Purpose: The main objective of this study is to analyze the impact of spiritual intelligence (SI) based on its four dimensions (critical existential thinking (CET), personal meaning production (PMP), transcendental awareness (TA) and conscious state expansion (CSE)) on teachers' turnover intention (TI) through sanctification of work (SoW) and job…

This study aims to examine which middle leaders' distributed leadership factors (cohesive leadership team, participative decision-making, leadership support and leadership supervision) are sufficient and to what degree these four factors are necessary for fostering high teacher commitment to change (TCTC). Data were gathered from 1018 Malaysian…

Previous research has found school working conditions--particularly school leadership--to be linked to teacher retention. At the same time, evidence from the management literature has suggested that obtaining 'buy-in' from staff is critical to employee performance and instigating change. This paper brings these two literatures together, being the…

Black teachers represent a small percentage of teachers in classrooms across the United States. According to 2017-2018 data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), African American or Black teachers represent only 6.7% of the teaching population. Although the student and classroom demographics continue to shift with the inclusion…

In a time of uncertainty, teachers have been the backbone of the educational world. They provide a sense of consistency to many students who may need positive role models in their life. Teachers take on roles as caregivers, educators, friends, and are often a "safe place" for students. Yet, how have teachers been supported during times…

For decades, states across the U.S. have dealt with the issue of recruiting and retaining teachers, and this problem appears to be worsening nationwide (Sutcher, Darling-Hammond, & Carver- Thomas, 2016). Between the 2008-2009 and the 2013-2014 school years, enrollment in college teacher preparation programs decreased by approximately 250,000…

Teacher retention continues to be a challenge across the United States. This study investigated the practices and perception of elementary school principals in Virginia on new teacher retention. In this qualitative study, a sample of elementary school principals from around the state of Virginia participated in focus groups and individual…

States, districts, and schools are seeking ways to ensure teachers remain in the profession. It is more common than ever for a novice teacher to leave the profession within 5 years. Therefore, building a strong teacher self-efficacy is critical to developing and retaining novice teachers. This study examined how teacher self-efficacy fluctuated…

Teacher retention is often attributed to the support, or the lack thereof, that teachers, especially novice teachers, receive when they enter their teaching careers. Early career teachers often need mentors and additional support from school administrators, teammates, and instructional coaches to be effective teachers. School and district…

This qualitative, phenomenological study looks into strategies to increase career educators' retention for the coming school year. To comprehend the elements most influencing education at this time, a thorough analysis of the state of public schools now and subjects relating to changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic is presented.…

In the United States teacher retention in K-3 classrooms has declined, and so has the retention rate for the charter elementary school located in the study state. The problem is teacher retention rates in K-3 schools have declined in the U.S. The purpose of this basic qualitative research study was to explore teachers' perspectives regarding…

Although antecedents of teacher identity have been well investigated over decades, the role of demographic variables in teacher identity variance has received relatively little research attention. The study explored how teacher identity (grounded in a four-indicator model comprising occupational commitment, teacher self-efficacy, job satisfaction,…

The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted schooling, not only in South Africa, but globally. In the study reported on here we investigated the perceived psychosocial effects of the pandemic on the teaching realities of Foundation Phase (FP) educators in rural quintiles 1 to 3 schools in the North West province, South Africa. A qualitative, case…

The purpose of this quantitative, non-experimental, correlational study is to compare teachers' plans to leave the teaching profession for the school year 2021-22 in rural and urban area schools, and teachers' plans to leave the teaching profession for the school year 2021-22 in teachers with under and over fifteen years teaching experience. The…

The problem addressed in this study was the high attrition rates of teachers in elementary school districts and the unknown role of human, social, structural, and psychological capital determinants needed to retain teachers. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive case study was to describe the experiences of veteran K-6 teachers in the South…