Janssen, Sophia (2023) The importance of early (second career) teachers’ social capital on job satisfaction and the intention to quit through the induction process. Master thesis, Educational Sciences.
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Abstract
Considering the teacher shortage, research has increasingly focused on insights about the dynamics that cause second career teachers (SCT) to have a higher attrition rate than first career teachers (FCTs). Previous studies have shown that SCTs have less social capital and are not as well induced into their jobs and job environment. This leads me to my research questions which investigate in which way social capital has an impact on the induction process and therefore on job satisfaction and the intention to quit comparing the situation of FCTs and SCTs. Furthermore, I am investigating to what extent the amount of social capital and the perceived experience of the induction process is different between SCTs and FCTs. Data collection was limited to Belgium participants, with a sample size of 1036. For the first line of hypotheses I performed structural equation modelling, which determined the induction process to be a relevant mediator. For the second line of hypotheses t-tests were used, to investigate the differences between SCTs and FCTs. Results show that the indirect paths from social capital to intention to quit and job satisfaction passing through induction process are statistically significant, and that all paths as well as the total amount of social capital and the extent of the positive perception towards the induction process is higher for FCTs than for SCTs. Direct effects of social capital to job satisfaction and the intention to quit have shown to be significant for FCTs only.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Coppe, T. |
| Degree programme: | Educational Sciences |
| Differentiation route: | Other [Master Educational Sciences] |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jul 2023 14:20 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jul 2023 14:20 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2199 |
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