Faculty are an important part of cooperative research centers. However, their decision to become involved in a center is entirely voluntary. A center?s success is dependent on both the recruitment and retention of top-notch faculty. Knowing what contributes to a faculty member?s satisfaction, commitment, and ultimately decision to remain in the organization should be a high priority for center management. The purpose of this study was to examine the concepts of satisfaction and organizational commitment as they pertain to faculty involved in industry-university research centers. A model, which included the variables of intrinsic rewards, extrinsic rewards, satisfaction, commitment, and retention cognitions, was proposed. Data were collected from faculty at industry-university research centers nationwide via an Internet survey. Results showed support for the proposed model. In particular, the model shows that satisfaction is a significant predictor of commitment. Both intrinsic and extrinsic rewards were significant predictors of satisfaction. Intrinsic rewards also had a direct effect on commitment. Both satisfaction and commitment have a significant direct effect on retention cognitions. Implications of the model results for centers are discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NCSU/oai:NCSU:etd-08052004-152228 |
| Date | 12 August 2004 |
| Creators | Coberly, Beth Marie |
| Contributors | Denis O. Gray, PhD, Catherine Zimmer, PhD, Samuel B. Pond, III, PhD, David Dill, PhD |
| Publisher | NCSU |
| Source Sets | North Carolina State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-08052004-152228/ |
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