The teacher workforce in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) has been a perpetual weak spot in public schools' teaching rosters. Prior reports show the pipeline of new STEM teachers into the profession is weak while demand for instruction in STEM fields continues to grow. This paper seeks to document whether and how the STEM teacher…

This study compared the career choices, contributions, and challenges of Chinese graduates of Japanese and Australian universities who returned to China, and it explored the factors that influenced them based on the life planning model. The mixed-method approach was adopted by combining the results of 208 questionnaire responses and 13…

As women increasingly entered the labor force throughout the late 20th century, the challenges of balancing work and family came to the forefront. We leverage pronounced changes in the availability of public schooling for young children--through duration expansions to the kindergarten day--to better understand mothers' and families' constraints.…

In the early 1960s, the Ford Foundation funded numerous projects in Turkey, primarily concerning science education and science policy. Related to the post-Sputnik debates on "scientific manpower needs," and modernisation theory's emphasis on "industrialising elites" in the developing world, these projects were the products of…

The paper analyses global online labour platforms (OLPs) through the lens of the Expansive-Restrictive Learning Environments framework. The framework articulates a set of structural factors that enable or constrain workplace learning and development. The paper draws on multistakeholder, mixed-method empirical data to illustrate how OLPs are…

Orientation training plays a crucial role in the process of newcomer socialization by equipping employees with the knowledge, abilities, and skills necessary for success in a new work setting. However, relatively few studies have investigated orientation training from a socialization perspective and addressed its underlying mechanisms. To address…

We study how human capital diversification, in the form of double majoring, affects the response of earnings to labor market shocks. Double majors experience substantial protection against earnings shocks, of 56%. This finding holds across different model specifications and data sets. Furthermore, the protection double majors experience is more…

The purpose of the current study was to investigate burnout and grit in school psychologists. There is a critical shortage of school psychologists across the nation, while research has indicated burnout to be a problem in the field of school psychology. Grit has been studied as a protective factor for job stress and burnout in a variety of…

This study aimed to identify the views of educators on the status of the teaching profession taking into consideration the enacted Teaching Profession Act (TPA) in Turkey. The study aimed to reflect the views of participants from different backgrounds as much as possible. A qualitative research pattern and a case study model were adopted. The…

Purpose: Our work adds to the debate regarding higher education graduates' skills required in the labour market in Germany and beyond. Design/methodology/approach: Using Q-methodology and the accompanying narrations, we explore German employers' and employees' views (N = 26) on characteristics required at the entry level. Findings: Our findings…

Turnover in middle management can be very expensive for a school, not just financially, but also in terms of providing continuity of leadership, sustainability of management practices, and quality student experiences. Therefore, a rigorous understanding of why middle managers in schools are thinking of leaving post can provide senior leaders an…

This investigation examined the relationships between teacher self-efficacy, teacher job satisfaction, and intent to leave. The 156 participants in the study were K-12 public-school teachers in the state of Ohio. A mixed-methods study consisting of questions relating to teacher self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and intent to leave was distributed…

To alleviate teacher shortages, many countries are investing in professionals fromother fields to become teachers. As second career (preservice) teachers (SCT)are thought to bring additional resources into the teaching profession, it is important to gain insights into whether and how these resources are impacting their learning experiences and…

In the United States, teacher shortages in high-needs fields such as special education have considerable negative impacts on the academic and functional achievement of students with disabilities. Furthermore, strategies such as the employment of undercertified teachers to serve as teachers of record and fill vacant positions raise questions about…

This qualitative, phenomenological study examined the lived experiences of former K-12 principals who left their leadership positions in favor of non-administrative roles in K-12 education or jobs outside of K-12 education. Principals leaving their roles in K-12 education is a problem because of the significant impact principals have on student…