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Job Satisfaction of College Graduates with Learning Disabilities

Raymond H. Witte, PhD, is an assistant professor in the School Psychology Program at Miami University. His research interests are in the areas of learning disabilities and traumatic brain injury.

Lois Philips, MS

Lois Philips, MS, is the coordinator of the Learning Disabilities Program for the Office of Learning Assistance at Miami University. Her research interest is in the area of foreign language learning difficulties.

Megan Kakela, MS

Megan Kakela, MS, is a 3rd-year school psychology student. Her thesis research centers on the issue of self-disctosure for college students with learning disabilities. Address Raymond H. Witte, Department of Educational Psychology, 201C McGuffey Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056.

Job satisfaction, as assessed via five scales that posed questions concerning colleagues, work, supervision, pay, and promotion, as well as overall total job satisfaction, was examined for 55 self-identified college graduates with learning disabilities (LD) and 55 control graduates matched by gender, major, degree, and graduation year. All participants graduated from a competitive midwestern university from 1987 to 1994 and represented advantaged groups when compared to both LD and non-LD populations. The graduates with LD required significantly more time to complete their degrees and showed significantly lower GPAs. Data analysis indicated that the graduates with LD perceived themselves as receiving significantly less pay and promotion opportunities, and reported less total job satisfaction, than graduates without LD. However, no significant salary differences between the groups were found. The implications of these findings are examined.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 31, No. 3, 259-265 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/002221949803100305


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