The primary purpose of this study was to determine the perceived level of need fulfillment and satisfaction which faculty members experience from their roles as academic advisors to undergraduate students at Florida State University. A secondary purpose was to determine the significant differences which exist between the faculty advisors in the different colleges of the university. / A random sample consisting of 225 faculty advisors within 11 colleges and academic units of the Florida State University was selected. Respondents represented the Division of Basic Studies, the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Communication, Education, Social Sciences, Home Economics, and the Schools of Music, Library Science, Social Work, and Visual Arts. / After distributing a three-section survey instrument, a response rate of 81 percent was achieved. Section one of the instrument sought demographic data from faculty advisors. Section two asked advisors to respond on a 7-point scale to 13 three-part items determining their perceived fulfillment, satisfaction, and importance of their roles in advisement programs. The 13 need items were a modification of Lyman W. Porter's Need Satisfaction Survey. Section three consisted of an open-ended item which offered advisors the opportunity to comment on their most satisfying and/or dissatisfying experiences in their advisement program. / The major findings of this study were: (1) Advisorls revealed most fulfillment with security needs and least fulfillment with esteem needs. (2) Advisors were most fulfilled with being able to use their own unique capabilities, and realizing their potentialities in the advisement programs. (3) Advisors were least fulfilled with the recognition they received from their role as an advisor inside the university. (4) Advisors appeared satisfied with security needs and least satisfied with social needs. (5) Advisors were dissatisfied with their opportunity to develop interpersonal relationships with advisees. (6) Advisors assigned greatest importance to social needs and least importance to esteem needs. / For the open-ended item of the survey, the satisfying categories consisted of the advisor's expressed concern for the student, concern for the student's career goals, and concern for interpersonal relationships with advisees. The dissatisfying categories included lack of students conferring with advisors, concern for the administrative policies of the university related to advising, concern for work load of advisors, and lack of recognition and rewards for their roles as advisors. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-07, Section: A, page: 2945. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74214 |
| Contributors | SIMMONS, PATRICIA MILLER., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 132 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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