Role Perception as Predictor of Editors Job Satisfaction角色感知作为编辑工作满意度的预测.pdfVIP

St. Cloud State University theRepository at St. Cloud State Mass Communication Faculty Publications Department of Mass Communications Fall 1998 Role Perception as Predictor of Editors Job Satisfaction Roya Akhavan-Majid St. Cloud State University, rakhavan@ Follow this and additional works at : /comm_facpubs Part of the J ournalism Studies Commons, and the Mass Communication Commons Recommended Citation Akhavan-Majid, Roya, Role Perception as Predictor of Editors Job Satisfaction (1998). Mass Communication Faculty P ublications. Paper 8. /comm_facpubs/8 This Peer Reviewed Article is brought to you for ree and open access by the Department of Mass Communications at theRepository at St. Cloud State. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mass Communication Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of theRepository at St. Cloud State. For more information, please contact kewing@. Role perception as predictor of editors’ job satisfacti on by Roya Akhavan-Majid This survey of newspaper editors find s those who see their roles as disseminators or interpreters more satisfied than those who see their role as adversary or watchdog. 0ne of the main attractions of the profession to aspiring journalists has been the glamour associated with the ability to influence the course of events in their community through informing the public debate on vital matters of social and economic policy, keeping a check on the government, exposing political corruption and helping to advance a progressive social agenda. Despite the primacy of the profit motive to many owners of the press, the individual editors and journalists who engage in this less-than- lucrative profession tend to still be driven, in many cases, by the grand vision of journalisms influential role in shaping public lif e.