A Mixed Method Research of Factors Affecting Faculty Retention in Four-Year Public Higher Education Institutions in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People’s Republic of China

Authors

  • Geng Geng Faculty of Education, Loei Rajabhat University
  • Sukhum Prommuangkun Faculty of Education, Loei Rajabhat University
  • Pongthep Bunrueng Office of Foreign Relations, Loei Rajabhat University

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to identify factors affecting faculty retention in four-year public higher education institutions in Guangxi China. The samples of this research were 460 randomly sampling full-time teachers. There were 4 latent variables: job satisfaction (JS), organizational commitment (OC), job embeddedness (JE), and faculty retention (FR), which were measured by 20 observed variables. The research instruments for the quantitative phase were questionnaires, which had the reliability coefficients from 0.90 to 0.94. Data were analyzed to obtain mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine the relationships of variables and test the consistency of hypothesis model with empirical data.

This research found that the hypothesis model of factors affecting faculty retention in higher education institutions in Guangxi China were confirmed to be in consistent with the empirical data, with (164) = 172.639, p=.30, CFI = .997, RMSEA = .011, SRMR = .029. The variables in the model could describe the factors affecting faculty retention in higher educational institutions in Guangxi China variance at 54.6 percent (R2=.546). There were three variables that had direct positive effect on faculty retention in higher education institutions in Guangxi China: job embeddedness, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment with influence coefficient of .345, .344, and .274 respectively at the significant level of .01. There were two variables that had indirect positive effect on faculty retention in higher education institutions in Guangxi China: job embeddedness and job satisfaction with influence coefficient of .222 and .089 respectively at the significant level of .01. The total effect consisted of three variables, job embeddedness, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, with influence coefficient of .576, .433, and .274 respectively at the significant level of .01.

Keywords: Job Embeddedness, Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction, Faculty Retention, Higher Education Institutions in Guangxi China

 

 

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2020-08-26

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Geng, G., Prommuangkun, S. ., & Bunrueng, P. . (2020). A Mixed Method Research of Factors Affecting Faculty Retention in Four-Year Public Higher Education Institutions in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People’s Republic of China. Journal of Graduate School, Pitchayatat, Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, 15(2), 211–223. Retrieved from https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/Pitchayatat/article/view/244341

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2020): May-August 2020

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