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Msila, Vuyisile – Africa Education Review, 2017
This qualitative study was motivated by a sizeable number of school principals retiring early in South African schools. They either leave teaching for other careers or retire before the retirement age of sixty. It was then necessary to explore what factors, if any, made them leave school management and the teaching career. Sixteen school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Faculty Mobility, Retirement
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Shawa, Lester B.; Mgomezulu, Victor Y. – Africa Education Review, 2016
Utilising critical theory, we explored the causes of the conflict that arose between academic staff on fixed-term renewable contracts and university administrators at Mzuzu University in Malawi in order to draw lessons. We collected data using semi-structured, in-depth interviews and document analysis. Ten university employees were purposively…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, College Administration, Administrators
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Loan-Clarke, John; Arnold, John; Coombs, Crispin; Bosley, Sara; Martin, Caroline – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2009
Background: Research into recruitment, retention and return of speech and language therapists in the National Health Service (NHS) is relatively limited, particularly in respect of understanding the factors that drive employment choice decisions. Aims: To identify what factors influence speech and language therapists working in the NHS to stay,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Allied Health Personnel, Health Services, Profiles
Atherton, P. J.; Chalcraft, J. – 1978
Data on public sector superannuation plans in Ontario provide the basis for this examination of the current situation regarding the pension funds for public employees and teachers. The report describes and compares the employee/employer contributions, basic benefits, rates of return, and ratio of beneficiaries to contributors in various public…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Lawton, Stephen B.; Boodoo, Gwyneth M. – 1978
Based on a sample of 12 representative school boards in Ontario, a normative method of analysis was utilized in addressing the major concerns of the study: the appropriate number of noncertified staff for a given school board, future demand for and supply of noncertified staff, and the resultant implications of such information. The study…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Data Analysis, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education
Commission on Declining School Enrolments in Ontario, Toronto. – 1978
Analysis of demographic data is utilized in this report to trace the relationship between public expenditure and school enrollment in Ontario and to predict the direction of educational expenditure in light of projected enrollment trends. The report shows that inflation, changes in educational policy, and increases in teacher salaries, rather than…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Data Analysis, Declining Enrollment, Demography