Early career teacher attrition in Australia: inconvenient truths about new public management
Journal article
Gallant, Andrea and Riley, Phil. (2017). Early career teacher attrition in Australia: inconvenient truths about new public management. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice. 23(8), pp. 896 - 913. https://doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2017.1358707
Authors | Gallant, Andrea and Riley, Phil |
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Abstract | Early career teacher (ECT) attrition data are often challenged by those outside of the profession. Attrition rates can only be interpolated from existing data, but fall somewhere between 8 and 53%. The Australian workforce data on ECT attrition are problematized at the outset, before presenting a collective case study examining early career male teachers’ reasons for leaving. Male teachers were chosen as the sample of convenience as they are the most sought after candidates to join the profession. We analysed their sense-making. Interviews ranged between 2 and 3 h to gain their rich descriptions and interpretations. Analysis revealed that new public management practices were the major contributor to early exit. This finding makes a new contribution to the literature on early career attrition. |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice |
Journal citation | 23 (8), pp. 896 - 913 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 1354-0602 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2017.1358707 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85027147485 |
Page range | 896 - 913 |
Research Group | School of Education |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/85wv2/early-career-teacher-attrition-in-australia-inconvenient-truths-about-new-public-management
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