Spirituality among public school principals and its relationship to job satisfaction and resiliency
by Robertson, Justin, Ed.D., UNION UNIVERSITY, 2008, 128 pages; 3323771

Abstract:

Spirituality, at its core, is deeply personal, playing a role in the way a person interacts within himself or herself and with other people. A spiritual person in a leadership position naturally incorporates spirituality into the practice of leadership. The relationship between spirituality and leadership is an emerging issue among scholars and educational researchers. The review of literature in Chapter 2 justified the need for further empirical research investigating the impact of spirituality on leadership, especially as it relates to other critical factors that determine a leader’s effectiveness and psychological well being. This study sought to explore spirituality as it relates to the overall job satisfaction and resiliency of public school principals. Data was collected for this study during the fall of 2007. There were 80 participants that completed Hoyle’s (2002) Self-Assessment for Spiritual Leadership, Bowling Green State University’s Job Descriptive Index (JDI) and Job in General (JIG) instruments (Balzer et al., 1997), Wagnild and Young’s (1993) Resilience Scale, and a demographic questionnaire. The participants represented two rural and three urban school districts. The results of this study revealed no statistically significant relationship between spirituality and job satisfaction. This study did indicate a statistically significant relationship between spirituality and resiliency. In light of this result, a multiple regression analysis was conducted to analyze the relationship between resiliency and the demographic factors of the participants. The study pointed to a statistically significant relationship between resiliency and the demographic factors of gender and religious affiliation.

 
AdviserMichele Atkins
SchoolUNION UNIVERSITY
SourceDAI/A 69-07, p. , Nov 2008
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsEducational administration; Developmental psychology
Publication Number3323771
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