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This research aims to explore the dual pressures faced by rural educators in China regarding their decision to stay or leave their positions.

May 13, 2026Acta PsychologicaOpen Access

Neither leaving nor staying: Schrödinger's cat and the affective limbo of rural educators

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Mixed-methods study examines how rural teachers balance pressures to stay or leave, suggesting insights for policy design.

This research aims to explore the dual pressures faced by rural educators in China regarding their decision to stay or leave their positions.
Mixed-methods study involving 689 rural Chinese teachers
Analysis of teacher narratives to identify key dimensions of affective superposition
Examination of interventions perceived as meaningful recognition and their impact on teacher decisions
Identified three dimensions of affective superposition: identity, purpose, and impact.
Meaningful recognition interventions are strongly linked to resolving the stay/leave dilemma.
Specific stakeholders enhance interventions' effectiveness by signaling permanence, modeling identity, and curating evidence of impact.

Lin et al. (2026) studied this question.

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