there was a significant relationship concerning facilities. Data also revealed there was no significant relationship between institution size and staffing, departmental affiliation, programming, or facilities. Final analysis includes a descriptive profile of community college wellness programs which should be useful to decision makers and advisory boards who are involved in planning and evaluation. / Ed. D.