UK@Work Survey Results: Attraction, Commitment, Intentions to Leave
Staff respondents are attracted to UK because of:
- Benefits (24%)
- Opportunity for job/career growth/advancement (18%)
- Opportunity to learn and grow (12%)
- Challenge of the job (11%)
Staff respondents will stay at UK because of:
- Benefits (30%)
- Ability to balance work with my personal/family life (11%)
- Job security (9%)
- Challenge of the job (8%)
Commitment to UK: Staff Respondents
(percent who Strongly Agree or Agree)
Faculty respondents are attracted to UK because of:
- Faculty colleagues (29%)
- Opportunities for career development (17%)
- Location in Lexington, Kentucky (12%)
- Family considerations (e.g., spousal/partner employment, children’s schooling, etc.) (10%)
Faculty respondents will stay at UK because of:
- Faculty colleagues (24%)
- Family considerations, such as spousal/partner employment and children’s schooling (20%)
- Ability to balance work with my personal/family life (14%)
- Location in Lexington, KY (10%)
Commitment to UK: Faculty Respondents
(percent who Strongly Agree or Agree)
What Are Your Intentions to Leave UK? - Staff Respondents
- Over half (53%) of staff respondents indicate they have very seriously or somewhat seriously considered leaving UK during the twelve months prior to completing the survey (very seriously, 23%). Who is thinking about leaving, by job classification?
- Executive, Administrative, Managerial (n=374)
- Other Professional Staff (n=921)
- Technical and Paraprofessional Staff (n=486)
- Clerical and Secretarial (n=582)
- Skilled Crafts (n=79)
- Service/Maintenance Staff (n=225)
- Overall, for staff respondents, the most important factor in a potential decision to leave UK (percentage of staff respondents selecting the factor):
- Salary/wage (39%)
- Opportunity for job/career growth/advancement (12%)
- Ability to balance work with my personal, family life (9%)
- Immediate supervisor (7%)
What Are Your Intentions to Leave UK? - Faculty Respondents
- Almost one-third (31%) of faculty respondents report they have either thought frequently about leaving and have begun to explore possibilities or, are engaged in an active search for a new position during the twelve months prior to completing the survey.
- Of the faculty respondents, the number intending to leave include:
- Tenured (n=181);
- Tenure-track (n=46);
- Non-tenured (n=35)
- Professor (n=90);
- Associate Professor (n=97);
- Assistant Professor (n=58);
- Lecturer/Instructor (n=16)
- Overall, for faculty respondents, primary reason for considering to leave UK (percentage of faculty respondents selecting the factor):
- Salary/wage (39%)
- Opportunities for career development (10%)
- Level of bureaucracy (10%)
- Ability to balance work with my personal/family life (7%)
