Award Date

1-1-1995

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Department

Educational Administration and Higher Education

Number of Pages

96

Abstract

Counselors in the Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada were chosen for a study of the relationship of job satisfaction, role ambiguity and role conflict. A written survey consisting of the Teacher Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (Lester, 1984) and the Role Questionnaire (Rizzo et al., 1970) was conducted of selected full-time K-12 counselors in an attempt to assess the effects of role ambiguity and role conflict in six selected areas of job satisfaction: work itself, working conditions, recognition, responsibility, supervision and colleagues; The results showed that as the job satisfaction of the counselors increased, the amount of role ambiguity and role conflict decreased. Two areas of job satisfaction--colleagues and responsibility--appeared to have no relationship with either role ambiguity or role conflict. General comments from the counselors indicated concern in the areas of: counseling budget, double school assignments, lack of clear understanding of the counselor's role and counselors being given tasks that could be performed by clerical staff.

Keywords

Ambiguity; Clark County; Conflict; Counselors; County; District; Job; Role; Satisfaction; School

Controlled Subject

School management and organization; Educational counseling; Psychology, Industrial

File Format

pdf

File Size

1792 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

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