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Job Satisfaction Among High School Assistant Principals in Ohio: A Qualitative Study of the Effects of Role Ambiguity, Role Conflict, Job Facets, and Demographics

Stewart, Jaime Spann
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2025-7690
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1595249476146911

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2020, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), University of Findlay, Education.
While research on the superintendent, principal, or teacher may be prevalent, research on the assistant principal is lacking. This qualitative study based on phenomenological research was focused on determining overall job satisfaction of high school assistant principals in Ohio as well as the factor that role ambiguity, role conflict, and/or facet satisfaction play on the overall job satisfaction. The study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with 12 high school assistant principals in Ohio, both male and female with 0-5 or 6 or more years of experience in a rural, suburban, or urban school district. Data were initially analyzed and coded by hand. Further coding was accomplished by using MAXQDA, a computer-assisted qualitative analysis software. Findings followed the theoretical framework used for the study, Lawler’s (1994) Theory of Facet Satisfaction. This framework, and the study, showed that assistant principals often have different actual job responsibilities than those they assumed they would have or those they identified as ideal. Most assistant principals in the study experienced instances of role ambiguity and role conflict. The majority of the assistant principals had a high rating of job satisfaction regardless of the differences in job responsibilities or instances of ambiguity and conflict. Recommendations were given based on the findings of this study for both high and low job satisfaction.
John Gillham, Ed.D. (Committee Chair)
John Cindric, Ed.D. (Committee Member)
Rahman Dyer, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
134 p.
Educational Leadership; School Administration
assistant principal; job satisfaction; facet satisfaction; role conflict

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  • Stewart, J. S. (2020). Job Satisfaction Among High School Assistant Principals in Ohio: A Qualitative Study of the Effects of Role Ambiguity, Role Conflict, Job Facets, and Demographics [Doctoral dissertation, University of Findlay]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1595249476146911

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stewart, Jaime. Job Satisfaction Among High School Assistant Principals in Ohio: A Qualitative Study of the Effects of Role Ambiguity, Role Conflict, Job Facets, and Demographics . 2020. University of Findlay, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1595249476146911.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stewart, Jaime. "Job Satisfaction Among High School Assistant Principals in Ohio: A Qualitative Study of the Effects of Role Ambiguity, Role Conflict, Job Facets, and Demographics ." Doctoral dissertation, University of Findlay, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1595249476146911

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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