Faculty Turnover: Discipline-Specific Attention is Warranted |
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| Authors: | Yonghong Jade Xu |
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| Institution: | (1) Counseling, Educational Psychology and Research, The University of Memphis, Ball Hall 100, Memphis, TN 38152, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study investigated the importance of discipline variations in understanding faculty turnover behaviors. A representative
sample of university faculty in Research and Doctoral universities was obtained from a national database. Faculty members,
self-identified into a primary academic area, were grouped into eight discipline clusters according to an established framework.
Multiple regression models were constructed to examine within each cluster the relative importance of a list of factors that
have been identified to be related to faculty turnover. Cross-discipline comparisons of within-cluster variable prioritization
revealed substantial discipline variations with regard to the major factors that are critical to faculty turnover. The findings
produced evidence that discipline-specific information was indispensable to institutional administrators and policy makers
for effective faculty retention. |
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| Keywords: | Faculty turnover Discipline variations |
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