The primary purpose of this study was to investigate aspects of the job that influence job satisfaction among campus recreation administrators. Job satisfaction was measured by the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS). Participants, consisting of 104 campus recreation administrators, were affiliated with the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) of which encompasses all geographical regions in the United States. The JSS consisted of nine subscale measures that relate to employee job satisfaction and strongly examines perceptual and attitudinal variables (Spector, 1997). These nine factors include satisfaction with pay, promotional opportunities, fringe benefits, contingent rewards, supervision, co-workers, nature of work itself, communication, and work conditions.
According to the data, the degree to which campus recreation administrators are satisfied with their job is significant in two subscales. Results from this research suggest that supervision and nature of work were the two highest ranking measures of job satisfaction among campus recreation administrators at 4-year institutions. The second part of the Job Satisfaction Survey requested demographic information. Demographic items on the instrument included gender, age, population size of the institution, type of institution (public or private), and years of experience working as a campus recreation administrator. Results from this research suggest that the demographic information was not significant to explain the overall level of job satisfaction.