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Levkovich, Inbar; Eyal, Galit – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2021
This study aimed to examine the perceptions of preschool teachers regarding their work with divorced parents. In-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews with 15 preschool teachers were conducted. The findings show that preschool teachers devote twice as much time to communicating with divorced parents than with married parents. Furthermore,…
Descriptors: Divorce, Preschool Teachers, Conflict, Teacher Attitudes
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Lee, Tony; Hun Lim, Doo; Kim, JoHyun – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2021
The purpose of this study was to compare U.S.-born and foreign-born faculty members' job satisfaction in research universities and investigate if mentoring and self-esteem affect job satisfaction of faculty members in U.S. institutions. From the data set obtained from 481 faculty members in 21 universities, this study identified there was no…
Descriptors: Mentors, Self Esteem, Job Satisfaction, Faculty Development
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Ryan, Michael P.; Cude, Brenda J. – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2021
Most private sector employees have access to defined contribution retirement plans while public sector employees often may choose defined benefit or defined contribution plans. This research utilized a survey of faculty to analyze retirement plan satisfaction. Advice from a financial planner was positively associated with satisfaction with…
Descriptors: Risk, Money Management, Retirement, Retirement Benefits
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Erdogan, Çagri Hamdi; Topuz, Ramazan – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2020
The aim of this study is to investigate the stress perceptions of physical education teachers and determine these perceptions in terms of certain variables. In the study, a descriptive survey method was used, which aimed at revealing the existing situation. The research group was comprised of 320 physical education teachers actively working in the…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Teacher Attitudes, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers
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Main, Joyce B.; Prenovitz, Sarah; Ehrenberg, Ronald G. – Review of Higher Education, 2019
Using the life course perspective to examine the longer-term career patterns of more than 5,000 humanities and humanistic social sciences PhDs, this study illustrates the multiple pathways to the professoriate and the importance of academic aspirations and linked lives in career trajectories. Marital status and having young dependents in the…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, College Faculty, Tenure, Doctoral Degrees
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Denson, Nida; Szelényi, Katalin; Bresonis, Kate – Research in Higher Education, 2018
Very few studies have examined issues of work-life balance among faculty of different racial/ethnic backgrounds. Utilizing data from Harvard University's Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education project, this study examined predictors of work-life balance for 2953 faculty members from 69 institutions. The final sample consisted of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Family Work Relationship, Predictor Variables, Ethnicity
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Bell, Megan F.; Bayliss, Donna M.; Glauert, Rebecca; Ohan, Jeneva L. – Developmental Psychology, 2018
There is evidence that children of incarcerated parents are at risk of poor developmental and educational outcomes. However, much of this evidence is limited by biased samples, as studies must rely on opt-in recruitment. Administrative data present an opportunity to overcome this challenge, as they capture information on all incarcerated…
Descriptors: Child Development, Crime, Teacher Attitudes, Models
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Gasparishvili, A. T.; Kruzhalin, V. I.; Krukhmaleva, O. V. – Russian Education and Society, 2013
Research on teachers in Moscow shows that their material circumstances tend to be better than those in the provinces, but also that collectively they have not yet formed definite opinions on recent educational reforms. (Contains 2 tables, 3 figures, and 4 notes.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Urban Areas
Albrkhil, Haya – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Eight hundred Saudi Arabia educators from the Riyadh District participated in this study to determine teachers' access to computers, computer skill level and motivation to enroll in online courses pertaining to professional development. Participants, who were chosen according to a stratified sampling technique, completed a survey which provided…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Online Courses, Access to Computers