Institutional Factors and Job Turnover Among Music Administrators at the College Level

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to discover relationships that may exist between institutional factors and the job turnover rate of chief music administrators. Data were gathered by means of a questionnaire that was distributed to all full-member schools of NASM. The data were subjected to chi-square analysis by computer through use of SPSS. Significant results were revealed in three instances: administrator turnover and the presence of reorganization of the music unit, administrator length of service and. the presence of reorganization of the music unit, and administrator length of service and the presence of reduction of nonacademic music staff. Analysis also revealed that 77.0% of the respondents were serving in their first positions as chief music administrator and that only 13.5% of those surveyed had served previously in that role during the period of the study, thereby raising questions regarding the existence of a career path in college-level music administration.

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