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A Recipe for Success: An Explanatory Mixed Methods Study of Factors Impacting the Retention of Midlevel Student Affairs Professionals

Walterbusch, Tracey Lynn
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555490332778498

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2019, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Educational Studies.
Over the past few years, the retention of midlevel Student Affairs professionals has been considered an issue, but at one large Midwestern university, the retention rate of midlevel Student Affairs professionals has remained high. The goal of the study was to understand what factors are important to the retention of midlevel Student Affairs professionals and why these factors are important. This project was an explanatory sequential methods study (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2007) starting with an analysis of a quantitative theoretical model and ending with a focus group. First, the study used the structural equation model developed by Rosser and Javinar (2003) to answer the question: What factors lead to the retention of midlevel Student Affairs professionals? Second, a focus group was conducted to delve deeper into the issue of retention of midlevel Student Affairs professionals and to answer the question: Why do Student Affairs professionals choose to retain?
Tatiana Suspitsyna, PhD (Advisor)
Ann O’Connell, PhD (Committee Member)
Jen Wong, PhD (Committee Member)
Mitsu Narui, PhD (Committee Member)
321 p.
Business Administration; Education; Educational Leadership; Higher Education; Higher Education Administration; Labor Relations; Management; Social Research
retention; midlevel Student Affairs; Student Affairs; midlevel; staff; higher education; higher education staff; intent to leave; Student Affairs retention; mixed methods; explanatory mixed methods; sequential mixed methods; retention factors

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  • Walterbusch, T. L. (2019). A Recipe for Success: An Explanatory Mixed Methods Study of Factors Impacting the Retention of Midlevel Student Affairs Professionals [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555490332778498

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Walterbusch, Tracey. A Recipe for Success: An Explanatory Mixed Methods Study of Factors Impacting the Retention of Midlevel Student Affairs Professionals . 2019. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555490332778498.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Walterbusch, Tracey. "A Recipe for Success: An Explanatory Mixed Methods Study of Factors Impacting the Retention of Midlevel Student Affairs Professionals ." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555490332778498

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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