Politiek, Djurre Jan (2024) The relationship between principal leadership and professional support on beginning teachers' intention to quit. Master thesis, Educational Sciences.
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Abstract
The issue of teacher shortages is a pressing concern worldwide. Policymakers are mainly responding to the teacher shortage by focusing on the recruitment of new teachers. Research shows that teacher attrition plays a major role in increasing the teacher shortage. This is especially the case for beginning teachers. In the current academic discourse it is therefore argued that there is a need to take measures to retain beginning teachers in education. Research shows that factors including principal leadership and professional support have a positive impact on teacher retention. This study examines the relationship between these factors and beginning teachers’ intention to quit. The study focuses on beginning teachers in Dutch primary education with up to five years of teaching experience (N=111). The study is focused on Dutch beginning teachers due to the high rates of teacher attrition. By performing a mediation analysis in the statistical program Jamovi, relationships between variables were examined. The analysis conducted showed that there is a negative relationship between professional support and the intention to quit of the beginning teacher. The results show that there is a positive relationship between principal leadership and professional support. Despite theoretical support, no relationship was found between principal leadership and the intention to quit, mediated by professional support. Limitations and implications of the study are discussed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Coppe, T. |
| Degree programme: | Educational Sciences |
| Differentiation route: | Onderwijskunde [Master Educational Sciences] |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2024 10:06 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2024 10:06 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3450 |
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