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When Are Teachers Motivated to Work beyond Retirement Age? The Importance of Support, Change of Work Role and Money
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Bal, P. Matthijs; Visser, Michel S. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2011
This article investigates the factors influencing the motivation to continue working after retirement among a sample of Dutch teachers. Based on previous research, it was proposed that teachers will be motivated to work after their legal retirement age when organizational support, possibilities to change work roles and financial needs are high.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Retirement, Secondary School Teachers
School Violence Is Not Going Away so Proactive Steps Are Needed
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Crews, Kylee; Crews, Jack; Turner, Freda – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2008
Problems associated with school violence include higher than average teacher turnover, increased student dropout rates, students changing schools, and principals/teachers retiring early. There are 19 strategies offered that might reduce school violence.
Descriptors: School Safety, School Security, Violence, Predictor Variables
Expectancy Theory Prediction of the Preference to Remain Employed or to Retire
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Eran, Mordechai; Jacobson, Dan – Journal of Gerontology, 1976
Vroom's expectancy theory model to predict older worker's choices between employment or retirement hypothesized that a person's preference would be a function of differences between instrumentality of employment and retirement for attainment of outcomes, multiplied by the valence of each outcome, summed over outcomes. Results supported the…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Males, Models, Older Adults