The Perceived Work Ethic of K-12 Teachers by Generational Status

Autor:	Gregory C. Petty
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Baby boom Work ethic business.industry media_common.quotation_subject education Generation x Affect (psychology) behavioral disciplines and activities Need to know Perception Workforce Psychology Human resources business Social psychology media_common
Zdroj:	International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology. 4:54-65
ISSN:	1947-878X 1947-8607
DOI:	10.4018/javet.2013040105
Popis:	This was an investigation of the work ethic of K-12 educators from Generation X and Baby Boomer generations. Teachers of the baby boom generation were born between 1946 and 1964, and many are beginning to retire. There is an impending teacher shortage due to the large numbers of this group retiring or leaving the profession. School administrators and public school human resource specialists are beginning to focus on strategies to replace this experienced workforce. Administrators need to know if this group has different work ethic than later groups of teachers. In this study, Generation X teachers scored higher on the subscales of Easy Going, Dependable, and Committed. While Baby Boomers and Generation X teacher about the same on Dependable, Baby Boomers are more “engaged”. Though these differences in the subscales were not significant, The overall MANOVA for the comparison of work ethic as measured by the Occupational Work Ethic Inventory was significant at the p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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