Accession Number:

ADA002202

Title:

Theories of Teacher Mobility,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Greenberg,David H.
• McCall,John

Report Date:

1973-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

29.0

Abstract:

The mobility of teachers among schools, among school districts, and between the school sector and other sectors of the economy can be fully understood only by unraveling a complicated web of social, psychological, economic, and purely random components. Any theory so extravagant as to attempt a complete explanation of teacher mobility would possess a structure as complicated as the phenomena to be understood. However, an extremely simple theory with a parsimonious structure would probably yield an inadequate explanation of teacher mobility. The framework presented aims at a balance between simplicity of structure and power of explanation by bringing to bear the work of economists on human capital, internal labor markets, and Markov models.

Descriptors:

• *INSTRUCTORS
• MOBILITY
• JOBS
• SCHOOLS
• JOB SATISFACTION
• PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT
• PROMOTION(ADVANCEMENT)

Subject Categories:

• Humanities and History

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE