Turn-over rate of academic faculty at the College of Health Sciences Addis Ababa University: a 20-year analysis (1991 to 2011)

摘要

BackgroundFaculty turn-over affects both workers and organizations. Turnover of faculty and researchers is increasing alarmingly and costing the universities and the country at large. Fast turnover of health professionals from the health system and from academic institutions has recently received substantial attention from both academia and health sector managers. This paper calculates the faculty turnover rate at the College of Health Sciences of Addis Ababa University during the period of September 1991 to August 2011.