Abstract
Purpose. The purposes of this study were: (1) to measure the level of job satisfaction of Chief Student Activities Administrators (CSAAs) in the community colleges of California, (2) to identify current selected biographical characteristics of CSAAs, (3) to determine the relationship, if any, between job satisfaction of CSAAs, and their perceptions of selected job issues, and (4) to determine significant differences between job satisfaction of CSAAs, and selected biographical characteristics. Procedure. The data for this study were collected through two instruments mailed to the CSAAs of the 106 community colleges in California, which resulted in a usable return of 80 (75.5%) for analysis. Data concerning job satisfaction were collected through responses to the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire-Short Form. Data concerning perceptions of selected job issues and biographical characteristics were collected through responses to a questionnaire developed by the researcher. The Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was utilized to determine which integral variables were significantly related to job satisfaction, while the Chi-Square test was utilized to determine significant differences between the variables. Principal findings. The CSAAs of California were: (1) found to be satisfied with 19 of the 20 categories used to measure levels of job satisfaction; (2) found to perceive their workload as heavy, their staff size to be small, the number of students served to be large, the amount of district operational budget received and ASB budget received to be small, and their autonomy in decision making to be autonomous; (3) found to be predominantly male, married, white (caucasian), holding masters or doctoral degrees, and employed as a CSAA for five years or less. (4) A significant positive relationship existed between job satisfaction and adequacy of staff size, span of control, amount of district operational budget, and autonomy in decision making. (5) In addition, a significant difference in job satisfaction existed relative to salary. Recommendations. For illustration: (1) A panel be formed to recommend to local districts the standardization of selected biographical findings, (2) a separate study be conducted to determine if a causal relationship exists between job satisfaction and the job issues found to be significantly related. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.).