Job satisfaction and personal factors related to faculty retention in the tertiary level of three selected Daughters of Charity schools

• Main Author: Rances, Shirley A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1994
• Subjects: College teachers; Teachers > Job satisfaction; Teacher morale; Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/2967
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study determines the factors related to faculty retention in the tertiary level of three selected DC schools using the job satisfaction factors in Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory (1996) along with the personal factors on age, sex, civil status, educational attainment, positions held in addition to teaching and socio-economic status. It also determines the predictors of faculty retention. Respondents of this study were 91 permanent faculty members who had taught for at least three years in the schools where they were employed at the time of the study. The descriptive-correlation method of research was used. A modified survey questionnaire on Job Satisfaction designed by Migue (1981) was the primary data gathering tool. The data gathered were analyzed through frequencies and percentages, means and standard deviations. The Pearson-Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation established the relationship of factors related to faculty retention and the stepwise regression with multiple correlation determined the predictors of faculty retention. The investigation revealed that job satisfaction factors, age, and positions held in addition to teaching related significantly with faculty retention. The predictors for faculty retention were age, civil status, and working conditions. However, the variance of the factors indicated a minimal effect on faculty retention. From the above findings it could be concluded that satisfied older faculty members with various administrative and supervisory positions stay longer in the schools. With the minimal effect of age, civil status and working conditions on faculty retention, other factors aside from personal and job satisfaction could possibly have an effect on faculty retention.