To Heaven or Hell: Sensemaking about Why Faculty Leave

Autor/inn/en	O'Meara, KerryAnn; Lounder, Andrew; Campbell, Corbin M.
Titel	To Heaven or Hell: Sensemaking about Why Faculty Leave
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education, 85 (2014) 5, S.603-632 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1546
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Faculty Mobility; Research Universities; Administrators; Influences; Interviews; Focus Groups; Surveys; Status; Expectation; Mixed Methods Research; Case Studies; Employment Opportunities; Tenure; Work Environment; Personality Theories; Geographic Location; Family Work Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Forschungseinrichtung; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Arbeitsmilieu; Personality theory; Persönlichkeitstheorie
Abstract	This article analyzes sensemaking about faculty departure among administrators, faculty colleagues, and faculty leavers in one research university. A mixed methods database was analyzed to reveal four dominant explanations for faculty departure and two influences on sensemaking. Dominant explanations included better opportunities, the likelihood the faculty member would not get tenure, family and geographic reasons, and work environment and fit. Sensemaking was influenced by status expectations and proximity to the departure. Implications for future research on faculty careers, and for campuses interested in improving faculty retention, are drawn. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10