Survey on Secure-Base Leadership and Faculty Retention in Chinese Physical Education

A 2026 study by Shuguang Song investigates the relationship between secure-base leadership, job embeddedness, and intention to quit among Chinese physical education faculty. The research employs a three-wave panel design, measuring leadership, job embeddedness dimensions (fit, links, sacrifice), and intention to quit over time. It uses mediation analysis to explore how job embeddedness partially accounts for the link between leadership and withdrawal cognitions.

Use Cases

• Analyze the association between secure-base leadership scores and intention to quit ratings among faculty.
• Model the mediating role of job embeddedness dimensions (fit, links, sacrifice) between leadership and turnover intention.
• Examine demographic control variables in relation to the primary constructs of leadership, embeddedness, and intention to quit.

Strengths

• Data collected via a three-wave panel design, providing temporal sequencing for mediation analysis.
• Study focuses on a specific, structurally vulnerable population: Chinese physical education faculty.
• Examines job embeddedness through its three defined dimensions: fit, links, and sacrifice.

Limitations

• Dataset scope is limited to a single 28.4 KB DOCX file containing study results, not raw survey data.
• Sample size, geographic representativeness, and demographic details of the faculty cohort are not provided.
• Findings are specific to a niche academic context, limiting generalizability to other professions or regions.

Provenance

Source

Shuguang Song via figshare.

Collection Method

Three-wave panel survey design with physical education faculty from Chinese universities, analyzed using PROCESS (Model 4).

Time Range

Study conducted across three measurement waves; specific dates not provided.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

China, specifically faculty in Chinese higher education institutions.