Top Motivating Factors for Staying in Research Administration in Order of Preference.
| Overall Rank | I Stay in RMA Because: | 2015 US (n = 618) | 2020 US (n = 741) | CARA (n = 284) | EARMA (n = 239) | ARMS (n = 305) | BESTPRAC (n = 182) | ARMA (n =4 55) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I enjoy the university environment | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | I feel I am making an important contribution | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | I find it interesting | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | I am constantly learning something new | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | I enjoy doing something different every day | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | I love the challenge | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | I enjoy working with brilliant people | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 8 | I enjoy my co-workers | 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | I don’t know how to do anything else for this level of compensation | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 9 |
| 10 | Other | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 11 |
| 11 | I enjoy working with faculty | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
| 12 | It is too late for me to change careers | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | I am not staying, I am looking for another job now | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 13 |
| Overall Rank | I Stay in RMA Because: | 2015 US ( | 2020 US ( | CARA ( | EARMA ( | ARMS ( | BESTPRAC ( | ARMA ( |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I enjoy the university environment | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | I feel I am making an important contribution | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | I find it interesting | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | I am constantly learning something new | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | I enjoy doing something different every day | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | I love the challenge | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | I enjoy working with brilliant people | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 8 | I enjoy my co-workers | 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | I don’t know how to do anything else for this level of compensation | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 9 |
| 10 | Other | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 11 |
| 11 | I enjoy working with faculty | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
| 12 | It is too late for me to change careers | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | I am not staying, I am looking for another job now | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 13 |
Note: Ranking of RMA responses in each study group as how they would complete the sentence ‘I stay in research administration because …’.
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