The ability to recruit and retain quality teachers is an important one for many schools. For international schools the issue can be complex, with teachers choosing (or rejecting) not just a school but a country. This article sets out to investigate the relative importance of school and country to teacher decisions about their jobs by surveying a sample of international school teachers. The results of the survey, and their possible implications for schools, are considered.
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