Second career teachers provide value in the
classroom by adding real world experience to
textbook knowledge. However these second-career
teachers often encounter transition issues which
affect job satisfaction. This book is the result of
doctoral research which sheds light on what these
transition issues are, how and why they affect job
satisfaction, and why some second career teachers
stay. The framework for the research and
conclusions is intrinsic motivation using the self-
determination theory and hope using hope theory.
Based on a national survey of current accounting...