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Professional Identity, Career Commitment, and Career Entrenchment of Midlevel Student Affairs Professionals
- Journal of College Student Development
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 57, Number 5, July 2016
- pp. 557-572
- 10.1353/csd.2016.0059
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The purposes of this study were to identify factors of midlevel student affairs administrators’ professional identity and to examine the association of those factors to career commitment, career entrenchment, and demographic characteristics. Principal axis factor analysis derived 3 dimensions of professional identity: career contentment, community connection, and values congruence with the profession. Regression analyses conducted on 377 survey responses revealed that 3 of 4 demographic characteristics, all 3 career commitment subscales, and all 3 career entrenchment subscales were significantly associated with at least 1 of the professional identity subscales. Implications for research and practice are discussed.