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Goodbye Hong Kong: Teacher Turnover in International Schools in Hong Kong” This electronic thesis or dissertation has been downloaded from Explore Bristol Research, http://research-information.bristol.ac.uk Author: Wong, K.M. Title: Goodbye Hong Kong Teacher Turnover in International Schools in Hong Kong General rights Access to the thesis is subject to the Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International Public License. A copy of this may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode This license sets out your rights and the restrictions that apply to your access to the thesis so it is important you read this before proceeding. Take down policy Some pages of this thesis may have been removed for copyright restrictions prior to having it been deposited in Explore Bristol Research. However, if you have discovered material within the thesis that you consider to be unlawful e.g. breaches of copyright (either yours or that of a third party) or any other law, including but not limited to those relating to patent, trademark, confidentiality, data protection, obscenity, defamation, libel, then please contact [email protected] and include the following information in your message: •Your contact details •Bibliographic details for the item, including a URL •An outline nature of the complaint Your claim will be investigated and, where appropriate, the item in question will be removed from public view as soon as possible. This electronic thesis or dissertation has been downloaded from Explore Bristol Research, http://research-information.bristol.ac.uk Author: Wong, K.M. Title: Goodbye Hong Kong:Teacher Turnover in International Schools in Hong Kong General rights Access to the thesis is subject to the Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International Public License. A copy of this may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode This license sets out your rights and the restrictions that apply to your access to the thesis so it is important you read this before proceeding. Take down policy Some pages of this thesis may have been removed for copyright restrictions prior to having it been deposited in Explore Bristol Research. However, if you have discovered material within the thesis that you consider to be unlawful e.g. breaches of copyright (either yours or that of a third party) or any other law, including but not limited to those relating to patent, trademark, confidentiality, data protection, obscenity, defamation, libel, then please contact [email protected] and include the following information in your message: •Your contact details •Bibliographic details for the item, including a URL •An outline nature of the complaint Your claim will be investigated and, where appropriate, the item in question will be removed from public view as soon as possible. Goodbye Hong Kong: Teacher Turnover in International Schools in Hong Kong EdD Dissertation Wong Kit Ming (Ruth) [email protected] DOCTOR OF EDUCATION (EDD) 2012 INTAKE (123-29070) HONG KONG A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATION IN THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LAW UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION DATE OF SUBMISSION: OCTOBER 12, 2020 WORD COUNT: 45,841 Abstract This study aims at looking into the factors to cause the mobility of international school teachers and the teacher turnover in international schools in Hong Kong from teacher perspectives analyzed based on two theoretical frameworks. One is Push and Pull theory (Lee, 1966, American Federation of Teachers, 2009) and the other is Mobley’s Model of the Causes and Correlates of Turnover (Mobley, 1982). The Push and Pull theory guided the research to explore factors which pushed expatriate teachers to work abroad and pulled them to choose to work in Hong Kong. The other framework, Mobley’s Model of the Causes and Correlates of Turnover (1982), was used to explore the reasons for causing expatriate teachers to determine their departure. The subject of the present study is expatriate international school teachers in Hong Kong. A mixed method approach was used to collect the data – this was a combination of quantitative data collected by an online survey from 94 participants and further qualitative data collected from 19 follow-up interviews. The research finds that looking for job opportunities is the main push factor to motivate expatriate teachers to teach overseas. Another unique push factor is “travelling and exploring the world”. This confirms the existence of wanderlust factors. There are two major pull factors to cause expatriate teachers to choose Hong Kong as their destination. One is the organization factor which involves “salary”, “income package” and “professional development” and the other is an individual non-work factor including “desire to work and live in different cultures”. The findings reveal that the majority of teachers were very satisfied with their teaching life in Hong Kong but they still had a high tendency to leave. Among the complex considerations, individual non-work variables like family matters and living conditions are still the most influential to influence their retention decision. Based on the teachers’ sharing, turnover in the international schools is comparatively higher than local schools but the turnover rate among the international schools is quite diverse. Some top international schools are able to retain their staff successfully with benefits and/or development strategies. 1 Dedication and Acknowledgements This is a long learning journey for me. In these 7 years, I experienced a lot of challenges. Without the support from my family, my Supervisor, cohort classmates and a number of volunteers, I don’t think I can finish this journey. Therefore, it is with great pleasure I finally have the opportunity to formally acknowledge them here. First, I would like to thank my Supervisor, Dr. Lisa Lucas, for her guidance and expertise advice to hone my dissertation throughout the time in this program. I appreciate her patience and understanding to stand with me to go over my slow progress. Her words “you are almost to see the light at the end of the tunnel” always encourage me to keep doing it. Thank you to her also for recommending Dr. Jo Rose to provide professional advice on the validity of my questionnaire development. Hereby, I also formally thank Dr. Jo Rose for taking time and giving me a lot of useful advice on my survey. I would like to thank my expatriate colleagues for taking time to fill out the survey and participate into the interviews. I thank them also for forwarding my survey to their friends. I would also like to thank those participants I don’t know them actually but they did the survey and interviews for me. Their help means so much for me. It makes me feel hope in life and thanks God for listening to my prayers for this also. I am fortunate to have a group of supportive EdD cohort classmates. Thank you for their sharing and advice which allows me to learn from their successful experience. Last but not least, I would like to thank my husband, Ka Man, and my children, Candace and Clement, for their support. I am a lucky person to have them to go over this learning journey. 2 Author’s Declaration I declare that the work in this dissertation was carried out in accordance with the requirements of the University's Regulations and Code of Practice for Research Degree Programmes and that it has not been submitted for any other academic award. Except where indicated by specific reference in the text, the work is the candidate's own work. Work done in collaboration with, or with the assistance of, others, is indicated as such. Any views expressed in the dissertation are those of the author. SIGNED: Wong, Kit Ming (Ruth)_______________ DATE: October 31, 2019 3 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ..................................................................................................................5 Chapter 2: Context........................................................................................................................ 11 Chapter 3: Literature Review and Relevant Theoretical and Conceptual Ideas ............................... 20 Chapter 4: Methodology and Methods ......................................................................................... 42 Chapter 5: Findings from Quantitative Data .................................................................................. 68 Chapter 6: Findings from Qualitative Data .................................................................................... 88 Chapter 7: Discussions ................................................................................................................ 120 Chapter 8: Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 139 References.................................................................................................................................. 148 Appendix 1 – GSoE Research Ethics Form .................................................................................... 158 Appendix 2 – Cover Letter for the Survey .................................................................................... 162 Appendix 3 - Survey .................................................................................................................... 163 Appendix 4 – Consent for Participation in Interview
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