U.S. Physical Education Teacher Education Faculty Members' Workplace Perceptions Across Doctoral, Master's, and Baccalaureate Institutions

• In Event: Physical Education Teacher Education and Physical Education Teachers: Marginality in the Workplace

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to examine how PETE faculty members’ perceptions of positive and negative workplace experience variables are influenced by gender and institutional classification. Participants included 286 U.S. PETE faculty members who completed a cross-sectional, online survey that gauged their perceptions of the constructs of interest. Primary data analyses began with a 3 x 2 (Institution Type x Gender) MANCOVA prior to follow-up univariate ANCOVAs. Results indicated that doctoral institution faculty members perceived higher marginalization along with lower organizational support and perceived mattering than their colleagues at baccalaureate and master’s institutions. Female PETE faculty members reported higher role overload and emotional exhaustion than males.

Authors

• K. Andrew R. Richards, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Kim C. Graber, University of Illinois

• Amelia Mays Woods, University of Illinois

• Chad M. Killian, Georgia State University

• Shelby Ison, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign