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Teach For America Teachers: How Long Do They Teach? Why Do They Leave?
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Donaldson, Morgaen L.; Johnson, Susan Moore – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
A large-scale, nationwide analysis of Teach For America teacher turnover presents a deeper picture of which TFAers stay, which ones leave the profession and some suggestions about why they leave. The authors learned that nearly two-thirds (60.5%) of TFA teachers continue as public school teachers beyond their two-year commitment; more than half…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Public School Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Career Change
Reevaluating the Effect of Non-Teaching Wages on Teacher Attrition
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Gilpin, Gregory A. – Economics of Education Review, 2011
Most empirical teacher attrition research focuses on estimating the effect of either the alternate occupation opportunities or the teacher work environment on teacher attrition. In this paper, we use non-teaching wages of former teachers to estimate the determinants of teacher attrition, including the wage differential between teaching and…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Wages, Teacher Persistence, Salary Wage Differentials
Nursing Workload and the Changing Health Care Environment: A Review of the Literature
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Neill, Denise – Administrative Issues Journal: Education, Practice, and Research, 2011
Changes in the health care environment have impacted nursing workload, quality of care, and patient safety. Traditional nursing workload measures do not guarantee efficiency, nor do they adequately capture the complexity of nursing workload. Review of the literature indicates nurses perceive the quality of their work has diminished. Research has…
Descriptors: Nursing, Nurses, Responsibility, Literature Reviews
A Study on the Employee Turnover Antecedents in ITES/BPO Sector
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Sree Rekha, K. R.; Kamalanabhan, T. J. – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2010
This paper aims at testing a conceptual model connecting variables of the internal and external work environment to ITES/BPO employee turnover. Based on the gaps identified from the literature that no single model explains in a comprehensive way as to why, people choose to leave and the lack of turnover studies on call centers located in India.…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Intention, Foreign Countries, Work Environment
Exploring Differential Effects of Supervisor Support on Transfer of Training
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Nijman, Derk-Jan J. M.; Nijhof, Wim J.; Wognum, A. A. M.; Veldkamp, Bernard P. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to provide further insight into the relationship between supervisor support and transfer of training, by taking into account the effects of other transfer-influencing factors in a systemic approach of the transfer process. Design/methodology/approach: A review of studies on factors affecting transfer of…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Trainees, Supervisors, Influences
Nursing Workforce: Recruitment and Retention of Nurses and Nurse Aides Is a Growing Concern. Testimony before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, U.S. Senate.
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Scanlon, William J. – 2001
The General Accounting Office examined existing and anticipated concerns related to the recruitment and retention of nurse and nurses aides. Special attention was paid to the following aspects of the problem: (1) factors contributing to the current and anticipated shortage among nurses; (2) what is known about the current and projected supply of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Compensation (Remuneration), Demand Occupations, Demography