Will IR Staff Stick? An Exploration of Institutional Researchers' Intention to Remain in or Leave Their Jobs

Autor/inn/en	Knight, William E.; Leimer, Christina L.
Titel	Will IR Staff Stick? An Exploration of Institutional Researchers' Intention to Remain in or Leave Their Jobs
Quelle	In: Research in Higher Education, 51 (2010) 2, S.109-131 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-0365
DOI	10.1007/s11162-009-9152-9
Schlagwörter	Institutional Research; Job Satisfaction; Construct Validity; Intention; Rewards; Employment Experience; Researchers; Labor Turnover; Higher Education; National Surveys; Models; Burnout + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Institutionelle Forschung; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Reward; Belohnung; Occupational experience; Job experience; Work experience; Berufserfahrung; Researcher; Forscher; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Analogiemodell; Burn out (Psychology); Burnout-syndrom; Burnout-Syndrom
Abstract	The study explored the factors that relate to the likelihood of institutional researchers (IRs) to plan to leave their jobs. Learning more about the effects on IR job turnover can serve to improve the employment experience of IR practitioners, the profession of IR, and, indirectly, higher education. 1,264 IRs responded to a national survey comprised of antecedents of intention to quit one's job that had a high degree of construct validity within job turnover theories. Data were tested against a theoretical model developed from the Industrial-Organizational Psychology and IR literature. Perceived organizational support was the strongest predictor of intent to quit. Burnout, lack of advancement opportunities, lack of rewards and recognition, job embeddedness, and available job alternatives also affect IRs intention to quit. Suggestions for supporting IRs and elevating the role of IR on campuses are included. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10