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Vol. 70, No. 2, February 1990, pp. 105-107
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Factors Physical Therapists Use to Make Career Decisions

Marcia J Pearl

M Pearl, PhD, PT, is Director of Rehabilitation Services, Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, 5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30342-1701 (USA). She was a doctoral candidate, Department of Educational Administration, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, when this study was completed in partial fulfillment of her degree requirements.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors physical therapists use to make career choices. A questionnaire was sent to a random sample of 500 clinicians. The results of this study indicate that salary was the most important factor cited by clinicians for selecting their present position and for remaining in their present position, as well as the principal motivator that would induce them to consider leaving their present position. Unless salaries are raised in academe and in the traditional settings of acute care hospitals and rehabilitation centers, recruitment of clinicians in the future will be difficult.

Key Words: Decision making • Personnel management • Personnel turnover • Physical therapy profession, professional issues


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