ERIC Number: ED647160
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 104
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ISBN: 979-8-8375-5670-8
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Faculty Perceptions of Job Satisfaction and the Connection to Faculty Intent to Stay: A Conceptual Replication Study
Cory Kieschnick
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Delaware Valley University
This quantitative study sought to identify faculty perceptions about job satisfaction at one small, private university in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and the connection to intent to stay at the same institution. This study was a conceptual replication study, patterned off Rhone's 2010 doctoral dissertation study, "Faculty Perceptions of Factors Affecting Faculty Attrition and Retention at 4-Year Public Colleges and Universities in One Southern North American State". Through the administration of an online survey, the study looked for perceived factors contributing to satisfaction and if they have a relationship with faculty intent to stay, as well as if there is a prevalent relationship that exists between differing tenure statuses or gender. The connection between the level of satisfaction (general, extrinsic, and intrinsic) and faculty members' plan to stay at the university was explicitly asked in the survey. The results of this study revealed evidence to suggest a statistically significant relationship between general job satisfaction and tenure status. Faculty who are non-tenure track reported a higher level of satisfaction than those who are tenure track (not yet tenured) or tenured. Also revealed was a significant relationship between general job satisfaction and gender, with men reporting more general job satisfaction than women. There was no evidence of a significant relationship between general, extrinsic, or intrinsic job satisfaction and faculty intent to stay, nor between gender or tenure status and faculty intent to stay at the university. There was also no evidence to suggest that a significant relationship existed between extrinsic job satisfaction and tenure or gender, nor intrinsic job satisfaction and tenure or gender. As leaders in higher education are faced with mounting challenges, including the pressure to increase revenue and decrease expenses, retaining faculty will continue to be an important factor in financial sustainability. The literature is clear about a strong relationship between job satisfaction and faculty retention, as well as the benefits of retaining faculty to both the students and the institution. Perceived factors that contribute to faculty job satisfaction and intent to stay should continue to be explored. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: College Faculty, Small Colleges, Private Colleges, Teacher Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Persistence, Intention, Tenure, Gender Differences, Nontenured Faculty
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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