What makes teaching a long-term career? Insights from college English teachers in China

ABSTRACT

The present study examines college teachers’ initial and long-term career motivations. It was found that 1) themes in teachers’ reports aligned with dimensions included in the FIT-Choice framework, 2) peak moments (PMs) contributed to long-term career motivation and job satisfaction. We propose that PMs should be considered as a valid dimension to the FIT-Choice scale.

KEYWORDS:

• Language teachers
• career motivation
• long-term motivations
• peak moments

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Social Science Fund of Sichuan Province (Grant No. SC21WY002)