The relationship of wellness and job satisfaction for elementary school principals in the state of Wisconsin
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between certain wellness lifestyle habits, other identified demographic variables, and job satisfaction among a population of elementary school principals in the state of Wisconsin. From the holistic concept of wellness two components were selected, physical exercise lifestyle habits and emotional management lifestyle habits. The demographic variables included in the study were gender, level of education, age, years of experience as an elementary principal, size of community, school district organization, school organization, school enrollment, and school district enrollment. The subjects for this study included a random sample of 300 elementary principals in the state of Wisconsin. Of the 300 elementary principals mailed survey packets, 192 returned useable survey data. This comprised a 64% response rate. Each of the respondents completed the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire - Short Form, the Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire Physical Exercise and Emotional Management components, and a demographic questionnaire developed specifically for the study. A significant relationship was identified between the influence variables included in the multiple regression analysis associated with this study and the criterion variable, job satisfaction, for male elementary principals in the state of Wisconsin. The individual influence variable that correlated most highly with job satisfaction for male elementary principals was emotional management lifestyle habits. In addition, emotional management lifestyle habits accounted for 15% of the variance in the criterion variable, job satisfaction. The total variance accounted for by the combination of all influence variables included in the analysis equaled 19.3%. None of the increases in the contributed variance made by the influence variables added to the analysis after emotional management lifestyle habits were significant. In contrast, a significant relationship was not identified between the influence variables included in the multiple regression analysis associated with this study and the criterion variable, job satisfaction, for female elementary principals in the state of Wisconsin. The findings of this study add to the growing body of knowledge of the relationship between the practicing of wellness lifestyle habits and job satisfaction experienced at the school worksite, specifically as it pertains to the elementary principalship.
Recommended Citation
Eickholt, John William, "The relationship of wellness and job satisfaction for elementary school principals in the state of Wisconsin" (1994). Dissertations (1962 - 2010) Access via Proquest Digital Dissertations. AAI9433775.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/dissertations/AAI9433775