Burnout confirmed as a viable explanation for beginning teacher attrition
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Paper/Presentation Title | Burnout confirmed as a viable explanation for beginning teacher attrition |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | O'Brien, Patrick (Author), Goddard, Richard (Author) and Keeffe, Mary (Author) |
Editors | Jeffery, Peter L. |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference (AARE 2007) |
ERA Conference ID | 50546 |
Number of Pages | 20 |
Year | 2008 |
Place of Publication | Fremantle, Australia |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.aare.edu.au/07pap/obr07567.pdf |
Conference/Event | AARE 2007: Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference 2007: Research Impacts: Proving or Improving? |
International Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education | |
Event Details | AARE 2007: Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference 2007: Research Impacts: Proving or Improving? Event Date 25 to end of 29 Nov 2007 Event Location Fremantle, Australia |
Event Details | International Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education |
Abstract | The present study investigated the hypothesis that early career burnout is significantly and positively associated with serious turnover intention in teachers at the beginning of their careers. A sample of 96 teachers working in their second year as teachers in Australia was surveyed in 2006 and confidentially asked about their perceptions of their work and whether they had any serious intentions to leave their job and/or their profession. Respondents were also administered the Educators version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI: Maslach, Jackson, & Leiter, 1996). Significant associations between serious intentions to leave current teaching position and all three MBI subscales were found. These findings replicate the results of two other independent studies investigating turnover intention and the experience of burnout in beginning teachers working in Australian education systems. Together these studies provide strong support for the view that early career burnout is a realistic and straightforward explanation for high early career attrition rates that have been reported as problematic for the teaching profession in a number of countries including Australia. |
Keywords | beginning teachers; attrition; intention to leave; burnout; educational leadership; teacher professional learning; teachers' work; vocational education and training; academic professional development; post-graduate research and supervision; health and well being |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
520104. Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors) | |
390403. Educational administration, management and leadership | |
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Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Education |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y938/burnout-confirmed-as-a-viable-explanation-for-beginning-teacher-attrition
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