ERIC Number: EJ950468
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jan
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
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White and Black Teachers' Job Satisfaction: Does Relational Demography Matter?
Fairchild, Susan; Tobias, Robert; Corcoran, Sean; Djukic, Maja; Kovner, Christine; Noguera, Pedro
Urban Education, v47 n1 p170-197 Jan 2012
Data on the impact of student, teacher, and principal racial and gender composition in urban schools on teacher work outcomes are limited. This study, a secondary data analysis of White and Black urban public school teachers using data taken from the restricted use 2003-04 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), examines the effects of relational demography on teacher job satisfaction adjusting for other known determinants of job satisfaction. Relational demography is conceptualized as a set of racial and gender congruency items between teachers and principals, teachers and teachers, and teachers and students. The results of the study show that some components of relational demography directly affect teacher job satisfaction, over and above the effects of work-related attitudes. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Job Satisfaction, Demography, Data Analysis, Whites, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Peer Relationship, Racial Differences, Gender Differences, Teacher Characteristics, Teaching Conditions, Student Diversity, Principals, Urban Teaching, African American Teachers, Public School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Effectiveness, Correlation, Predictor Variables, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Persistence
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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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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Schools and Staffing Survey (NCES)
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