%0 Journal Article %T Teamwork and Motivation to Leave the Teaching Profession: An Exploratory Study %A Amanda Bursey %A Bart Demeter %A Cassandra Mccarty %A Drew Janowiak %A Roque do Carmo Amorim Neto %J Journal of Education %@ 2515-5741 %D 2018 %R 10.1177/0022057418818811 %X This study has two goals: (a) to assess the contributions of teamwork and demographics to teachers¡¯ motivation to leave the profession and (b) to identify the actions teachers believe they and their principals should take to foster teamwork. A sample of 322 U.S. public school teachers participated. Grade level was found to predict teachers¡¯ motivation to quit. The roles of principals and teachers in fostering teamwork were also discussed %K teamwork %K teacher attrition %K teacher motivation to leave %K teaching profession %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022057418818811