TY - JOUR
T1 - I am the eye of the needle and everything passes through me
T2 - Primary headteachers explain their retirement
AU - Draper, Janet
AU - McMichael, Paquita
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Fourteen early retiring primary headteachers in individual and group interviews discussed their decision to apply for early retirement. Retirement decisions were affected by 'pushes' from the system and 'pulls' towards retirement. Perceived pushes were external pressures, job expansion/overload, bureaucracy, local authority support, loss of job satisfaction and school relationships. Pulls comprised 'facilitators' (personal and financial) and 'gains' (control, opportunities, health and family). Pushes against retirement comprised losses of positive school relationships, role and status, job challenge and time structure. Early retirement amongst these headteachers appeared to derive from current retirement trends, job stress and lack of management support.
AB - Fourteen early retiring primary headteachers in individual and group interviews discussed their decision to apply for early retirement. Retirement decisions were affected by 'pushes' from the system and 'pulls' towards retirement. Perceived pushes were external pressures, job expansion/overload, bureaucracy, local authority support, loss of job satisfaction and school relationships. Pulls comprised 'facilitators' (personal and financial) and 'gains' (control, opportunities, health and family). Pushes against retirement comprised losses of positive school relationships, role and status, job challenge and time structure. Early retirement amongst these headteachers appeared to derive from current retirement trends, job stress and lack of management support.
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U2 - 10.1080/0260136960160203
DO - 10.1080/0260136960160203
M3 - Article
SN - 1363-2434
VL - 16
SP - 149
EP - 163
JO - School Leadership and Management
JF - School Leadership and Management
IS - 2
ER -