Why do early career teachers choose to remain in the profession? The use of best-worst scaling to quantify key factors

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 259-268

  Burke, Paul F ^a   Schuck, Sandy ^a   Aubusson, Peter ^a   Buchanan, John ^a   Louviere, Jordan J ^a   Prescott, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attrition; Beginning teachers; Best worst scaling; Retention; Teacher support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887827252     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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