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C K Rozier

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PubMed1998

Gender-based income differences for physical therapist managers.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether income differences associated with gender exist for therapists in management positions and whether such differences also exist for salaried and self-employed individuals after adjusting for differences due to hours worked, years worked full-time, leave taken from the profession, number of years at a facility, and number of years in a position. SUBJECTS: The subjects were 969 physical therapists who held management positions throughout the United States. METHODS: Subjects responded to a survey designed for male and female administrators. Respondents were assigned to groups of salaried therapists or self-employed therapists, t tests were used to compare characteristics based on gender, and analysis of covariance was used to compare income based on gender after controlling for certain variables. RESULTS: After adjusting for the set of five covariates, the data showed that self-employed female therapists earned 77% of the average salary earned by the self-employed male therapists. A similar analysis revealed that the salaried female managers earned 89% of the average salary earned by male managers. Within the five practice subgroups of salaried managers, salary differences existed only for those therapists working in acute care settings. CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION: For the physical therapist managers who responded to the survey, there were gender-based salary differences. Regardless of whether the therapists were salaried or self-employed, salary differences existed for some areas of practice but did not appear to exist in other areas of practice.

Administrative Personnel↗
PubMed1998

Gender and physical therapy career success factors.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Gender and profession are thought to affect how career success is perceived as well as how it is achieved. This study investigated items considered important in defining career success for male and female physical therapists. The study also explored the relationship among gender, beliefs about career success, and career experiences. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Data were obtained through an investigator-developed survey. The self-report questionnaire consisted of 78 items in 4 areas: descriptive information, items important in characterizing career success, items perceived to enhance or inhibit career success, and items assessing self-esteem. Questionnaires were mailed to a random sample of active physical therapist members of the American Physical Therapy Association (N = 5,000). The response rate was 38.1% (n = 1,906). RESULTS: Both men and women selected indicators such as practicing ethically, improving patient health, and feeling satisfied over high income or status when describing career success. All respondents agreed that clinical competency and motivation are key factors related to achieving career success. Family issues, full-time employment, and flexibility of practice conditions emerged as primary gender differences. CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION: A unique set of indicators describe physical therapy career success. Gender differences in its description and factors that influence its achievement are related primarily to family issues. Career success for women depends to a greater degree on the ability to manage family responsibilities in conjunction with employment opportunities.

Adult↗
PubMed1996

Nurses executive characteristics. Gender differences.

Do male nurse executives working in a female-dominated profession adopt more of the female leadership characteristics? A study investigates gender differences of nurse executives on a variety of managerial attributes: sex role, supervision, power, career commitment and work/family conflict. Results also were compared to executives of other professions.

Career Mobility↗
PubMed1996

Gender differences in managerial characteristics in a female-dominated health profession.

This study examines gender differences in characteristics of managers in terms of leadership roles, use of power, type of supervisory style preferred, career commitment, and work/family conflict for the female profession of physical therapy. A questionnaire sent to all members of the Private Practice and Administration Sections of the American Physical Therapy Association yielded 545 managers, 58 percent of whom were female. Females preferred to use a transformational supervisory style more than the men did but males used more masculine leadership traits. Females were as committed to their careers as males and reported the same work/family conflict as the men. These results raise questions as to why proportionately more males are managers in a female-dominated profession. Have health care executives promoted men over women even when the occupation is mainly female?

Career Mobility↗
PubMed1992

Why students choose occupational therapy as a career.

To recruit students to occupational therapy, we need to know what prospective students seek in careers. A survey consisting of an attitude inventory was sent to 403 current occupational therapy students with a response rate of 54%. Earlier research identified that students had primarily altruistic goals in selecting occupational therapy as a profession, and this study continued to find that students wanted to help others; however, this was not a predictor of their favoring the profession. A factor analysis of the inventory revealed that students chose occupational therapy as a career because they liked the salaries, nationwide job availability, regular hours, and prestige that is associated with the profession. Students were more positive about the profession if they had experience working in occupational therapy departments, and 40% reported that no specific persons had influenced their career decision.

Adult↗
PubMed1991

Job satisfaction of occupational therapy faculty.

What causes occupational therapy faculty to be satisfied with their teaching roles? A survey of 538 occupational therapy faculty was conducted with questions that identified demographic information and inquired about specific satisfying and dissatisfying items. Responses indicated no strong correlations between demographic information and satisfaction items but did offer some implications that warrant attention. The faculty were satisfied with teaching in general and specifically with the academic environment, the opportunity to design learning experiences, and the lack of constraints in higher education. The results of this study may help educational administrators make decisions that will foster recruitment, retention, and socialization of occupational therapy faculty.

Factor Analysis, Statistical↗
PubMed1983

Locus of decision making and job satisfaction of department chairpersons in schools of allied health.

In an era of ample resources in higher education, an estimated 80% of all administrative decisions occurred at the departmental level rather than at higher levels in the administrative hierarchy. As financial resources have become limited, it appears that the locus of decision making has begun to change in the university setting. This study explored the relationship between allied health department chairpersons' perceptions of the locus of decision making in their universities and their job satisfaction. Chairpersons who perceived the level of decision making to reside at the faculty level were shown to be less satisfied with their jobs than chairpersons whose perceived locus of decision making was at the chair level. In addition, as the locus of decision making moved away from the chairperson, either to the faculty or to more central levels of the administration, satisfaction with both the administrative and academic aspects of the chair appeared to diminish. From this study, allied health chairpersons appear to be more comfortable with clear decision-making powers than general academic chairs. This finding has implications for the structuring of the allied health chairperson's role and for the advancement and development of the allied health fields within educational institutions. Future limitations in financial resources may bring about closer alignment in the role and job satisfaction of general academic and allied health chairs.

Administrative Personnel↗
PubMed1981

Isokinetic strength training: comparison of daily and three times weekly patterns.

Isokinetic exercise programs were compared as to the number of times per week subjects performed the exercise. Isokinetic exercise of the right knee extensors was performed on 23 female subjects between the ages of 18 and 24 who had no history or evidence of knee pathology. Pre- and post-tests included maximum isometric and isokinetic torque measurements of both the right and left knee extensors. Weekly strength testing was also done. One group performed the isokinetic exercise (3 sets, 8 repetitions per set at 10 rpm) daily for five days; one group performed the same isokinetic exercise protocol every other day, three times per week. The experimental period lasted six consecutive weeks. Strength gains of the exercised leg were significant in both groups but no significant differences in strength gains were found between the two groups after a period of six weeks of exercise, supporting the rationale for offering exercise programs three times weekly. In addition, strength gain curves were plotted weekly for the six week period. The average strength gain curves for both exercise groups as tested isometrically or isokinetically showed a decrease in strength between the second and the third week, which was not statistically significant but which was consistent in all subjects.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1979

Toward understanding the terminology of exercise mechanics.

The purpose of this paper is to reduce the confusion and misunderstanding of exercise mechanics terminology by giving simplified definitions of the most important physical quantities and terms. Isometric, isotonic, and isokinetic exercises are discussed and related to the appropriate physical quantities. The correct use of the most confusing and frequently misused terms is discussed.

Biomechanical Phenomena↗