{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2296947258","doi":null,"title":"An examination of the professional challenges, job satisfaction, and intention to leave the profession of urban elementary special education teachers","display_name":"An examination of the professional challenges, job satisfaction, and intention to leave the profession of urban elementary special education teachers","publication_year":2011,"publication_date":"2011-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2296947258","mag":"2296947258"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:oaktrust.library.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-10041","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-10041","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400291","display_name":"OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I91045830","host_organization_name":"Texas A&M University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I91045830"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5030892625","display_name":"Brenda F. Meloncon","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Brenda F. Meloncon","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5030892625"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13305","display_name":"Teacher Professional Development and Motivation","score":0.9818999767303467,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13305","display_name":"Teacher Professional Development and Motivation","score":0.9818999767303467,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10674","display_name":"School Choice and Performance","score":0.004000000189989805,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14033","display_name":"Education in Rural Contexts","score":0.002099999925121665,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/special-education-teachers","display_name":"special education teachers","score":0.9490000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/urban-elementary-schools","display_name":"urban elementary schools","score":0.6690000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/teacher-retention","display_name":"teacher retention","score":0.6050000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/intention-to-leave-the-profession","display_name":"intention to leave the profession","score":0.8730000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/job-satisfaction","display_name":"job satisfaction","score":0.9800000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/professional-issues","display_name":"professional challenges","score":0.9459999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/theory-of-planned-behavior","display_name":"theory of planned behavior","score":0.9789999723434448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perceived-behavioral-control","display_name":"perceived behavioral control","score":0.8790000081062317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/subjective-norms","display_name":"subjective norms","score":0.6890000104904175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/caseloads","display_name":"caseloads","score":0.5609999895095825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/paperwork","display_name":"paperwork","score":0.5730000138282776},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/teacher-shortage","display_name":"teacher shortage","score":0.6209999918937683}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2718322","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q629463","display_name":"Job satisfaction","level":2,"score":0.6201456785202026},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.5277296304702759},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3020423824","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37226","display_name":"School teachers","level":2,"score":0.5181761980056763},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.44830551743507385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C509550671","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126945","display_name":"Medical education","level":1,"score":0.42050057649612427},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.3509540855884552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.26269370317459106},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.2542338967323303},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.17706632614135742}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:oaktrust.library.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-10041","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-10041","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400291","display_name":"OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I91045830","host_organization_name":"Texas A&M University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I91045830"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},{"id":"mag:2296947258","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/bitstream/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-10041/2/MELONCON-DISSERTATION.pdf","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.9235000014305115,"display_name":"Quality education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Observational Study","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":89,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W3607829","https://openalex.org/W34915563","https://openalex.org/W41530060","https://openalex.org/W46128501","https://openalex.org/W89150260","https://openalex.org/W100464811","https://openalex.org/W152901060","https://openalex.org/W196041357","https://openalex.org/W230065823","https://openalex.org/W230991201","https://openalex.org/W252859049","https://openalex.org/W285696182","https://openalex.org/W1480684415","https://openalex.org/W1486299728","https://openalex.org/W1526041707","https://openalex.org/W1542612229","https://openalex.org/W1586480855","https://openalex.org/W1589728983","https://openalex.org/W1597676647","https://openalex.org/W1807256883","https://openalex.org/W1964218847","https://openalex.org/W1971440513","https://openalex.org/W1977802280","https://openalex.org/W1978058479","https://openalex.org/W1982553730","https://openalex.org/W1985453879","https://openalex.org/W1987290466","