Open AccessInterviews with Exiting Faculty: Why Do They Leave?
Author(s) -
Olsen Deborah
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.1992.tb00206.x
Subject(s) - salary , context (archaeology) , institution , productivity , university faculty , medical education , psychology , work environment , work (physics) , public relations , job satisfaction , pedagogy , sociology , political science , social psychology , medicine , engineering , social science , geography , economic growth , mechanical engineering , archaeology , law , economics
Fourteen faculty terminating their appointments at a large public research university for reasons other than retirement were interviewed and administered a questionnaire. Findings indicate that a number of aspects of the work environment appear to be particularly important to faculty attitudes about the university: support of colleagues in the same research area; rewards for teaching; the relationship between salary and merit; resources for research; and the location of the institution. The paper discusses these findings in the context of the larger ongoing debate about the relationship between teaching and research and offers suggestions for improving faculty productivity and morale by addressing some of the issues identified by exiting faculty.