The relationship between work values and job satisfaction of potential minority leaders in community colleges and technical institutes /
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1990.
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| Online Access: | ProQuest, Abstract Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to identify the work values and degree of job satisfaction of potential minority leaders in community colleges and technical institutes. In addition, the study examined participation in a Minority Leadership Development Project (MLDP), as well as other important moderator variables. The sample was drawn from the applicant pool of the Texas A&M MLDP. There were 72 subjects included in the study, and they participated in one of two groups, selected (N = 36) or non-selected (N = 36). The characteristics of the potential minority leaders were studied using biographical data, two measures of work values, and a job satisfaction instrument. The variables included the 21 scale scores of the Values Scale (VS), the 21 scale scores of the Minnesota Importance Questionnaire (MIQ), and the 20 job satisfaction scale scores and the total satisfaction score of the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ). Moderator variables included participation or non-participation in the MLDP, ethnicity, gender, professional experience, and level of education. Major findings indicated that the potential minority leaders included in this study differed from norm groups on selected work values. Also, the individuals participating in the MLDP were less satisfied with their current jobs. When Black and Hispanic minority candidates for the MLDP were compared on work values and job satisfaction they appeared to differ little from each other. Also, years of professional experience and level of education did not appear to bear any relationship to work values or job satisfaction for the population under study. Seven unique important independent and moderator variables appeared to be related to job satisfaction for the subjects in the study. There were four VS variables (Autonomy, Personal Development, Social Relations, and Variety) that were able to predict satisfaction on 10 or more of the dependent variables. Only one variable for the MIQ (Company Policies & Practices) predicted satisfaction on 10 or more dependent variables. Of the five moderator variables, MLDP predicted satisfaction on 16 of the dependent variables, while gender predicted satisfaction on 17 of the dependent variables. Based on the results, the VS appears to be better than the MIQ as a measure of work values that are related to the job satisfaction of potential minority leaders. |
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| Item Description: | Typescript (photocopy). Vita. "Major subject: Vocational education." |
| Physical Description: | ix, 136 leaves ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |