ABSTRACT

A growing body of empirical research on teacher victimization indicates that it is widespread and yields negative consequences. However, limited research has investigated the relationship between teacher victimization and turnover. In this study, using longitudinal data from approximately 1,300 teachers in a metropolitan area in Texas, USA, we find that many different types of victimization – theft, physical assault, verbal abuse, nonphysical contact aggression, and in-person bullying – with varying levels of prevalence and frequency as well as multiple victimizations are significantly associated with teachers’ attrition through transfer and/or career exit. Moreover, about half of leavers in our sample reported school administrators’ indifference and ineffective intervention as an important reason for their career exit.

摘要

越来越多的关于教师受害的实证研究表明，这种现象很普遍，并产生负面影响。然而，有限的研究已经调查了教师受害与离职之间的关系。在这项研究中，利用来自美国德克萨斯州大都会地区约1300名教师的纵向数据，我们发现受害程度很多，包括盗窃，人身攻击，口头虐待，非人身接触性攻击和当面欺凌，不同程度普遍性和频率以及多重受害与教师通过转岗和/或职业退出而遭受的减员密切相关。此外，在我们的样本中，约有一半的离校生表示学校管理人员的冷漠和无效的干预是其职业退出的重要原因。