The primary purpose of this investigation was to study the effects of perceived teacher stress and work environment complexity, on job satisfaction of physical education faculty at Division I-AA Institutions. In addition, differences in the job satisfaction of physical educators who perceived high or low occupational stress, and employed in a simple or complex environment were studied. / Three instruments were used. The Perceived Work Environment Measure (PWEM) contains 51 items and looks at nine dimensions of the work environment. The Teacher Occupational Stress Factor Questionnaire (TOSFQ) is a 30 item five factor instrument. The job descriptive index (JDI) contains 72 items and provides a satisfaction score related to the teacher's job. / Data used were obtained from 348 teachers at 81 institutions and randomly selected to receive a questionnaire along with a personal data sheet, a stamped self-addressed envelope and a scan sheet for responses. The PWEM and TOSFQ were used to obtain a measure on the independent variables. For this study, each independent variable was partitioned into two categories; (a) Environment, simple or complex; and (b) Stress, high or low. In order to determine the effect of the two independent variables (environment complexity and job stress) on the dependent variable work satisfaction, the problem was analyzed using multiple regression, and a 2 x 2 factorial design with Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The p < .05 significance level was used as the criterion for the rejection of the hypotheses. / Conclusions. Multiple regression analysis revealed a moderate effect between work environment complexity and work satisfaction. A moderate negative effect was exerted on work satisfaction by the stress variable. As a further test of the hypotheses, the data were presented in a 2 x 2 cross tabulation which showed physical educators with lower work satisfaction and employed in a simple environment perceived more occupational stress than physical educators with higher job satisfaction. The data indicated that the perception of low occupational stress produces greater work satisfaction. The effect of perceived stress on job satisfaction appears to hold true, whether the physical educators worked in a simple or complex environment. / Recommendations. (a) Similar studies should be conducted using teachers in other departments; (b) Studies using different size institutions, State or Private, to determine if either affect teacher job satisfaction; and (c) Studies using a more heterogeneous population of educators. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.) / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-06, Section: A, page: 2076. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75831 |
| Contributors | FORDHAM, WALTER MALVAL, JR., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 130 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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