Influencing factors of Chinese special education teacher turnover intention: understanding the roles of subject well-being, social support, and work engagement

Turnover intentions are peoples' plans of turnover action, representing their expressed motivation to perform the turnover behavior, which may be the best predictor of turnover. The study aimed to investigate the level of turnover intentions of special education teachers in mainland China as we...

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Published inInternational journal of developmental disabilities Vol. 68; no. 3; pp. 342 - 353
Main Authors Fu, Wangqian, Pan, Qianqian, Zhang, Caiyun, Cheng, Li
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Taylor & Francis 2022
Maney Publishing, Hudson Road
Subjects
China
Faculty Mobility
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Individual Differences
Intention
Joint ventures
Motivation
Policy making
Predictor Variables
Social support
Social Support Groups
Special education
Special Education Teachers
Teacher Motivation
Teacher Persistence
Teachers
Teaching
turnover intentions
Well Being
Work Attitudes
China (Beijing)
China
turnover intentions
China
special education teachers
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Summary:Turnover intentions are peoples' plans of turnover action, representing their expressed motivation to perform the turnover behavior, which may be the best predictor of turnover. The study aimed to investigate the level of turnover intentions of special education teachers in mainland China as well as exploring the factors that influenced their turnover intention. A total of 496 Chinese special education teachers participated in the current study. Results found that (1) the turnover intention was influenced by gender and years of teaching, meaning that female teachers and teachers with more years of teaching had the lower turnover intention, and (2) subject well-being and social support were negatively related to the turnover intention above and beyond teachers' demographic background, which was mediated by work engagement. To stem the special education teacher turnover intentions, suggestions for policymakers are discussed to lower the turnover intention of special education teachers as well as increase the special education teacher retention in mainland China.
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ISSN:2047-3869
2047-3877
2047-3877
DOI:10.1080/20473869.2020.1780553