The Case for Increasing Workplace Decision-Making: Proposing a Model for Special Educator Attrition Research

From Section:
Instruction in Teacher Training
Published:
Oct. 01, 2014

Source: Teacher Education and Special Education, 37(4), November 2014, p. 283-308.

The purpose of this article is to advance a research-based model to provide guidance for school administrators and researchers.
The proposed model adapted from previous conceptual models and perspectives.
It combines five thematic, contributing factors and a sixth, relatively understudied factor, workplace decision-making, to illustrate factor effects on special educators’ perceptions of job satisfaction and, ultimately, career decisions.


Updated: Dec. 04, 2018
Keywords:
Attrition | Decision making | Job satisfaction | Special education teachers