The Impact of Gender and Department Climate on Job Satisfaction and Intentions to Quit for Faculty in Science and Engineering Fields

Authors

Ronda Roberts Callister, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title

The Journal of Technology Transfer

Volume

31

Issue

3

Publisher

Springer Verlag

First Page

367

Last Page

375

Publication Date

2006

Abstract

This study investigates whether gender and the perceptions of department climate affects faculty job satisfaction and intentions to quit (work outcomes) with surveys responses from 308 faculty members in science and engineering fields. The study finds that both gender and department climate are related to work outcomes and that two facets of department climate (affective and instrumental) mediate the relationship between gender and both job satisfaction and intention to quit. This finding suggests that universities can benefit from improving department climate, which then may improve the retention of both male and female faculty, but may have an even greater impact on improving job satisfaction and reducing intentions to quit of female faculty.

Comments

Originally published by Springer Verlag. Publisher's PDF available through remote link.
Note: This article is part of a special issue on Women in Science and NSF ADVANCE.

Recommended Citation

Callister, R. R., 2006. “The Impact of Department Climate on Job Satisfaction and Intention to Quit of Women Faculty in Science and Engineering” Journal of Technology Transfer (special issue on “Women in Science and NSF ADVANCE), 31: 367-375.