Level of Job Satisfaction among Educational Guidance Counselors in Jenin and Qalqilya Governorates

Authors

  • د. معزوز جابر علاونه
  • د. يحيى محمد ندى

Keywords:

Level of Job Satisfaction, Educational Guidance Counselors, Jenin, Qalqilya Governorates

Abstract

The aim of this study was to figure out the level of job satisfaction among

educational counselors in Jenin and Qalqilia Governates and to show the

effects of the following variables (sex , civil status , years of experience ,

monthly family income , course of study , place of residence ) in their job

satisfaction .

The population of this study consists of 83 counselors in Jenin and Qalqilia

governates in the second semester in the scholastic year 2002-2003 .

The descriptive method was used in the study and a questionnaire was

designed to collect data . The questionnaire which was used consisted of 52

paragraphs distributed to six areas (Counselors satisfaction of professional

growth , work circumstances , co-worker relation , promotion wages and

incentive system , managerial model of leadership , instructions and systems)

, and the consistency and validity of the study tool was checked . The

questionnaire were distributed to the population and 65 were returned. Four

were excluded because of their invalidity and 61 which remained were

considered the sample for the study . The data were analysed by Weight

Mean , Standard Deviation , Variance Analysis of Multi Repeated

Measurement , Sidak Test , (t)Test and One Way- ANOVA- .

The most important element among the findings was the mean (3.37) of

job satisfaction level for counselors in Jenin and Qalqilia governates was

higher than the grand mean . Therefore there was a significant difference

in level of job satisfaction counselors regarding areas of the study , while

there was no significant difference in job satisfaction for the following

variables (sex , civil status , years of experience , monthly family income ,

course of study and place of residence).

The study introduce many recommendations among there were:

1. The need to introduce pressure for counselors to illustrate their work ,

duties , rights in order to become more aware of the role .

2. The need to establish union for counselors in order to take care of the

benefits and look for their rights under legal union .

3. The need to minimize the workload of the counselors by recruiting new

counselors and minimizing the number of students whom they guided.

Published

2017-05-31

How to Cite

علاونه د. م. ج., & ندى د. ي. م. (2017). Level of Job Satisfaction among Educational Guidance Counselors in Jenin and Qalqilya Governorates. Journal of Al-Quds Open University for Humanities and Social Studies, (5). Retrieved from https://journals.qou.edu/index.php/jrresstudy/article/view/515

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