Oh, Won't You Stay? Predictors of Faculty Intent to Leave a Public Research University

Autor/inn/en	Ryan, John F.; Healy, Richard; Sullivan, Jason
Titel	Oh, Won't You Stay? Predictors of Faculty Intent to Leave a Public Research University
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 63 (2012) 4, S.421-437 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-011-9448-5
Schlagwörter	Productivity; Research Universities; College Faculty; Intellectual Disciplines; Public Colleges; Work Experience; Predictor Variables; Job Satisfaction; Teacher Persistence; Marital Status; Regression (Statistics); Labor Turnover; Stress Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Produktivität; Forschungseinrichtung; Fakultät; Geisteswissenschaften; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Prädiktor; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Familienstand; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	Understanding and predicting faculty intent to leave is important to the development of improved conceptual frameworks of faculty success as well as the implementation of effective retention strategies for academic leaders and institutions that invest considerable resources in recruitment, institutional support, and compensation. This study examined the relationship between various research-based factors and faculty intent to leave by integrating components identified in the extant literature for employee turnover more generally and faculty intent to leave more specifically. The results of binary logistic regression models identified workplace stress, being in a "soft-pure" discipline, fewer years of service at the university, and higher research productivity as key predictors of faculty having considered leaving for another institution. Key predictors for faculty having considered leaving academe altogether were being in a "hard-applied" discipline, not having a spouse or partner, a perceived lack of support, a perceived lack of fit, stress of raising a family, and dissatisfaction with certain aspects of the "faculty job". The implications for research, policy, and practice are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10