Job Satisfaction Of Agricultural Education Faculty: A Constant Phenomena

Numerous researchers have investigated the concept of job satisfaction and factors that explain how satisfied workers are with their positions. Much of the job satisfaction research has focused on employees in the private sector (Niehouse, 1986; Lacy, Bokemeier & Shepard, 1983; Lawler & Porter, 1968; Herzberg et al. 1957). These researchers have found that a variety of factors influence the iob satisfaction of employees. Other researchers have examined the iob satisfaction of professionals such as extensfon*agents and secondary agricultural education teachers (Mallilo, 1990; Cochran, Lawrence, Odel l & Gartin, 1989; Van Tilburg, 1987, 1988, Kotrlik & Malek, 1986; Grady & Burnett, 1985; Keffer, 1976; Warner, 1973). The consensus reached in most of the above studies was that the agents and teachers are satisfied with their positions.