Date of Conferral
2023
Degree
Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)
School
Business Administration
Advisor
Pamm Kemp
Abstract
Human resource managers are concerned that the budgeted ratio between adjunct and full-time faculty will not meet certification standards, but human resource managers lack faculty hiring strategies to manage the budgeted ratio between adjunct and full-time faculty to maintain the institutional operating budget and meet certification standards. Grounded in the human capital theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the strategies used by human resource managers to manage the ratio between adjunct faculty and full-time faculty to maintain the institutional operating budget. The participants comprised of four human resource managers within 4-year state colleges in the southeastern United States who hire adjunct and full-time faculty. Data were collected through semistructured interviews, a review of organizational documents, and a reflective journal of notes. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Three themes emerged: compensation and benefits, faculty and adjunct training, and student enrollment and retention. A key recommendation is for human resource managers to establish, adopt, and maintain quality adjunct and full-time faculty to support student retention. The implications for positive social change include the potential for managers to develop and implement strategies for budgetary flexibility for supporting gains in adjunct retention and the institution’s financial performance enabling quality of life for faculty and their family.
Recommended Citation
Pennino, Tanja, "Strategies to Meet the Budgeted Ratio Between Adjunct and Full-Time Faculty" (2023). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 14759.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/14759
