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Cunningham, James J.; Emukah, Reginald – 1990
A study was done of individual job involvement as it affects support services in some areas of higher education. The basic research question was: Given selected personal characteristics of support services staff members and certain situational characteristics, which set of variables would most effectively account for the variations in the degree…
Descriptors: College Administration, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics, Job Performance
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Seifert, Edward H. – Rural Educator, 1985
A random sample of 559 secondary small school principals in Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas revealed that 73 percent of the principals were actively seeking new positions or were leaving school administration. The findings have implications for selection procedures, salary/fringe benefit packages, principal autonomy, evaluation…
Descriptors: Career Change, Employment Practices, Fringe Benefits, Job Applicants
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Hutton, Jerry B.; Jobe, Max E. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1985
Describes a study using the Job Satisfaction Inventory to survey 390 faculty from 14 Texas community colleges. Areas of greatest satisfaction included relationships with supervisors and colleagues and teaching itself. Least satisfaction occurred with professional development opportunities, time allocation, and student preparation/motivation. Notes…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty College Relationship, Job Satisfaction
Knox, Josephine J. – 1983
This study was conducted to identify factors that affect disadvantaged women in their efforts to gain long-term employment or to complete vocational and technical education programs. Following a review of literature, a questionnaire was prepared and administered to 160 disadvantaged women in Texas. An analysis of the questionnaire responses…
Descriptors: Adults, Disadvantaged, Displaced Homemakers, Dropout Prevention