https://openalex.org/W1991689006","https://openalex.org/W1998349483","https://openalex.org/W1998778493","https://openalex.org/W2000013163","https://openalex.org/W2001021963","https://openalex.org/W2002732931","https://openalex.org/W2004201873","https://openalex.org/W2006293849","https://openalex.org/W2014426021","https://openalex.org/W2017662109","https://openalex.org/W2024073546","https://openalex.org/W2024509488","https://openalex.org/W2024959657","https://openalex.org/W2032222924","https://openalex.org/W2033952602","https://openalex.org/W2036149274","https://openalex.org/W2036389121","https://openalex.org/W2045241803","https://openalex.org/W2049655500","https://openalex.org/W2050471636","https://openalex.org/W2050816575","https://openalex.org/W2052527339","https://openalex.org/W2052913231","https://openalex.org/W2056820228","https://openalex.org/W2057808003","https://openalex.org/W2069026122","https://openalex.org/W2069603226","https://openalex.org/W2070402161","https://openalex.org/W2074476573","https://openalex.org/W2074503771","https://openalex.org/W2076807171","https://openalex.org/W2079539924","https://openalex.org/W2083258629","https://openalex.org/W2086439590","https://openalex.org/W2089974516","https://openalex.org/W2094023639","https://openalex.org/W2094429259","https://openalex.org/W2096065776","https://openalex.org/W2099697766","https://openalex.org/W2101642105","https://openalex.org/W2106096361","https://openalex.org/W2106142262","https://openalex.org/W2111860809","https://openalex.org/W2121162332","https://openalex.org/W2122981011","https://openalex.org/W2127955927","https://openalex.org/W2131746502","https://openalex.org/W2135502061","https://openalex.org/W2137669240","https://openalex.org/W2149834363","https://openalex.org/W2150238850","https://openalex.org/W2151782079","https://openalex.org/W2154568599","https://openalex.org/W2159306398","https://openalex.org/W2325782180","https://openalex.org/W2797247465","https://openalex.org/W2895467231","https://openalex.org/W2948500105","https://openalex.org/W2949392115","https://openalex.org/W3124281538","https://openalex.org/W3201608995","https://openalex.org/W4246191097"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2753608092","https://openalex.org/W3083160756","https://openalex.org/W2339092067","https://openalex.org/W7034453200","https://openalex.org/W191373406","https://openalex.org/W1588428487","https://openalex.org/W3030742890","https://openalex.org/W291230665","https://openalex.org/W2070402161","https://openalex.org/W242837119"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Special":[0],"education":[1,79,89,122,150,163,171,196,203,258],"teachers":[2,32,90,123,151,164,172,259],"are":[3,33,73,133],"under":[4,34],"tremendous":[5],"pressure":[6],"to":[7,13,54,61,103,182,191,199,213,246,273,298],"deliver":[8,55],"a":[9,146,242,250,265,334],"personalized":[10],"educational":[11,29,59],"experience":[12,60],"special":[14,78,88,97,121,149,162,170,195,202,257],"needs":[15,98],"children":[16],"while,":[17],"at":[18],"the":[19,46,56,74,143,156,159,167,174,189,201,224,248,291,300,311,320],"same":[20],"time,":[21],"operating":[22],"within":[23],"an":[24,192],"equal":[25],"opportunity,":[26],"politically":[27],"driven":[28],"system.":[30],"Urban":[31],"even":[35],"more":[36],"constraints":[37,111],"since":[38],"urban":[39,113,153,193,261],"public":[40],"schools":[41,114],"do":[42,127],"not":[43,333],"typically":[44],"have":[45],"resources,":[47],"materials,":[48],"and":[49,100,130,155,220,231,286,313,340],"support":[50],"from":[51,210,223,290],"parents":[52],"needed":[53],"best":[57],"possible":[58],"students.":[62],"In":[63],"2000,":[64],"Coleman":[65],"suggested":[66],"that":[67,132,158,187,279],"caseloads":[68],"followed":[69],"closely":[70],"by":[71,305,325,348],"paperwork":[72],"biggest":[75],"concerns":[76],"of":[77,120,137,148,169,178,226,254,293,337],"teachers.":[80],"This":[81],"author":[82],"further":[83,115],"suggests":[84],"that,":[85],"on":[86,217],"average,":[87],"prepare":[91],"fifty":[92],"lessons":[93],"per":[94,106],"day":[95],"for":[96,161,237],"children,":[99],"spend":[101],"one":[102],"two":[104],"days":[105],"week":[107],"managing":[108],"paperwork.":[109],"Budgetary":[110],"in":[112,118,152,260],"place":[116],"obstacles":[117],"front":[119],"who":[124],"must":[125],"make":[126],"with":[128],"materials":[129],"training":[131],"incomplete":[134],"or":[135],"out":[136],"date.":[138],"Professional":[139],"challenges":[140,207,281],"may":[141],"be":[142],"reason":[144],"behind":[145],"lack":[147],"areas,":[154],"fact":[157],"demand":[160],"was":[165,271,302,332,346],"outpacing":[166],"number":[168],"entering":[173],"field.":[175],"The":[176,328],"purpose":[177],"this":[179],"study":[180],"is":[181],"explore":[183],"five":[184],"research":[185],"questions":[186],"examine":[188],"antecedents":[190],"elementary":[194],"teacher's":[197],"intentions":[198],"leave":[200,247,299],"profession.":[204],"Five":[205],"professional":[206,280,349],"were":[208,235,322],"developed":[209],"extant":[211],"literature":[212],"test":[214,274],"their":[215,238],"influence":[216,283],"job":[218,284,306,326],"satisfaction":[219,230,285],"three":[221,233],"constructs":[222,234],"theory":[225,292],"planned":[227,294],"behavior.":[228,295],"Job":[229],"these":[232],"tested":[236],"predictive":[239],"validity":[240],"influencing":[241],"subject's":[243],"behavior":[244,338],"intention":[245,297],"profession.\\n\\nUsing":[249],"non-random,":[251],"purposeful":[252],"sample":[253],"79":[255],"certified":[256],"Texan":[262],"school":[263],"districts,":[264],"quantitative":[266],"method":[267],"using":[268],"multiple":[269],"regression":[270],"used":[272],"nine":[275],"correlations.":[276],"Results":[277],"suggest":[278],"significantly":[282,303,323],"perceived":[287,314],"behavioral":[288,315],"control":[289],"Behavior":[296],"profession":[301,321],"influenced":[304,324,347],"satisfaction,":[307],"attitudes":[308],"about":[309,318],"leaving":[310,319],"profession,":[312],"control.":[316],"Attitudes":[317],"satisfaction.":[327],"subjective":[329,344],"norms":[330,345],"construct":[331],"significant":[335],"predictor":[336],"intention,":[339],"neither":[341],"attitude":[342],"nor":[343],"challenges.":[350]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}