ERIC Number: EJ968206
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
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Teacher Retention: Teacher Characteristics, School Characteristics, Organizational Characteristics, and Teacher Efficacy
Hughes, Gail D.
Journal of Educational Research, v105 n4 p245-255 2012
The researcher utilized block-entry regression analysis to determine the impacts of teacher characteristics, school characteristics, organizational characteristics, and teacher efficacy on retention in teaching from 782 teacher surveys. Findings indicated that 83.50% of participants planned to teach until retirement. Wald statistics indicated that years teaching experience, socioeconomic status (SES), salary and workload, parent and student, and technology all made statistically significant contributions to the model. Contrary to existing literature, the findings indicated that teachers in the lowest SES schools were more likely to continue teaching until retirement than teachers in the highest SES schools. The data seemed to indicate that schools in this study interested in increasing teacher retention rates should consider increasing salaries, reducing their workloads, and strive to improve parent and student participation and cooperation levels. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Persistence, Student Participation, Teacher Surveys, Teaching Experience, Institutional Characteristics, Multiple Regression Analysis, Self Efficacy, Socioeconomic Status, Faculty Workload, Teacher Salaries, Influence of Technology, Statistical Significance, Parent Participation, Educational Research, Mail Surveys, Teacher Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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