Health Sciences Faculty Satisfaction in Distance Learning: A Relationship to Intent to Leave

• In Event: RTD- Workforce Development (v)

Short Description

The purpose of this study was to examine the satisfaction of online health sciences instructors and if those satisfaction factors influenced intent to leave. A set of satisfaction and intent to leave surveys were answered by 83 online instructors in a higher education health sciences institution. The results of the path analysis showed that satisfaction from support for online teaching indirectly impacted the faculty intent to leave while influencing job satisfaction and institution satisfaction. Job satisfaction and institution satisfaction directly influenced faculty intent to leave.

Authors

• Contributor: Mark Dame, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Health Professions

• Presenter: Fethi A. Inan, Texas Tech University