Country effects on teacher turnover intention

Author
Periodical
Educational Research for Policy and Practice
Volume
20
Year
2021
Issue number
1
Page range
79-105
Relates to study/studies
TALIS 2013

Country effects on teacher turnover intention

A multilevel, cross-national analysis

Abstract

This study provides in-depth analyses of how country contexts along with working conditions might relate to teachers' turnover intentions. Using a large sample of teachers and schools from 32 OECD countries, the study estimates a set of three-level HLM models of turnover intention. The findings reveal that teacher turnover intentions vary significantly across countries and across schools within countries. This variation is a function of teacher-, school-, and country-level factors. The analysis of cross-level interactions indicates that the country contexts might have moderated the nature or strength of the relationships between working conditions and teacher turnover intention.