Author: Doris Bell Brenner

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Published: 2003

Total Pages: 792

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This study addressed the job satisfaction of teachers (n=510) in Kentucky. It is important to assess job satisfaction because it impacts productivity, work behaviors, turnover, and life satisfaction. The dependent variable was teacher overall job satisfaction, and the four classes of independent variables were teacher characteristics, school characteristics, job dimensions, and psychological states. The investigation addressed 21 predictor variables classified according to the above categories. The research had a correlation design, with hierarchical multiple regression as the primary statistical procedure. The Hulin, Roznowski, & Hachiya (1985) heuristic model provided a comprehensive framework. The instrument used was a modified version of Hackman and Oldham's (1974) Job Diagnostic Survey. Principal components factor analysis served to construct validate the instrument and reduce the survey items down to a smaller number of predictor variables examined in the multiple regression analysis. Test-retest and coefficient alpha computations assessed the stability and internal consistency of the survey items.