| Does a relationship exist between characteristics of self-actualization and of job satisfaction of selected business faculty in higher education? Do these characteristics differ significantly when analyzed by independent variables: faculty rank, sex, age, degree (highest earned), salary, years (number teaching at present institution), total (years teaching in higher education), and business (number of years experience)? This study was an attempt to answer these questions.;Faculty self-actualization was measured by the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI). The POI is a 150-item, two-choice comparative value and behavior judgments instrument. Faculty job satisfaction was measured by the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) long form, consisting of 100 items. Subjects selected a single response per questionnaire item among five responses that were available in a Likert-type format, the response range being very dissatisfied, dissatisfied, neither, satisfied, or very satisfied. A Faculty Data Sheet was developed by the investigator to collect the necessary independent variable data.;Survey packets, which included a cover letter, POI, MSQ, and Faculty Data Sheet, were distributed to 108 business faculty members at the University of Iowa, 42 business faculty at Drake University, and 52 to business faculty at the Des Moines Area Community College. A total of 53 valid survey packets (POI, MSQ, and Faculty Data Sheet) were returned.;The Statistical Package for Social Sciences X (SPSS('x)), Computer Center of Iowa State University, was used for the analysis of the data. Subprograms Pearson CORR., t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and Scheffe and Duncan tests were used in the analysis. The alpha level of .05 was used to determine significant differences.;Two null hypotheses were tested in this study: (1) No significant relationships exist among the scores on the 12 scales of the POI and scores on the 21 scales of the MSQ. (2) No significant differences exist among independent variables and scores on the 12 scales of the POI and scores on the 21 scales of the MSQ.;As a result of the analysis of data, null Hypothesis 1 was not rejected and null Hypothesis 2 was rejected. A key finding of this study was the impact that the level of business experience had on a large number of MSQ scales. |
