Faculty Status for Library Professionals: Its Effect on Job Turnover and Job Satisfaction among University Research Library Directors

Abstract

The authors investigated the relationship between the job turnover and job satisfaction of ARL university library directors relative to faculty status. The findings were that there did, in fact, seem to be a positive relationship between job satisfaction and faculty status. The provision of staff release time to pursue scholarly endeavors was correlated positively with the directors' reported job satisfaction, whereas `'hollow faculty status,'' defined as nominal faculty status but without the provision of release time, was correlated negatively (both significant at the .05 level). Job turnover by itself was quite unrelated to the issue of faculty status.