Predicting teacher absenteeism by personal background factors

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-225

  Rosenblatt, Zehava ^a   Shirom, Arie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Educational administration; Israel; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844377387     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230510586597     Document Type: Review

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