“…The motivational resilience dimension includes factors related to teachers' motivation in terms of focusing on continuous improvement and learning, persistence and perseverance (Mansfield et al, 2012), deliberate career decision making (Sumsion, 2004) and setting realistic expectations and goals (Mansfield et al, 2012;Tait, 2008). Finally, social resilience includes strong interpersonal skills that facilitate the development of social support networks (Mansfield et al, 2012), such us mentoring for young teachers (Smith & Ingersoll, 2004) and successfully interacting and collaborating with colleagues, family and friends (Botou, Mylonakou-Keke, Kalouri, & Tsergas, 2017;Yates, Pelphrey, & Smith, 2008). This classification of the protective resilience factors into four dimensions is not fixed and there is considerable overlap of dimensions in some aspects (Mansfield et al, 2012).…”