Workers personally satisfied with identified aspects of their work found satisfaction in the same aspects of their leisure time. (JD)

Using a sample of 93 female Israeli kindergarten teachers, this study identifies perceived professional needs, teacher characteristics, and organizational factors that significantly discriminate between "satisfied" and "dissatisfied" teachers. Teachers are most satisfied on two "lower" needs (security and social…

A 3-year study of 82 young professionals found that work-related well-being was predicted by selection (commitment to personal goals), optimization (application of goal-related skills), and compensation (maintaining goals in the face of loss). The degree of compensation predicted emotional well-being and job satisfaction 3 years later. (Contains…

Presents data from a survey of senior management personnel that was designed to test the hypothesis that self-actualization will increase the productivity, creativity, job satisfaction, and personal growth of management personnel. Analysis of the survey data supported the hypothesis. (For availability, see EA 507 385.) (Author/JG)

The nature of the causal relationship between life and job satisfaction in males and females working in a variety of jobs was investigated. Results suggest that the life satisfaction causes job satisfaction hypothesis is more tenable than the reverse. (Author)

Freedom from material insecurity brings with it new human expectations. Demands for personal fulfillment and development of human potential will increasingly be placed on schools, and change will be necessary for organizational success and individual self-actualization. The authors present ten principles for bringing about desired changes.…

Examines the responses of 238 prospective secondary teachers to the Personality Types and Occupations questionnaire which asked them to rate the degree to which each of the 18 types would be likely to be satisfied or frustrated in secondary teaching. Finding consistent with Kuhlen and Dipboye (1959) which found moderate to considerable…

College teaching has distinct frustrations, such as the repetitiveness of restarting each term, boredom, and absence of meaningful teacher evaluation. But each of these aspects can bring some joy, when the teacher realizes the most fundamental subject taught is himself or herself. (MSE)

Discusses leisure and the role it plays in people's lives and in their careers. Presents the author's "life-career rainbow" model, nine life roles in schematic life space. He discusses other definitions of leisure as theorized by sociologists and psychologists. (CT)

Author applies the thinking of Maslow and others to the individual vs. organization relationship within the schools; differentiated staffing is seen as a means of increasing teacher involvement. (SP)

Reviewing her roles as student, wife, mother, and psychiatric social worker, the author examines issues of concern to many women who try to combine family with career. She describes the challenges and rewards of being a teacher and the dilemmas faced by professional women who are also wives and mothers. (Author/SK)

Using data collected at a Western State's press association convention, a study compared predicted motivation profiles for several newspaper management jobs to the actual profiles of men and women holding those jobs. In addition, the levels of job commitment and satisfaction were examined to learn how happy and dedicated the managers were.…

Administrators can improve their effectiveness by understanding and applying the research findings about motivation and job satisfaction to their relationships with teachers. (Author/MLF)

Sixth grade pupils from a junior high school in Southeastern Ohio were given the OWVI. No significant differences among social classes were found in work values. Significant differences were found between boys and girls in three work values--Altruism, Object Orientation, and Solitude. However, similarities outweighed differences between the value…