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the level of job satisfaction among agricultural teacher educators

Castillo, Jaime X.

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1999, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Human and Community Resource Development.

The current study was conducted via survey research methods. The review of related literature revealed that there was no recent measure of the level of overall job satisfaction among agricultural teacher educators in the United States. The level of satisfaction among agricultural teacher educators was collected using a one-item statement, which was supported in the literature. Moreover, previous instruments utilized to collect the level of satisfaction among agricultural teacher educators with regard to the motivator-hygiene factors, were not subjected to factor analysis in attempt to produce a more parsimonious set of job related factors. The 3-Factor Job Satisfaction Scale was developed for the current study to ascertain the level of satisfaction among agricultural teacher educators with the selected job factors: policy and administration, personal growth and satisfaction, and fiscal resources. The demographic characteristics of the agricultural teacher educators were also collected in the current study. The selected job factors were regressed on the overall level of job satisfaction among the agricultural teacher educators. Because of a lack of relationship between the demographic characteristics and overall job satisfaction, the demographic characteristics were not included in the regression analysis.

Agricultural teacher educators were moderately satisfied with their job. Based upon this finding, it was concluded that agricultural teacher educators have remained satisfied with their jobs for twenty-years. The agricultural teacher educators were also moderately satisfied with the selected job factor, personal growth and satisfaction. To the contrary, agricultural teacher educators were only slightly satisfied with the selected job factors policy and administration and fiscal resources. When entered into a regression equation, the selected job factors accounted for 65% of the variance in the level of overall job satisfaction among agricultural teacher educators. The factor personal growth and satisfaction had a larger influence in the level of job satisfaction than the factors policy and administration and fiscal resources. It was also concluded that the 3-Factor Job Satisfaction Scale was a valid measure of the selected job factors: policy and administration, personal growth and satisfaction, and fiscal resources.

Jamie Cano (Advisor)
N. L. McCaslin (Committee Member)
L. H. Newcomb (Committee Member)
187 p.

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  • Castillo, J. X. (1999). the level of job satisfaction among agricultural teacher educators [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1247848470

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Castillo, Jaime. the level of job satisfaction among agricultural teacher educators. 1999. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1247848470.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Castillo, Jaime. "the level of job satisfaction among agricultural teacher educators." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1247848470

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)