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Teacher Victimization and Turnover: Focusing on Different Types and Multiple Victimization

NCJ Number
302872
Journal
Journal of School Violence Volume: 19 Issue: 3 Dated: 2020 Pages: 406-420
Author(s)
Date Published
2020
Length
15 pages
Annotation

This study used longitudinal data from approximately 1,300 teachers in a metropolitan area in Texas in examining whether teacher victimization was related to teachers leaving their jobs.

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 addressing this research gap, the current study used longitudinal data from approximately 1,300 teachers in a metropolitan area in Texas. The study found that many 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 were significantly associated with teachers’ attrition through transfer and/or career exit. Moreover, about half of leaving teachers in the sample reported school administrators’ indifference and ineffective intervention as an important reason for their career exit. (publisher abstract modified)

Date Published: January 1, 2020