TY  - JOUR
A1  - Richter, Eric
A1  - Lucksnat, Christin
A1  - Redding, Christopher
A1  - Richter, Dirk
T1  - Retention intention and job satisfaction of alternatively certified teachers in their first year of teaching
JF  - Teaching and Teacher Education
N2  - In this study, we investigated retention intention and job satisfaction of 238 first-year alternatively certified (AC) teachers. Drawing on Organizational Socialization Theory, we tested the hypothesis that AC teacher extraversion and perceived school support are positively related to the two variables and mediated by self-efficacy. To test our hypothesis, we applied structural equation modeling. Our results demonstrate that extraversion and perceived social support are positively related to retention intentions and job satisfaction. In addition, self-efficacy serves as a mediator. The findings could help school administrators to better understand how to support and retain AC teachers and thus address teacher shortages.
KW  - Second-career teachers
KW  - Self-efficacy
KW  - Job satisfaction
KW  - Personality
KW  - Support
KW  - Teacher well-being
KW  - Turnover
KW  - Attrition
KW  - Onboarding
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103704
SN  - 0742-051X
VL  - 114
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  -