Incentives for Teachers: What Motivates, What Matters.

Johnson, Susan Moore

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Publication Date: 1986

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Incentives for Teachers: What Motivates, What Matters.

Johnson, Susan Moore

Educational Administration Quarterly, v22 n3 p54-79 Sum 1986

Discusses the concept of motivation and two central, theoretical disputes: how intrinsic and extrinsic rewards function and whether incentives must be focused to be effective. Reviews studies on merit pay and career ladder plans and considers the potential role of group-based collegial incentives in teacher motivation. Appended are 123 footnotes. (IW)

Descriptors: Career Ladders, Comparative Analysis, Differentiated Staffs, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Job Development, Job Satisfaction, Merit Pay, Needs Assessment, Objectives, Personnel Policy, Rewards, State Programs, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Motivation, Work Environment

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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