Dr. Kritsonis, Dissertation Committee Member

1. Impact of Human Resources’ Practices on Teacher Retention A Dissertation by: La’Shonte Nechelle Iwundu Submitted to the Graduate School of Prairie View A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

8. Conceptual Framework (Wright, 2008) Teacher Retention HR Challenges HR Practices Hygiene Factors

12. Literature Review HR Competency Model Provided by NAPA

22. FIGURE 4.1: Code Describing Respondents’ Districts’ Locale

23. TABLE 4.1: SES CATEGORIES

26. TABLE 4.2 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS OF HYGIENE FACTORS

28. TABLE 4.3 RETENTION PRACTICES USED BY DISTRICTS TO RETAIN TEACHERS

30. TABLE 4.4 CHALLENGES ADDRESSED BY DISTRICTS TO RETAIN TEACHERS

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