Employment Status as the Primary Predictor of Faculty Retention: A Quantitative Study in a Local Philippine College

Crizylen Mae Catigbe

doi:10.60027/jelr.2026.e2671

Authors

Crizylen Mae Catigbe Northwestern Mindanao State College of Science and Technology https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7405-7103

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.60027/jelr.2026.e2671

Keywords:

Faculty retention; , Job Security; , Employment status; , Local Colleges; , Organizational Commitment Theory; , Higher Education Human Resource Management

Abstract

Background and Aim: Local colleges continued to struggle with faculty retention because of institutional factors and their reliance on contractual or job-order instructors with limited job security. This study examined faculty retention in a local college by identifying the factors influencing faculty members’ intention to stay.

Materials and Methods: A quantitative causal-comparative design was used, with survey data from 43 faculty members, and the data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical procedures.

Results: The results showed significant, strong, positive relationships between organizational (r = 0.706, p < .001) and institutional (ρ = 0.676, p < .001) factors and faculty retention. Regression analysis revealed that employment status was the only significant predictor of retention (B = 0.5616, p = 0.003), underscoring the importance of a stable job. When grouped by years of service or educational attainment, retention did not differ significantly.

Conclusion: According to these results, job security remains the most important factor influencing faculty members’ intention to stay at a local college, even though leadership practices and institutional support also play a role in faculty retention dynamics. Enhancing workload management and fortifying regularization procedures could promote institutional continuity and increase faculty stability.

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