Previous studies have demonstrated that high-performance human resource practice (HPHRP) can reduce employees' turnover intention (TI). However, only a few studies have investigated this relationship in the context of Chinese culture. Using a sample of 740 teachers from five colleges and universities in Hebei Province, China, this study assessed…

The number of international schools hit the 6,000-mark in 2012, and the 13,000-mark in 2022. In spite of continuous growth and diversity of provision, paradoxically some literature continues to paint a largely negative sociological imagination, associating the arena with micro-politics, high turnover, and increasing precarity. At the same time,…

Chinese hospitals face high nurse attrition constantly despite the Chinese nursing education system graduating a half-million students. Many leave the profession as soon as they graduate, and those who stay in the nursing profession hold ambivalent feelings about their nursing identity. This study examines undergraduate Chinese nursing students'…

The purpose of this descriptive case study was to develop a thick, rich description of the factors related to teacher morale in an international school in China. This study was guided by the social constructivist framework and four research questions: (a) What factors are related to teacher morale in the selected international school in China?;…

This study used the results of a questionnaire survey of 230 secondary school teachers to analyze the factors constituting job satisfaction and its effects on teacher attrition and work enthusiasm. The results show that (a) the structure of secondary school teacher job satisfaction is made up of ten components and is consistent with the model put…