The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the personality type and job satisfaction of volunteer counselors. The subjects in this study were 251 volunteer counselors in elementary and secondary schools under the umbrella of loc...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the personality type and job satisfaction of volunteer counselors. The subjects in this study were 251 volunteer counselors in elementary and secondary schools under the umbrella of local educational authorities in Gyeonggi province. The instrument used in this study to assess their personality type was a Korean MBTI version that turned out to be reliable and valid(Kim Jeong-taek, Sim Hye-suk). The questionnaire used to evaluate their job satisfaction was Minnesota Satisfaction Question- naire(1967) based on Herzberger's two factor theory, and Kim Yong-sik (2007)'s questionnaire based on Go Su-jeong(2005) was cited in terms of values.
For data handling, SPSS 12.0 program was employed to make a frequency analysis to find out their general characteristics and the distribution of the personality types among them, and ANOVA was utilized to track any possible significant gaps in job satisfaction. Besides, correlation analysis was used to look for connections between personal variables and job satisfaction.
Five research questions were posed:
1. What is the distribution of the MBTI personality types among the volunteer counselors?
2. What differences do the personal variables of the volunteer counselors make to their job satisfaction?
3. What differences does the personality type of the volunteer counselors make to their job satisfaction?
4. What differences does the personality type of the volunteer counselors make to their personal variables?
5. What is the relationship of the personality type of the volunteer counselors to their personal variables and job satisfaction?
The findings of the study were as follows:
First, as for the distribution of the MBTI personality types, ISTJ was most prevalent among the volunteer counselors(31.9%), followed by ESTJ and ISFP. By function and temperament, SF(61.4%) and SJ(54.5%) types were widespread.
Second, concerning connections between personal variables and job satisfaction, yearly salary made a significant difference to inner job satisfaction at the 0.022 probability of significance. Those whose annual salary was larger expressed less satisfaction with the inherent and value factors of counseling job.
Third, regarding links between the personality type and job satisfaction, the personality type, temperament and psychological function made no significant difference to that. The counselors who had E, N, T and J personality types expressed relatively better job satisfaction. Overall, those whose psychological function and temperament were both of NT type were most satisfied. They were less contented with the external factors of their job than the internal and value-related factors irrespective of the personality types.
Fourth, concerning what they hoped to do as volunteer counselors, the largest group had the greatest preference for group counseling irrespective of the personality type. The personality type made a greater or lesser difference to what they wanted to do as volunteer counselors, but the difference was insignificant in general. Yet the counselors with S type preferred more to plan and organize in favor of the institutions for which they served than the counselors with N type, and the disparity between them was significant at the 0.000 probability of significance.
Fifth, as to the relationship between the personality type and motivation of serving as a volunteer counselor, the largest group considered that experience to be of use for child education regardless of personality type, and the second greatest group had their sight set on self-realization. The extrovert counselors wanted to apply their knowledge and knowhow more than the introvert counselors
The counselors with S type chose to become a volunteer counselor in pursuit of self-realization significantly more than those with N type. There was no significant disparity in the motivation between the counselors with T and F types and between those with J and P types. The personality type made some differences to the cause that made them feel like quitting counseling, but the differences were not significant, which implied that it's not advisable to think that the personality type make a difference to what makes them feel like quit counseling. However, one noteworthy finding was that compared to the counselors with N type, those with S type considered quitting counseling more because counseling was too time-consuming at the 0.090 probability of significance, which indicated the possibility of different results about the relationship between the personality type and the cause. Another finding that might lead to different results about that relationship was that the largest group considered quitting counseling since the counseling effect didn't meet their expectations. The counselors with S type who were down-to-earth and realistic seemed to have an intention to quit counseling when they were unsatisfied with counseling results even though they put a lot of time in it.
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