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Direct linkBuchanan, John – Issues in Educational Research, 2009
Considerable research has been conducted into teacher retention and attrition (Huberman, 1989; Dinham, 1995; Ewing & Smith, 2002). Little is known, though, of the circumstances of ex-teachers, in terms of factors such as salary, workload, working conditions and "job prestige". For this paper, telephone interviews were conducted with 22…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Student Attitudes, Teacher Persistence, Career Change
Reid, Ivan; Brain, Kevin; Boyes, Louise Comerford – Educational Studies, 2004
This paper traces the dramatic proliferation of leadership roles in English primary and secondary schools, due mainly to central government education policy of the past two decades. This has transformed schools from relatively simple to highly complex organizations and has impacted on the working conditions of, and demands on, teachers, together…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Interviews, Teacher Attitudes, Instructional Leadership
Download full textTaylor, Maurice; Lewe, Glenda – 1990
This "how-to" manual provides a method for improving job-related training for employers and entry-level workers. The manual examines literacy task analysis practices, tools, and techniques so that service providers can meet the demands of a specific situation. Nine sections are as follows: (1) the changing workplace; (2) preparing for a…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Decision Making Skills, Foreign Countries
Thoreson, Richard W., Ed.; Hosokawa, Elizabeth P., Ed. – 1984
The promotion of employee assistance programs (EAP) in higher education is considered in 24 chapters, with an emphasis on enhancing resources and the academic environment for faculty and staff. Seven topical areas are addressed: history of EAP; characteristics of higher education; alcoholism and other risks in the academic life-style; EAP models…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Clinical Diagnosis, College Faculty, Emotional Problems
Ahlstrand, Amanda L.; Bassi, Laurie J.; McMurrer, Daniel P. – 2003
The training being provided to low-wage workers, factors affecting the availability and effectiveness of such training, and training outcomes were examined. The major research activities were as follows: (1) identification of 192 employers that invested most heavily in training for low-wage workers; (2) telephone interviews with 40 of the 192…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship
Rothwell, William J. – 2002
This book explains how work organizations can create a workplace climate that encourages real-time, on-the-job learning and development of competent workplace learners, who are wiling and able to seize the initiative for identifying their own learning experiences and evaluating the results. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
