Correlates of career satisfaction among women religious in India

• Main Author: Kunnappally, Annamma (Elizabeth Ann)
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1995
• Subjects: Vocation (in religious orders; congregations; etc); Careers; Satisfaction; Monasticism and religious orders for women > India; Counselor Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1678
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study correlates the career satisfaction level of women religious and their (1) age, (2) educational attainment, and (3) years of service. This is also an investigation of the significant difference in the career satisfaction level of the respondents in different types of services. The Career Satisfaction Indiex (CSI) was used as the instrument in this descriptive correlational research. For the statistical analyses, means and standard deviations were computed to determine the Ss' level of career satisfaction and the variables of age, educational attainment, and years of service. One-way ANOVA identified the significant difference in the career satisfaction of respondents involved in different types of services--pastoral/social, medical, educational, and office work. The subjects were 366 women religious in SAS, India. The results revealed the respondents' career satisfaction level as being average. A low significant relationship was observed between the level of career satisfaction and (1) age, (2) educational attainment, and (3) years of service. No significant difference was found in the career satisfaction of respondents in different types of services. The Sisters in their early adulthood, with ages ranging from 27 to 44 years, rated a higher level of career satisfaction than those who were above 45 years of age. There was a decline in the level of satisfaction among subjects in their late forties and older. The graduates and postgraduates had higher satisfaction than the undergraduates. The latter rated a low level of satisfaction. A gradual decline in the career satisfaction level was observed among those who had longer years of service. The findings revealed that the younger religious people were more prepared for their career life than did their seniors. Higher educational attainment helped the Sisters derive a higher degree of satisfaction from their career. It is recommended that the level of the education of the Sisters in all types of services be upgraded. Adequate counseling and guidance services should be given to all age groups in the renewal program of SAS. The need for the Sisters to be given assistance for an ongoing career development and career planning program should be sustained.