Do Teachers With Absent Students Feel Less Job Satisfaction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9733611 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael A Gottfried (0000-0002-4396-0576, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, corresponding author), Arya Ansari (0000-0001-5033-9668, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH), S Colby Woods (0009-0001-6492-0020, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 34-45 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Researcher (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X |
| Publisher | American Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3102/0013189x241292331 |
| OpenAlex | W4404232091 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 34 |
Research and policy have focused predominantly on the individual consequences for students who miss school. Yet absenteeism does not occur in a vacuum, and less work has focused on how student absenteeism correlates to classroom dynamics. Practically no attention has been paid toward teachers. We propose in this study that student absences make it challenging for teachers to enjoy the very function of their jobs and thus experience more dissatisfaction at work as a result. We find that teachers have lower job satisfaction when more of their students are absent. However, we find statistically significant differences only for broad aspects of teacher satisfaction—job enjoyment, usefulness, and belief in the profession—rather than differences among other related measures of teaching
Job satisfaction · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Applied Psychology · Disability Education and Employment · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |