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Direct linkMajor, Amanda E. – Current Issues in Education, 2012
Special education teachers, especially those that teach students with behavioral/emotional challenges, have high attrition rates stemming from stress, job dissatisfaction, and low motivation. The external factors in the school setting and job contribute to special education teachers' attrition and disengagement. A relationship between motivation…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Job Simplification, Performance Technology, Teacher Persistence
Peer reviewedMartelli, Joseph T. – Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 1982
Presents a critique of Taylor's scientific management theory and the negative consequences of work simplification. Compares this method with Maslow's, Herzberg's, and Thorsrud's theories of motivation, and contrasts the experiences of General Motors' application of Taylor's model and General Foods' application of Thorsrud's. (SK)
Descriptors: Assembly (Manufacturing), Behavior Theories, Job Development, Job Satisfaction
Peer reviewedYankelovich, Daniel; Immerwahr, John – Society, 1984
Discusses job discretion (the degree of worker autonomy) and the American "work ethic" in a historical context and in regard to the current shift from a manufacturing economy to one based on information services and new technologies. (ML)
Descriptors: Incentives, Industrialization, Job Performance, Job Satisfaction
