| Community colleges must attract and retain qualified faculty members to accomplish the institutional teaching mission. As enrollments increase, and large numbers of existing faculty retire, it is vitally important to recruit qualified individuals to teach at community colleges. The participants were randomly selected experienced business professionals (N = 128) working toward a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at a major midwestern research university. The research design was a factorial experiment involving a 2 x 2 x 2 completely crossed fixed-factor analysis of variance. The three independent variables were: salary ({dollar}49,920, {dollar}34,710), signing bonus ({dollar}5000, No Bonus), and stimulus to apply (business contact, teacher contact). The dependent variable in this study was an experienced business professional's rating of a community college faculty job described in a simulated position advertisement. The measure for the dependent variable was a three-item additive composite score. The items were: (a) “How likely would you be to apply for the faculty job described?”; (b) “If offered, how likely would you be to accept an interview for the faculty job described?”; and (c) “If offered, how likely would you be to accept the faculty job described?” The main effects and the interaction effects were not statistically significant. These findings have implications for future recruitment practice and research. |
