title: Critical issues in the decision to retire: a comparison of retired and retirement-age faculty.
abstract: The nursing faculty workforce is on the verge of a crisis because the number of full-time faculty expected to retire in the next 10 years is predicted to escalate dramatically. To propose evidence-based strategies to retain qualified nursing faculty beyond retirement age, this study built on previous qualitative research. An initial phenomenological study of retirement-age faculty identified 15 critical issues in the decision to remain employed in academia. To determine the degree to which these factors are shared by retired and still-employed faculty and the relative importance of each of these factors, a quasi-experimental comparative study was conducted. A Likert scale questionnaire was administered to a convenience sample drawn from a national population using the snowball sampling technique. ANOVA established the difference between retired and still-working faculty; discriminant analysis identified eight predictor variables for faculty decisions to remain in academia.
authors: Kramer School of Nursing, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK 73106, USA. lcook@okcu.edu
authors: Linda Sue
authors: LS
authors: Cook
authors: Marvel
authors: M
authors: Williamson
authors: Lois
authors: L
authors: Salmeron
authors: Denise
authors: D
authors: Burton
authors: Dan M
authors: DM
authors: Goad
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003657:Decision Making; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012179:Retirement; D014481:United States