The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine demographic characteristics related to total, extrinsic and intrinsic job satisfaction in certified athletic trainers. A secondary purpose was to ascertain which job satisfaction items ranked higher in importance on measures of total, extrinsic and intrinsic job satisfaction in the sample of athletic trainers investigated. / Subjects for the study were National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA)-certified athletic trainers (n = 286) attending the 1989 NATA Annual Convention and Clinical Symposium. The subjects completed a personal data sheet and the short-form Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ), the instrument utilized to measure total, extrinsic and intrinsic job satisfaction scores, at a designated location at the convention. The demographic variables of interest included age, race, employment setting, number of sports covered, teaching responsibilities, highest educational level, physical therapy status, number of job changes in the last ten years, total years of experience in athletic training, years at the present position, marital status, gender, and position held. / An analysis of job satisfaction scores for the subgroupings of the aforementioned demographic factors indicated definite trends and tendencies in mean scores of the subgroupings in comparison to each other. A one-way analysis of variance with post-hoc analysis for total, extrinsic and intrinsic job satisfaction with regard to the demographic subgroupings revealed statistical significance. Greater job satisfaction was found in clinic/industry athletic trainers, athletic trainers without team responsibilities, athletic trainers credentialed also as physical therapists, male athletic trainers, married athletic trainers, and athletic trainers employed as sports physical therapists. Significant relationships were also found between job satisfaction scores and interval level demographic characteristics (age, number of sports covered, number of job changes, total years of athletic training experience, and years at present position) in many of these interval-level demographic subgroupings. This sample of athletic trainers revealed greater satisfaction with intrinsic job satisfaction characteristics (characteristics associated with the task itself) and less satisfaction with extrinsic job satisfaction characteristics (nontask characteristics associated with the job). / The study has implications for those supervising the certified athletic trainer employed in different settings, as well as the trainer's co-workers. Additionally, athletic trainer educators and clinicians can benefit from the results of this study and share the realities of job satisfaction-dissatisfaction of the athletic training profession with the student athletic trainer. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-12, Section: A, page: 3886. / Major Professor: Robert Alan Rider. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1989.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78106 |
| Contributors | Bell, Arnold Tooson., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 244 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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