Journal of Education & Social Policy

Nursing Faculty Job Satisfaction and Intent to Stay
Tracy J. Darnell, Ed.D., MSN, RN; Lantry L. Brockmeier, Ph.D; Nicole M. Gibson, Ph.D; Robert B. Green, Ph.D; James G. Archibald, Ph.D; LPC Lantry L. Brockmeier, Ph.D.

Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the causal effects among the variables mentoring, job stress, incivility, organizational commitment, and occupational commitment on faculty job satisfaction and the intent to stay in academia of Georgia’s associate degree nursing (ADN) faculty. An 87-item Nursing Faculty Job Satisfaction and Intent to Stay Questionnaire was constructed from seven existing instruments and validated. A total of 134 of 217 (61.8%) nursing faculty responded to the survey. A structural equation model was generated and tested to examine the relationships among variables and to identify the effects on job satisfaction and intent to stay in academia. In the final path model, job stress, organizational commitment, and occupational commitment were significant predictors of job satisfaction. Occupational commitment, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment were significant predictors of the nursing faculty's intent to stay in academia.

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