Addressing working conditions in higher education is crucial to retaining student affairs professionals. This study explores the current state of working conditions in the field and the influence working conditions have on professionals' turnover intentions. Perceptions of psychological contract fulfillment is a factor that can interact with…

Retaining an employee's knowledge becomes a significant challenge when skilled and experienced employees leave an organization. Human resources (HR) professionals/leaders at public and private universities are particularly concerned about the detrimental impact of knowledge loss in such cases. Grounded in the knowledge management cycle (KMC)…

This study investigated the use of othermothering as a relationship building approach in student affairs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and its association with job burnout outcomes in HBCU student affairs professionals. Job burnout outcomes affect job turnover intention decisions (Michaels & Spector, 1982); therefore,…

The Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) team provides critical research administration services for the research community at the University of Denver. As research funding continues to rise at the University of Denver, retention of research administrators is critically important. Job satisfaction is key to employee engagement and retention.…

Remote work significantly impacted higher education institutions (HEIs) and the world during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, it became the new normal for organizations and how they operate their workforces. The pandemic created the need to identify emerging practices in remote work that respond to changing circumstances and embrace…

The purpose of this action research study was to examine how leaders can build and sustain organizational culture in a remote work environment in a statewide educational regulatory agency. The study addressed how leaders can implement strategies to build and sustain culture in a remote work environment with fidelity with the goal of improved job…

Financial aid plays a significant role for many students when deciding to pursue a postsecondary education. The California State University (CSU) prides itself on making education available and affordable, and about 80% of attending students are receiving financial aid (California State University, n.d.-e). With so many students relying on aid,…

Teacher retention is a challenge for schools across the country. For private and independent schools, teacher attrition is twice that of public and charter schools. The rate of teacher attrition has increased dramatically attributable to the global pandemic, making this a critical issue for K-12 education. Using an Improvement Science approach,…

Existing education research literature addresses problems and solutions concerning Black women teacher retention; however, few studies examine the issue of Black women administrator retention, specifically the retention of Black women principals. Using qualitative semi-structured interviews, this phenomenological study of 22 current and former…

This qualitative study investigated staff retention in higher education by focusing on the retention of academic advisors. Academic advisors play an integral role in student success and advising is notably one of the fields in higher education with the greatest turnover. This turnover comes at great costs, financial and otherwise, for the…

The turnover rate of clinicians working in community outpatient mental health centers is alarming. The significant turnover at a community mental health organization prompted a study of burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma. An action research (AR) study was conducted using Price and Mueller's (1981) causal model of turnover theory and…

As presented in the qualitative research study, women represent only 27% of all 14,000 superintendents nationally (American Association of School Administrators [AASA], 2020) and 30% in New York State (NYS Council of School Superintendents [NYSCOSS], Snapshot IX, 2015). This study was based on a qualitative description design, in which the…

Student activities are an important part of the student life experience on college campuses (Barham & Winston, 2006). Student activities professionals are key to helping students become, and stay, engaged during their educational experience (Komives, 2019). While student activities staff provide care and support, the staff themselves are not…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the root cause of the increased rate of employee turnover at a higher educational institution and how to retain their current employees. The importance of this study was to help the educational institution reduce their employee turnover so they do not continue to struggle to find new talent to replace…

This study aimed to identify the factors that affect the job satisfaction and retention of special education teachers. The researcher sought to determine the factors affecting job satisfaction and retention among special education teachers in the Midlands of South Carolina and suggestions for improvement within those areas to assist in retaining…