Administrative Climate, Early Career Teacher Burnout, and Turnover. Issue 3 (May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Perrone, Frank; Player, Daniel; Youngs, Peter
• Is Part Of: Journal of school leadership. Volume 29:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 191
• Page End: 209
• Publication Date: 2019-05
• Subjects: school leadership -- teacher burnout -- teacher turnover -- early career teacher -- emotional exhaustion; School management and organization -- United States -- Periodicals; Administration scolaire -- États-Unis -- Périodiques; School management and organization; United States; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 371.2
• DOI: 10.1177/1052684619836823
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2631-9659

Abstract

Teacher burnout and turnover are known to be especially high for early career teachers (ECTs). However, the link between teacher burnout and turnover has received little attention in the current age of accountability. This study investigates how administrative climate is related to ECT burnout and subsequent career decisions using data from Michigan Indiana ECT Study participants ( n = 184). Results from linear regressions show that higher measures of administrative climate are strongly associated with lower levels of burnout. Subsequent logit models reveal that higher burnout, in turn, predicted ECT turnover while administrative climate surprisingly did not. These findings may lead to a better understanding of school leadership's established role as a top determinant of teacher mobility.