Job satisfactions and counselor performance in state rehabilitation agencies

Abstract

This study examined the job satisfactions of 143 rehabilitation counselors from 6 state agencies. A Job Satisfaction Inventory (JSI) incorporating satisfactions with 8 dimensions was used to investigate counselor job satisfactions and their relationships with immediate-intermediate performance criteria. The job satisfaction of male and female counselors was found to be essentially similar although the effects of satisfaction with performance criteria was felt to be different—dependent to some extent on the sex of the counselor. For women counselors, greater job satisfaction with pay and security appeared related to bigger case loads, more "12" closures and fewer "13" closures. In the case of men, there were relatively few instances of significant relationships and these might have occurred by chance. (16 ref.) (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)