The study described here was designed to investigate the propensity of division chairpersons to leave a community college, the levels of satisfaction they feel with their jobs, and their perceptions of role conflict and ambiguity. The researchers used a job satisfaction scale, a propensity-to-leave index, and a role perception questionnaire to collect data from 279 division chairs at community colleges. Over half of the respondents reported high levels of role ambiguity and medium levels of role conflict, and respondents indicated varying levels of satisfaction with 10 job factors. A stepwise regression analysis of the 10 factors, role conflict, and role ambiguity indicated that the following factors influenced the variance in a chair's propensity to leave an institution: role conflict and dissatisfaction with policies, administration, and salary.
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