First Advisor

Copeland, Darcy A.

Document Type

Dissertation

Date Created

12-2022

Department

College of Natural and Health Sciences, Nursing, Nursing Student Work

Abstract

The United States faces a shortage of nursing faculty members, impacting the nation’s ability to meet the demand for more nurses in the workforce. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that predicted nurse faculty members’ intent to stay in academe. Dozens of factors were identified in the literature and grouped using Herzberg’s (1966) motivation-hygiene theory of job satisfaction. An online questionnaire was administered to 402 full-time prelicensure baccalaureate nursing faculty in the United States. The survey measured personal, job, and organizational factors including demographics, emotional intelligence, resilience, educational preparation, self-efficacy, mentoring and orientation, interpersonal relationships, and satisfaction with multiple aspects of the job and organizational leadership and policies. Using stepwise, multiple, and simple linear regression analyses, eight factors emerged as statistically significant predictors of nurse faculty members’ intent to stay in academe: satisfaction with the work itself, satisfaction with salary, years of academic teaching experience, satisfaction with interpersonal relationships, self-efficacy, emotional intelligence, graduate education with an emphasis in education, and satisfaction with organizational and administrative policies. Academic nursing leaders could use these findings to inform hiring and mentoring practices to maximize retention of faculty members.

Extent

170 pages

Local Identifiers

Frost_unco_0161D_11058.pdf

Comments

Fall 2022 Graduate Dean's Citation for Outstanding Thesis, Dissertation, and Scholarly Project

Rights Statement

Copyright is held by the author.

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