Measuring the Monday blues: Validation of a job satisfaction scale for the human services

Koeske, Gary F.; Kirk, Stuart A.; Koeske, Randi; Rauktis, Mary Elizabeth

doi:10.1093/swr/18.1.27

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“…teachers' emotional exhaustion increases, their perceived job satisfaction decreases (and vice versa). These results seem to agree with results from other studies, where job satisfaction and burnout presented medium to high negative correlation (Bhana & Haffejee, 1996;Dolan, 1987;Koeske et al, 1994). Thus, by decreasing the levels of emotional exhaustion, a more satisfied P.E.…”

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Job satisfaction and burnout among Greek P.E. teachers. A comparison of educational sectors, level and gender.

Kroupis¹,

Kourtessis²,

Kouli³

et al. 2017

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The purpose of this study was to examine possible differences and relations in Physical Education (P.E.) teachers' perceived job satisfaction and burnout, in relation to educational sector (private vs public), educational level (primary vs secondary) and gender. Two hundred and eighty two P.E. teachers, aged from 24 to 65 years old (M = 43.6, SD = 5.45), both from elementary and secondary schools, participated in the study. One hundred of them served in private schools and 182 in public ones. Their working exprerience ranged from one to 37 years (M = 14.5, SD = 7.23). The Employee Satisfaction Inventory (Koustelios & Bagiatis, 1997) was employed to assess job satisfaction. For the measurement of burnout, Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach & Jackson, 1986), which has been validated for the Greek population, was used. The results revealed a negative relationship between job satisfaction and burnout. Private sector P.E. teachers seem to experience higher job satisfaction and lower burnout compared to their public sector colleagues. Furthermore, P.E. teachers who serve both in elementary and secondary schools, appear to experience higher job satisfaction. Finally, secondary P.E. teachers seem to experience lower burnout compared to their primary education colleagues. No statistically significant differences were found in relation to gender for both job satisfaction and burnout. Overall, it seems that P.E. teachers who work in private schools and/or in secondary education seem to be more satisfied and less burned-out. Implications of the aforementioned observed relationships are discussed.Key words: Private school, public school, primary education, secondary education. ResumenEl objetivo de este estudio fue examinar las posibles diferencias y relaciones en la Educación Física (EF) con respecto a la percibida satisfacción laboral y el burnout de los profesores de la EF en relación con el sector de la educación (privado versus público), nivel educativo (primario versus secundario) y género. 282 profesores de la EF participaron en el estudio,con edades entre 24 y 65 años (M = 43.6, SD = 5.45), tanto de escuelas primarias que de secundarias, 100 siendo de las escuelas privadas y 182 de las públicas. Su experiencia de trabajo varía de uno a 37 años (M = 14.5, SD = 7.23). Para la evaluación de la satisfacción laboral se empleó el Inventario de Satisfacción del Empleado (ESI) (Koustelios & Bagiatis, 1997). Para la medición del burnout, se utilizó el Inventario Maslach Burnout (MBI) (Maslach & Jackson, 1986), que también ha sido validado para la población griega. Los resultados revelaron una relación negativa entre la satisfacción laboral y el burnout. Los profesores de la EF trabajando en las escuelas privadas parecen experimentar mayor satisfacción en el trabajo y menor burnouten comparación con suis colleges del sector público. Además, los profesores de EF trabajando en el mismo tiempo en las escuelas primarias y secundarias, parecen experimentar mayor satisfacción laboral, mientras que los de la secundaria parec...

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“…The relationship between job satisfaction and burnout has been of great interest for many researchers. Results have revealed moderate to high negative relationship (Bhana & Haffejee, 1996;Dolan, 1987;Koeske, Kirk, Koeske,& Rauktis, 1994). Nevertheless, the nature of this relationship is still a cause for questioning.…”

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confidence: 98%

Job satisfaction and burnout among Greek P.E. teachers. A comparison of educational sectors, level and gender.

Kroupis¹,

Kourtessis²,

Kouli³

et al. 2017

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“…These findings support both the previous research studies in the psychology literature (i.e., Dobbins 1982;Willich et al 1994;Koeske et al 1994;Gill and Scharer 1996; Koeske et al (1994), and showed that both personal and job satisfaction on Mondays was less when compared to other days. This idea of the Monday blues hypothesis continued in Gill and Scharer's (1996) research, in which they showed how students nervously misspell words on Mondays.…”

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Debunking the Monday Irrationality through the External Affection of Investors

Hooy

Ahmad

2016

GADJAH MADA INT. J. BUS.

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Abstract:This study aims to reveal the mechanism of the influences of the full moon and high temperatures on investors' Monday irrationality. In contrast to other studies, this research was built under a retroductive approach by using a time series quasi experimental study. Investors were directly assessed for their irrationality by using an adapted psychometric test on 4 occasions. The results indicate that there were indeed effects of the full moon and high temperatures on investors' irrationality. Because the full moon and high temperatures frequently occurred on Mondays, it is most probably those two variables that were the drivers of the Monday irrationality. In the end, we concluded that the rational behaviour assumption can no longer be held. Instead of rationality, the investors were quasi rational. The utility function of Von Neumann-Morgenstern in decision making has to be replaced by the hedonic utility.Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap mekanisme pengaruh bulan purnama dan suhu ting gi terhadap irasionalitas Senin pada investor. Berbeda dengan studi lain, penelitian ini dibangun di baw ah pendekatan retroductive dengan menggunakan studi eksperimental kuasi runtun waktu. Investor dinilai secara langsung untuk irasionalitas mereka dengan menggunakan tes psikometrik yang dilakukan empat kali. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa memang ada efek bulan purnama dan suhu tinggi pada irasionalitas para investor. Karena bulan purnama dan suhu tinggi sering terjadi pada hari Senin, hal ini sangat mungkin kedua variabel tersebut yang menjadi pendorong irasionalitas pada hari Senin. Pada akhirnya, kami menyimpulkan bahwa asumsi perilaku rasional tidak dapat lagi menjadi pegangan. Bukannya rasionalitas, para investor merupakan pelaku rasional semu. Fungsi utilitas Von Neumann-Morgenstern dalam pengambilan keputusan harus diganti oleh utilitas hedonik.

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“…Although clinical significance of the differences of SAI and TAI scores (8). A general conclusion which is clinically important is the higher prevalence of physical diseases such as heart attack, stroke and arrhythmias which are closely related with stress on Mondays (2-4).…”

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confidence: 99%