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Andrews University School of Graduate Studies SELECTED PERSONALITY CONSTRUCTS AS CORRELATES OF PERSONNEL APPOINTMENT, APPRAISAL, AND MOBILITY IN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST SCHOOLS A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor o f Education by Merle A. Greenway April 1981 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. SELECTED PERSONALITY CONSTRUCTS AS CORRELATES OF PERSONNEL APPOINTMENT, APPRAISAL, AND MOBILITY IN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST SCHOOLS A dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education by Merle A. Greenway APPROVAL BY THE COMMITTEE lean, School o f Graduate Studies UjqA/Jl , /fft/ Member: Cedric C. Ward Date approved Member: M illie U. Youngberg Member: /Reger C. Smith Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ABSTRACT SELECTED PERSONALITY CONSTRUCTS AS CORRELATES OF PERSONNEL APPOINTMENT, APPRAISAL, AND MOBILITY IN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST SCHOOLS by Merle A. Greenway Chairman: Lyndon G. Furst Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ABSTRACT OF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH Dissertation Andrews University Department of Education T itle : SELECTED PERSONALITY CONSTRUCTS AS CORRELATES OF PERSONNEL APPOINTMENT, APPRAISAL, AND MOBILITY IN SEVENTH-CAY ADVENTIST SCHOOLS Name of researcher: Merle A. Greenway Name and deyree of faculty advisor: Lyndon G. Furst, Ed.D. Date completed: April 1981 Problem Despite tentative postulations and explorations of the person/ job interaction, the specific relationships between personality and occupational behavior are not clearly understood. In particular, the relationships between human temperament and various aspects o f person­ nel administration in an educational setting are generally unknown. The purpose o f this study was to p ro file the temperament tr a its of professional educators in the Seventh-day Adventist school system, grouped on the basis of occupationally relevant selection variables; and to investigate the role of personality as it relates to personnel appointment, appraisal, and mobility. 1 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. 2 Method A demographic questionnaire and the Temperament Inventory were administered to 486 teachers, teacher/principals, principals, super­ visors, and superintendents in nine local conference school systems of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Phlegmatic, sanguine, choleric, and melancholy traits were profiled for selected subgroups and statisti­ cally compared using Cattell's Coefficient of Pattern Similarity. Sig­ n ific a n t correlations were subjected to graphic comparisons as w ell. Results Significant similarities and/or dissimilarities in personality emerged when profiles were contrasted on the bases of sex, professional position, perceived re c ru ite r, preferred school size, rated competence, advancement status, and records of job stability. No significant re­ sults were observed when p ro files were compared on the bases of geo­ graphic region, yiars of experience, assigned grade levels, assigned school size, and administrator/employee sim ilarity. Conclusions Analyses of the data prompted eighteen conclusions re la tiv e to the purpose for which the study was conducted. Each was generalized only to the population described for the study (i.e ., K-10 Seventh-day Adventist educators of non-black conferences in North America). 1. Adventist educators collectively exhibit a choleric/phleg­ matic personality. 2. Male and female educators collectively differ in personal­ ity . Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. 3 3. The population is geographically and experientially heter­ ogenous . 4. The population is highly mobile. 5. Teaching and non-teaching personnel d iffe r s ig n ific a n tly in personality. 6. Personality is significantly correlated with professional position. 7. No meaningful relationship exists between personality and years of experience. 8. No meaningful relationship exists between the personalities 0f educators and the personalities of the individuals responsible for h ir in9 them. 9. The personalities of educators who strongly perceive that »the Lord" recruited them d iffe r s ig n ific a n tly from the personalities 0f individuals recruited by men. 10. No meaningful relationship exists between the personalities 0f teachers and the grade levels to which they are assigned. 11. No meaningful relationship exists between the personalities 0f educators a°d the size of school to which they are assigned. 12. The personalities of educators expressing a preference for one-teacher schools d iffe r s ig n ific a n tly from the personalities of edu­ cators preferring larger schools. 13. Demands for personnel in one-teacher schools clearly exceed supply 0f teachers preferring such placement. 14. Personality is significantly correlated with levels of per­ ceived competence. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. 4 15. No meaningful relationship exists between the personalities of educators judged "most competent" and the personalities of the supervisors passing judgment. 16. The personalities of female educators are significantly correlated with th e ir opportunities for advancement. 17. No meaningful relationship exists betv/een the personalities of educators selected for advancement and the personalities of admini­ strators making the selections. 18. The personalities of highly