Administrative support and its mediating effect on US public school teachers

作者：Tickle Benjamin R; Chang Mido^*; Kim Sunha

来源：Teaching and Teacher Education, 2011, 27(2): 342-349.

DOI：10.1016/j.tate.2010.09.002

• Administrative support
• Teachers' job satisfaction
• Teachers' intent to stay
• Teacher attrition
• Teaching experience
• Student behavior
• Teachers' satisfaction with salary
• Environmental setting of the school

This study examined the effect of administrative support on teachers' job satisfaction and intent to stay in teaching. The study employed a path analysis to the data of regular, full-time, public school teachers from the Schools and Staffing Survey teacher questionnaire. Administrative support was the most significant predictor of teachers' job satisfaction, while teachers' job satisfaction was the most significant predictor of teachers' intent to stay in teaching. It was also confirmed that administrative support mediates the effect of teaching experience, student behavior, and teachers' satisfaction with their salary on teachers' job satisfaction and intent to stay in teaching. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

• 出版日期2011-2
• 单位Virginia Tech; 美国弗吉尼亚理工大学(Virginia Tech)