Predictors of Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction among State Agency Rehabilitation Counselors: National Results.

Autor/inn/en	McGhee, Marcheta; Satcher, Jamie
Titel	Predictors of Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction among State Agency Rehabilitation Counselors: National Results.
Quelle	(1995), (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Counselor Qualifications; Counselors; Employee Attitudes; Employment Patterns; Job Performance; Job Satisfaction; Occupational Surveys; Personnel Data; Quality of Working Life; Rehabilitation Counseling; Work Attitudes; Work Environment; Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Counselor; Counsellor; Counsellors; Berater; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Berufsanalyse; Personaldaten; Arbeitsqualität; Rehabilitation counselling; Rehabilitationsberatung; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Arbeitsmilieu
Abstract	This study examined the job satisfaction and organizational commitment of rehabilitation counselors working in public (state/federal) rehabilitation agencies in the United States. Participants were 2,217 rehabilitation counselor survey respondents from 29 states whose agencies agreed to take part in the study. A total of 4,199 surveys were mailed. Job satisfaction was measured using the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. The three components of organizational commitment (affective, normative, and continuance) were examined using the Organizational Commitment Scales. Potential predictor variables examined were: (1) years of service; (2) age; (3) education level; (4) Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) status; (5) conscientiousness; (6) initiative; (7) cooperation; and (8) attendance/punctuality. Results indicate that work behaviors are important predictors of overall job satisfaction, emotional, and normative attachment of counselors toward the agencies for which they work. Because both job satisfaction and emotional attachment have been linked to higher levels of productivity, public rehabilitation agencies are encouraged to develop ways of rewarding those counselor behaviors (conscientiousness, initiative, and cooperation) which are most predictive of job satisfaction, affective commitment, and normative commitment. Contains two appendices: (1) job satisfaction items and (2) organizational commitment items. (JBJ)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC