A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Job Demands and Resources and Teachers’ Intention to Stay

• In Event: Will I Stay or Will I Go? Situating Teachers’ Career Decisions in Multiple Contexts

Abstract

Gauging teacher job satisfaction and promoting retention have become increasingly important amid global concerns about teacher shortages. In this mixed methods study, we used the results of a larger survey to examine teachers’ beliefs about one job demand (i.e., amount of paperwork and duties) and one resource (i.e., influence over school policy and decision-making). Quantitative results indicated that the perceptions of the demand differed by school level (i.e., elementary, middle, high) and that beliefs related to both the demand and resource were statistically significantly related to teachers’ job satisfaction and their intention to continue teaching. Emergent themes from the qualitative results illustrated which aspects of these job facets were most important to teachers and provide actionable information.

Authors

• Brian Cartiff, University of South Carolina

• Angela D. Starrett, University of South Carolina

• Beatrice Nicole Quiroz, University of South Carolina

• Shea Elizabeth Ferguson, University of South Carolina

• Alyssa Michelle Raygoza, University of South Carolina