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Walther, Fay; Taylor, Susan – Personnel Administrator, 1983
A model that emphasizes the effective use of feedback on performance can influence the job-related behaviors of subordinates. Feedback to employees requires specificity, consistency, credibility, accuracy, and a combination of positive with negative information. Feedback is essential for maintaining the job satisfaction of women in nontraditional…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Employed Women, Employer Employee Relationship, Feedback
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Staudt, Marlys – Social Work in Education, 1997
Examines the relationship of seven work-environment variables in the job satisfaction of school social workers. A multiple regression model accounted for 28% of variance in job satisfaction. Three significant variables in the model are satisfaction with supervision, difference between actual and ideal levels of service provision, and changes in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction, Models, Pupil Personnel Workers
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Mercer, David; Evans, Barbara – School Organisation, 1991
Documents greater teacher attrition in the United Kingdom than previously realized and demands a halt to this trend. Urges increasing teacher managers' awareness of factors diminishing job satisfaction, an important factor influencing decisions to leave the profession. Presents three job satisfaction models used in business with possible…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Foreign Countries, Industry
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Fessler, Ralph; Burke, Peter J. – Educational Leadership, 1983
A model presented here offers a framework within which supervisors can respond to differences in teachers by considering relationships among their personal needs, role expectations, and job behavior. (JM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction, Models, Role Perception
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Razza, Nancy J. – Mental Retardation, 1993
A model of direct care human service staff turnover was proposed and tested with 236 direct care staff members in 9 private, nonprofit New Jersey agencies. Four variables were found to be related to job satisfaction: (1) agreement of the job with personal goals and values; (2) burnout; (3) satisfaction with supervision; and (4) employment history.…
Descriptors: Attendants, Burnout, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Ellis, Nancy H.; Bernhardt, Regis – 1988
To meet the growth and achievement needs of teachers and to build career commitments among teachers, school administrators need to understand what influences the internal work motivation of classroom teachers and to adjust their supervisory styles to meet those needs. Accordingly, after an extensive review of the literature on adult learning, this…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Andragogy, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives