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Portland State University

Theses/Dissertations

1986

Job satisfaction

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Job Satisfaction Of Administrators In A Public Suburban School District, Linda Cartier Borquist Jan 1986

Job Satisfaction Of Administrators In A Public Suburban School District, Linda Cartier Borquist

Dissertations and Theses

The two research questions of the study were: (1) Is the job satisfaction of school district administrators related to the personal factors of group membership and sex? (2) What are the sources of overall job satisfaction? Do they confirm findings from previous studies in which autonomy, responsibility, the work itself, growth, recognition, feedback, achievement, and interpersonal relationships were found to be major contributors to job satisfaction? Utilizing the Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) developed by Hackman and Oldham and free response questions, ratings of job satisfaction were obtained to determine if sex and group membership (elementary principal, secondary principal and vice …