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Early career teacher attrition in Australia: inconvenient truths about new public management

Andrea GallantFaculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, Burwood, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Philip RileyInstitute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, AustraliaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3323-5805
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Pages 896-913 | Received 20 Feb 2017, Accepted 09 Jun 2017, Published online: 10 Aug 2017

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