Pressures, rewards and teacher retention: A comparative study of primary teaching in england and finland

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-188

  Webb, Rosemary ^a   Vulliamy, Graham ^a   Hämäläinen, Seppo ^b   Sarja, Anneli ^b   Kimonen, Eija ^b   Nevalainen, Raimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Primary; Professionalism; Teacher retention; Teachers' work

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944441684     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0031383042000198530     Document Type: Article

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