Student Misbehavior and Job Satisfaction of Vocational Agriculture Teachers [electronic resource] : A Path Analysis / William G. Camp.
A study examined the relationship between student behavioral problems and job satisfaction among vocational agriculture teachers. Data were collected in accordance with a three-block, temporally ordered causal model. The first part of the survey instrument sought data pertaining to teacher and schoo...
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| Summary: | A study examined the relationship between student behavioral problems and job satisfaction among vocational agriculture teachers. Data were collected in accordance with a three-block, temporally ordered causal model. The first part of the survey instrument sought data pertaining to teacher and school background variables, the second part consisted of Camp and Bourn's Student Misbehavior Survey, and the third part was based on the Brayfield-Rothe Index of Job Satisfaction. The study population was defined as all teachers of vocational agriculture teaching in the United States during the 1981-1982 school year and listed in the "Agriculture Teachers Directory" (N=12,726). A final systematic sample with a random start was used to select a final sample of 605 teachers. The standardized coefficients leading to job satisfaction--student behavior and its square--both had substantial direct effects on job satisfaction (-.510 and +.413 respectively). Thus, as the teacher's perceived level of student misbehavior increases, job satisfaction decreases. This decrease in job satisfaction occurs, however, at a decreasing rate. Although student misbehavior problems contribute to lowered job satisfaction, the effect of misbehavior tends to become marginally less pronounced as misbehavior problems continue to increase. Also found to be significant were the relationships between job satisfaction and coefficients for years of teaching experience and community type. (MN) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED279791. ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Washington, DC, April 20-24, 1987). Table 1 contains light, blurred type. Educational level discussed: Secondary Education. |
| Physical Description: | 13 p. |