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Academic Factors and Turnover Intention: Impact of Organization Factors
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Awang, Amran; Ibrahim, Ima Ilyani; Nor, Mohamad Niza Md; Razali, Mohd Fazly Mohd; Arof, Zakaria Mat; Rahman, Ahmad Redzuan Abdul – Higher Education Studies, 2015
Institutional support and recognition led to less happier and committed academicians. Previous empirical findings justified that intentions to leave an organization has been due to issues in commitment and job performance. The study observes 130 academicians in five Malaysian public higher learning institutions in a cross-sectional data collection…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Performance, Observation, College Faculty
To Stay or Not to Stay: Retention of Asian International Faculty in STEM Fields
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Lawrence, Janet H.; Celis, Sergio; Kim, Hee Sun; Lipson, Sarah Ketchen; Tong, Ximeng – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2014
The present study identifies characteristics of individuals and work settings that influence Asian international faculty members' intentions to continue their employment in US research universities. Given the demand for researchers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields (STEM), the higher rate of turnover among untenured…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Research Universities, Persistence, College Faculty
Is Your Campus a Great Place to Work?
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Trower, Cathy A. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2004
The primary goal of the Study of New Scholars is to make the academy a more equitable and appealing place for new faculty so that academic institutions can continue to attract the best and brightest scholars and teachers in all disciplines. The underlying idea of the study is to provide institutions and prospective junior faculty members with…
Descriptors: Collegiality, College Faculty, Organizational Development, Organizational Theories
The Senior Faculty: Higher Education's Plentiful Yet Largely Untapped Resource.
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Finkelstein, Martin J.; Jemmott, Nina Dorset – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1993
At a time when resources for higher education are scarce and overtaxed, senior faculty members constitute a valuable resource. Interaction with like-minded peers, periodic changes in the nature of the work or the work setting, and administrative and organizational intervention are important strategies for helping senior faculty members stay…
Descriptors: Aging in Academia, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Faculty Workload
A Good Place to Work: Sourcebook for the Academic Workplace.
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Austin, Ann E.; And Others – 1991
This sourcebook provides substantive ideas for private liberal arts colleges interested in assessing, enhancing, and maintaining the quality of the academic workplace. Additionally, it responds to some of the current trends affecting American higher education involving faculty worklife and development, problems associated with faculty shortages,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, Colleges, Faculty Development
The Academic Workplace Audit.
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Austin, Ann E.; And Others – 1991
This book is designed to accompany "A Good Place to Work: Sourcebook for the Academic Workplace" and represents a tool for colleges interested in supporting faculty morale and the quality of the academic workplace. The Audit, developed from a study by the Council of Independent Colleges, is organized into nine sections, each one focusing on an…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, Colleges, Faculty Development