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AN ANALYSIS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AND ADMINISTRATOR JOB SATISFACTION IN CLASS III SCHOOLS IN NEBRASKA
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine if differences in climate factors included in the Work Environment Scale differed significantly when differing perceptions of job tension, job satisfaction, job involvement, and decision making were present for administrators in Nebraska Class III schools. Measures of four job dimensions--satisfaction, tension, involvement, and decision-making--were compared to the three factors--relationship, personal growth, and systems maintenance or change--of the Work Environment Scale. Subjects were divided into two groups--high and low--based on perceptions of the four job dimensions. Data were collected from administrators in 21 Class III school districts in Nebraska with a superintendent, a secondary principal and an elementary principal who had all served at least one year in the district. Data were analyzed using measures of central tendencies and t-tests for significance of means between factors. The level of significance selected for the study was .05. From the findings of this study, inferences drawn were: Administrators with high job satisfaction perceptions have higher perceptions of idiographic and nomethetic presses within their respective organizations than do administrators with low job satisfaction. Administrators with high job satisfaction take advantage of opportunities presented within the organization to grow personnally and professionally, while administrators with low job satisfaction tend to ignore opportunities to grow and rely upon bureaucratic measures to control the organization. Future studies should include factor analysis of organizational climate subscales, analysis by administrative positions, and analysis of relationships between satisfaction and performance.
Subject Area
School administration
Recommended Citation
HOFF, HAROLD ERWIN, "AN ANALYSIS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AND ADMINISTRATOR JOB SATISFACTION IN CLASS III SCHOOLS IN NEBRASKA" (1981). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8203218.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8203218