ABSTRACT What a ‘successful career’ means to teachers is little understood, although this would allow schools and educational governance alike to support teachers’ development, and to reduce their attrition. This study examines how 240 school teachers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland conceptualize career success, as compared to 185 health-care/social workers and 125 information technology professionals. Using a cross-culturally validated, multidimensional scale, the authors find that teachers differ from other occupations in some, but not all, career success dimensions. Their findings underline the relevance of cross-occupational studies in research related to teachers’ career development, and they suggest new levers for increasing teachers’ motivation, creating more effective developmental opportunities for them, and – ultimately – reducing teacher attrition.

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老师“一样但不同”吗？–跨职业的职业成功的意义

摘要“成功的职业”对教师的意义鲜为人知，尽管这将使学校和教育管理都支持教师的发展并减少教师的流失。这项研究研究了来自德国，奥地利和瑞士的240名学校教师如何将职业成功概念化，而185名医疗保健/社会工作者和125名信息技术专业人员则对此进行了研究。作者使用跨文化验证的多维量表，发现教师在某些但不是全部的职业成功方面与其他职业有所不同。他们的发现强调了跨职业研究在与教师职业发展相关的研究中的相关性，并且他们提出了新的方法来提高教师的动机，为他们创造更有效的发展机会，