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Teacher Entry Decisions

Teacher Entry Decisions is a theoretical construct in the study of teacher labor markets that represents the process by which individuals choose to enter the teaching profession, distinguished from other workforce entry decisions by its focus on the factors influencing recruitment into teaching roles.

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331

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161

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2017–2026

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Motivational Factors Influencing Teaching as a Career Choice: Development and Validation of the FIT-Choice Scale

Helen M. G. Watt, Paul Richardson · The Journal of Experimental Education · 2007 · 998 citations

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The Influence of School Administrators on Teacher Retention Decisions

Donald Boyd, Pam Grossman, Marsha Ing et al. · American Educational Research Journal · 2010 · 699 citations

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Characteristics of Entering Teacher Candidates

Susan M. Brookhart, Donald Freeman · Review of Educational Research · 1992 · 688 citations

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Who Chooses Teaching and Why? Profiling Characteristics and Motivations Across Three Australian Universities

Paul Richardson, Helen M. G. Watt · Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education · 2006 · 687 citations

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Motivations for choosing teaching as a career: An international comparison using the FIT-Choice scale

Helen M. G. Watt, Paul Richardson, Uta Klusmann et al. · Teaching and Teacher Education · 2012 · 567 citations

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Authors

331

  1. AA
    Antonia Aelterman

    Ghent University, Belgium

    6 publications · 612 citations

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  2. IR
    Isabel Rots

    Ghent University, Belgium

    6 publications · 612 citations

    6

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  3. DF
    Donald Freeman

    Michigan State University, United States

    5 publications · 1K citations

    5

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  4. SL
    Susanna Loeb

    Stanford University, United States

    5 publications · 773 citations

    5

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  5. JW
    James Wyckoff

    Stanford University, United States

    4 publications · 756 citations

    4

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Institutions

161

  1. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    2K citations

  2. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    377 citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    3.9K citations

  5. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    215 citations

  6. American Institutes for Research

    Alexandria, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    354 citations

  7. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    472 citations

  8. Western Washington University

    Bellingham, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    212 citations

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Venues

  1. Teaching and Teacher Education

    19 publications · 2K citations

    17

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  2. Journal of Teacher Education

    JTE · 9 publications · 489 citations

    9

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  3. American Educational Research Journal

    AERJ · 6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education

    5 publications · 1.1K citations

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