Faculty retention is paramount given the steep financial investment required for recruitment. To study factors associated with job satisfaction, participants (N=591) were recruited from the Council on Social Work Education's membership. Results indicated that greater job satisfaction was most strongly associated with colleague and administration…

This quantitative study examined the moderating role of Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) faculty motivation orientation, expressed as autonomous or controlled motivation, on the relationship between faculty job satisfaction and the faculty's perception of their program director's transformational or transactional leadership behavior. Participants…

The colleges and universities in Taiwan are confronted with the following two problems: (1) The average youth (aged 15-29) unemployment rate is more than double the overall unemployment rate; and (2) Mainly affected by the low birth rate, the admission and vacancy rates of colleges and universities have increased, and fierce competition exists…

The purpose of this study was to establish a basic understanding of the challenges associated with directing athletic programs at NCAA Division III Institutions. Specifically, this study identified the frequency, intensity, and time allocated to common challenges facing the position of the NCAA Division III AD. The challenges were examined using…

This study was conducted to develop a demographic profile of full-time educational leadership clinical faculty, to identify their professional responsibilities, and to compare their job satisfaction and perceptions of the educational leadership field with those of tenure-line faculty. Utilizing an online questionnaire, 140 clinical faculty and 755…

Advancement offices have their share of management issues. Do any of these situations sound familiar? An underachieving alumni director should have been let go long ago, but without a single bad performance review, he can't be fired. A development officer hires the wrong person and now spends too much time supervising her. A high-performing…