THE RELATIONSHIP OF LOCUS-OF-CONTROL, POWERLESSNESS, AND JOB SATISFACTION AS PERCEIVED BY NURSING FACULTY.
Contributors: Auburn University.
Published: 1987
Number of pages: 114
Subjects: Education, Higher.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine how much of the variance in job satisfaction as perceived by nursing faculty in baccalaureate and higher degree programs could be explained by locus of control and powerlessness. Twelve of the 13 schools of nursing in Alabama with baccalaureate and higher degree programs participated in the study. One hundred and seventy-eight faculty completed Rotter's Internal-External Scale, Guilbert's Health Care Work Powerlessness Scale, and Johnson's Faculty Satisfaction Instrument.

Multiple regression and cross-validation analysis revealed that a significant amount of variability in job satisfaction could be explained by powerlessness and locus of control scores. The analysis further revealed that a greater amount of variability was explained by the powerlessness variable and a lesser amount by the locus of control scores.

The findings of this study suggest that powerlessness among nursing faculty is a contributing factor in determining job satisfaction and demonstrate a need for the deans of schools of nursing to evaluate the decision-making process in their schools.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-07, Section: A, page: 1672.

Thesis (ED.D.)--AUBURN UNIVERSITY, 1987.

School code: 0012.