23-7 The Relation of Perceived Job Stress, Job Satisfaction and Professional Commitment inSenior High and Vocational School Counselors
Previous studies indicated a positive relationship between job satisfaction and professional commitment in school teachers. This study investigates the relation between perceived job stress, job satisfaction, and professional commitment of senior high and vocational school counselors. Data were obtained from a group of 598 senior high and vocational school counselors and analyzed by means of cluster and discriminant analyses. The results can be summarized as follows:
a. Through cluster analysis of the eight resulting variables (professional identification, professional engagement, working pleasure, educational continuation, retaining trend, professional ethics, job stress, and job satisfaction), the senior high and vocational school counselors wrer divided into four subgroups: the “simply getting by”, the “positively involved”, the “absent- minded and incapable”, and the “step-by-step”.
b. Through discriminant analysis of the eight variables mentioned, two new variables can be regrouped as the “enthusiastically pleased” and the “self- moral-uplift”. These two new variables can validly differentiate four clusters of school counselors.
Based upon the findings rendered, this study proposes several suggestions for educational institutions and counselors.
Keywords
cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, job satisfaction, job stress, professional commitment.
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