The purposes of this study are fourfold: (1) to examine job satisfaction among academic department chairpersons/division directors in four allied health disciplines in colleges and universities, (2) to identify factors that influence job satisfaction among chairpersons/division directors of baccalaureate and associate degree allied health academic department, (3) to identify differences in characteristics of academic department chairpersons/division directors which would influence job satisfaction, and (4) to determine the feasibility of the use of Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory in determining their job satisfaction. / The population consisted of allied health academic department chairpersons/division directors from 155 Medical Record Administration programs, 65 Occupational Therapy programs, 257 Radiologic technology programs, and 273 Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care) programs (n = 750). / The research method employed in this study was the survey method using a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire consist of two instruments: the Job Descriptive Index (JDI), Smith et. al. (1969) and Porter's needs fulfillment instrument, Porter, (1961). The data were collected through self-administered questionnaires. One hundred eighty-eight questionnaires were mailed with a return rate of 67% with 64% usable. / The results of this study indicated the following: (1) with the respect to the total sample; while not statistically significant for every job characteristic, the results generally indicated that higher ratings in job characteristics tended to be positively related to higher ratings in satisfaction with the work, (2) there was no significant difference between the means (at the.05 level) of the independent variables of discipline, formal academic preparation, classification of schools, type of institution, academic position, first administrative position, race (White/Non-White), and gender with the dependent variable of job satisfaction. However, there was a statistically significant difference between the means (p =.05) of those educationally prepared and those unprepared for the academic position and the subscale promotion for the JDI, (3) the needs categories most often reported as unsatisfied were the high level needs of autonomy and self-actualization, and (4) overall, most respondents indicated they would probably remain in the position for the next five years. / Finally, information derived from this study can be utilized to improve selection, retention, and self-motivation of allied health academic department chairpersons/division directors. This will contribute to the improvement of allied health education, and thus, the quality of care delivered by graduates of baccalaureate and associate degree programs in the allied health sciences. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-08, Section: A, page: 2763. / Major Professor: Allan Tucker. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76445 |
| Contributors | Cartwright, Harry Melvin, Sr., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 186 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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