TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, Eric A1 - Lazarides, Rebecca A1 - Richter, Dirk T1 - Four reasons for becoming a teacher educator T2 - Teaching and teacher education : an international journal of research and studies N2 - We developed a new survey instrument to investigate teacher educators? motives for entering the profession and examined the associations between motives and job satisfaction and emotional exhaustion in both teachers and teacher educators. Using data from 145 teacher educators instructing in-service teachers, we identified four motives: career aspirations, social contribution, escaping routines, and coincidence. While escaping routines represents a ?push? factor associated with emotional exhaustion in teachers, career aspirations represent a ?pull? factor associated with job satisfaction in teacher educators. The instrument can be used as a self-assessment tool for the recruitment of teacher educators. ? 2021 The Authors. KW - Teacher educator KW - Career change KW - Well-being KW - Emotional exhaustion KW - Professional development KW - Motives Y1 - 2021 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/57189 SN - 0742-051X SN - 1879-2480 VL - 102 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER -