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Faculty retention in dental hygiene programs
Author(s) -
Ley ES
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.1982.46.9.tb01580.x
Subject(s) - salary , attrition , dental hygiene , baccalaureate degree , medical education , job satisfaction , turnover , higher education , family medicine , medicine , psychology , dentistry , political science , management , social psychology , law , economics
This study assesses the extent to which faculty turnover in dental hygiene programs is related to the type of educational institution. A questionnaire was mailed to 201 dental hygiene program directors; 17 5 responded (87 percent). Nearly 47 per‐cent of the directors associated with programs in state colleges and universities indicated they had experienced some degree of difficulty retaining faculty in the past five years; less than 18 percent of those in community colleges and technical schools experienced similar problems. Faculty attrition due to personal reasons and job and salary dissatisfaction occurred to a slightly greater extent in state educational institutions than in community colleges and technical schools. Achieving tenure was perceived as a problem primarily by directors of programs in state colleges and universities. Although inadequate salary was a direct cause of attrition in some cases, the degree to which it influenced personal reasons for leaving was not determined.