Title:	Job satisfaction of interpreters for the deaf.
Author(s):	Swartz, Daniel Berkley, Capella U., US
Source:	Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities & Social Sciences, Vol 62(12-A), 2002. pp. 4249.
Publisher:	US: University Microfilms International.
ISSN:	0419-4209 (Print)
Order Number:	AAI3037369
Language:	English
Key Concepts:	job satisfaction; sign language interpreters; deaf
Abstract:	The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between job satisfaction and personal- and job-related factors among sign language interpreters for the deaf. A secondary purpose was to examine job satisfaction differences between staff, dependent contractor, and independent contractor interpreters. A third purpose of the study was to estimate a model that predicts job satisfaction among interpreters for the deaf. A series of Spearman's rho rank correlations were performed to examine which variables most significantly relate to job satisfaction. Autonomy, workload, education, and supervision emerged as those variables significantly related to job satisfaction among interpreters in general. Finally, a multiple regression analysis was undertaken to estimate a model that best predicts job satisfaction among interpreters for the deaf in general. Education emerged as the most important factor for interpreters, accounting for 26% of the total variance in job satisfaction. Autonomy, workload, and supervision all emerged as weak predictors of job satisfaction, accounting for only 3% of the total variance in job satisfaction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2002 APA, all rights reserved)
Subjects:	*Deaf; *Job Satisfaction; *Sign Language
Classification:	Industrial & Organizational Psychology (3600)
Population:	Human (10)
Age Group:	Adulthood (18 yrs & older) (300)
Form/Content Type:	Empirical Study (0800)
Special Feature:	Peer Reviewed (600)
Publication Type:	Dissertation Abstract (350); Print(Paper)
Release Date:	20021002
Accession Number:	2002-95011-022
Database:	PsycINFO