Perceptions of future and current teachers on the organization of elementary schools: A dissonance approach to the investigation of job satisfaction

Educational Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-110

  Menon, Maria E ^a   Christou, Constantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cognitive dissonance; Elementary schools; Job satisfaction; Organization; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036521867     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880110107397     Document Type: Article

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