This study investigated the job satisfaction of
elementary school counselors in the Pacific Northwest,
defined as Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The purpose of
the study was to (a) describe current elementary counselor
characteristics, duties and functions; (b) determine the
overall level of job satisfaction of elementary school
counselors; (c) investigate factors relating to job
satisfaction of elementary school counselors; (d) assess the
level of job satisfaction with the professional role of
counselors; and (e) assess the level of satisfaction with
graduate preparation.
This study posed three questions:
1. What are the levels of overall job satisfaction in
elementary school counselors in the Pacific Northwest?
2. How satisfied are Pacific Northwest elementary
school counselors with specific aspects of their jobs?
3. For elementary school counselors in the Pacific
Northwest what is the relationship between overall job
satisfaction and selected demographic variables, graduate
preparation variables, and work setting characteristics?
Participants for this study were selected from a list
of all (n=1,164) elementary school counselors issued by
the state departments of education in Idaho, Oregon and
Washington. A random sample of 400 was selected and mailed
a packet containing the short-form Minnesota Satisfaction
Questionnaire and the Elementary School Counselor
Questionnaire, which was devised by the researcher to
generate data appropriate to the questions raised. Three
hundred twenty-one (321) of the 400 counselors surveyed
responded, producing 298 useable surveys for a response
return rate of 74.50.
Procedures used to analyze the data were the Pearson
product moment correlation, factor analysis, and stepwise
multiple regression.
The findings of the study indicate that job
satisfaction of elementary school counselors as measured by
the Elementary School Counselor Questionnaire and Minnesota
Satisfaction Questionnaire was significantly related to
satisfaction with professional role and work load. Scores
on the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, professional
role and work load were the best predictors of job
satisfaction and explained 500 of the total variance in job
satisfaction. / Graduation date: 1995
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/34935 |
| Date | 08 December 1994 |
| Creators | Birdsall, Bobbie Ann |
| Contributors | Firth, James L. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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