Role ambiguity, role conflict and job satisfaction among physical education teachers in Greece

Grounded in occupational socialization theory, the authors examined adapted physical education (APE) teachers’ job satisfaction. Twelve (nine female and three male) APE teachers who had 3–43 years of teaching experience participated in the study. A semistructured interview was employed. The interviews focused on the participants’ roles and responsibilities. The following questions guided this study: (a) What social agents positively impact APE teachers’ job satisfaction? (b) what APE teachers’ roles and responsibilities are related to job satisfaction? and (c) what type of working conditions are linked to APE teachers’ job satisfaction? Thematic analysis was employed to analyze the data. The following four themes emerged from the analysis: (a) support from administrators, physical education teachers, and colleagues; (b) relevant and meaningful professional development; (c) itinerant working conditions; and (d) seeing students’ progress and achievement. The results of this study provide several implications to enhance APE teachers’ job satisfaction.

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Relationship between Job Statisfaction Levels and Work-Family Conflicts of Physical Education Teachers

Journal of Education and Learning ◽

10.5539/jel.v6n3p312 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 312

Author(s):

Hakki Ulucan

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Physical Education ◽

Family Conflict ◽

Physical Education Teachers ◽

Full Time ◽

Meaningful Difference ◽

Work Family Conflict ◽

Family Conflicts ◽

Satisfaction Scale ◽

Work Family

Study aims to examine the relationship between perceived job satisfaction levels and work-family conflicts of the physical education teachers. Research group consists of 154 volunteer physical education teachers that work full time in governmental institutions in Kirşehir city and its counties. To acquire the job satisfaction datum; the Minnesota job satisfaction Scale, developed by Weiss, Dawis, England and Lofquist (1967) and adapted to Turkish version by Baycan (1985), was used. For acquiring the work-family conflict datum the Work-Family Conflict Scale, developed by Netemeyer et al. (1996) and adapted to Turkish by Efeoglu (2006), was used. While there was no meaningful difference determined between groups in the job satisfaction levels of physical education teachers according to gender and working year in the institution variance there was a meaningful difference determined between groups according to age and working year variance. When work-family conflict levels of teachers are considered while there was no meaningful difference found between groups according to gender variance there was a meaningful difference determined between groups according to age and working year in that institution variances. As a result, there was no meaningful relationship found between job satisfaction levels and work-family conflict levels of physical education teachers.

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The effect of role ambiguity and role conflict on job performance in the hotel industry: the mediating effect of job satisfaction

Tourism & Management Studies ◽

10.18089/tms.2021.170104 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 45-58

Author(s):

Engin Unguren ◽

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Serdar Arslan ◽

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Job Performance ◽

Role Conflict ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Role Ambiguity ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Stress Factors ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Future Research ◽

Hotel Employees

Accommodation businesses are stressful workplaces due to their dynamic and demanding work environment. Role ambiguity and role conflict are major stress factors for hotel employees, causing low levels of satisfaction and performance and high levels of turnover. The main purpose of this study was to explore the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between role conflict, role ambiguity, and job performance. The data was collected through fully structured questionnaires from employees working in 3, 4 and 5 star hotels in Alanya, one of the leading tourism destinations in Turkey. The data was analyzed via structural equation modeling. The results revealed that both role conflict and role ambiguity have direct negative influences on job performance and job satisfaction for hotel employees. Moreover, it was also proved that job satisfaction mediates the effect of role conflict and role ambiguity on job performance. In line with the findings, theoretical and managerial implications, contributions, limitations, and future research directions were discussed. It was implied that role stress factors must be addressed seriously by hotel managers in order to increase job performance.

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