School Life and Turnover Intention Experiences of Early-Career Educational Administrative Officers: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study

Key Points

• The study explores the challenges and experiences of early-career educational administrative officers related to job adaptation and turnover intention.
• In-depth interviews with six educational administrative officers performing duties in elementary schools for less than five years in Seoul
• Application of van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenology framework for analysis
• Assessment of participants' experiences regarding existential crises and coping strategies.
• Participants experienced an existential crisis due to capabilities paradox and dehumanization
• Strategies employed included effort toward recognition and relational solidarity to mitigate turnover intentions
• Findings suggest a transformation in aspects of embodiment, spatiality, temporality, and relationality affecting turnover intention.