The intention of this study was to examine the impact of gender and rank on job satisfaction among rehabilitation counselor educators. Women are now earning doctorates at a greater percentage than men and are the majority of faculty at community colleges and four year liberal arts colleges. However, women still lag behind men in terms of salary, tenure and promotion. Women are also more likely to leave academic appointments at a higher rate than male faculty. One of the key factors of leaving a position is job satisfaction. Research has indicated that female and male faculty both are usually satisfied with their job, but women are more dissatisfied with aspects of the job than men. This study utilized Herzberg`s two factor theory of motivation for work. Herzberg, in his study of worker motivations, determined that job satisfaction is not on a continuum but actually two distinct continuums. This study explored whether there are differences among faculty regarding job satisfaction, or intrinsic factors of the job, or job dissatisfaction, or extrinsic factors of the job. The results demonstrated those both male and female faculties were satisfied with their jobs and there was no significant difference between men and women in extrinsic and intrinsic factors of the job. However, intrinsic factors of the job were more predictive of job satisfaction than extrinsic factors. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment for the requirements for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy. / Fall Semester, 2011. / July 5, 2011. / Rehabilitation Counseling / Includes bibliographical references. / Deborah Ebener, Professor Directing Dissertation; Mary Frances Hanline, University Representative; Vanessa P. Dennen, Committee Member; Yanyun Yang, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_183046 |
| Contributors | Oliveira, Debora Sue (authoraut), Ebener, Deborah (professor directing dissertation), Hanline, Mary Frances (university representative), Dennen, Vanessa P. (committee member), Yang, Yanyun (committee member), Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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