The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine the relationship between high school athletic administrators' job satisfaction and job-related stress. In addition, differences in the levels of administrators' job satisfaction and job-related stress according to gender, years of experience, and school size were examined. / Data were obtained from 371 high school athletic administrators employed in public schools from North Florida and South Georgia. Specifically, the subjects were head coaches who coached sports such as football, basketball, volleyball, softball, and baseball. / Three instruments were used in the investigation. They included a Personal Data Sheet, the Job Satisfaction Scale, and the Job-Related Stress Scale. The Pearson-Product Moment Correlation was used to test hypothesis one and a one-way Analysis of Variance was used to test hypotheses two through seven. The.05 alpha level was used as the criterion for the rejection of the hypotheses. / The following conclusions were made: (a) There is a positive correlation between satisfaction and job-related stress; (b) Gender appears to have an affect on job stress; (c) Gender does not appear to be a factor in the perception of job satisfaction; (d) Years of experience appears to have an affect on job satisfaction and job stress; and (e) School size appears to have an affect on job satisfaction and job stress. / The following recommendations were made: (a) Similar studies should be conducted using a national sample of head coaches and athletic administrators to examine the relationship between job satisfaction and job stress; (b) Future research should identify specific coping mechanisms used by head coaches to control and decrease the negative aspects of job stress. Also, measures should be taken to determine whether female head coaches use different stress-reducing mechanisms than male head coaches; (c) Future research should compare head coaches from larger schools to coaches from smaller schools to determine whether perceptions related to effectiveness and job satisfaction are different; (d) Future research should include interviews with former administrators and coaches to determine reasons why they quit coaching; and (e) Future research should include an analysis of the various sports to determine which sports activity may create the greatest potential for stress. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-11, Section: A, page: 3841. / Major Professor: Dewayne J. Johnson. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76794 |
| Contributors | Green, Gregory., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 157 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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