Black teachers' personality dimensions and work-related stress factors

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 7-15

  Ngidi, David P ^a   Sibaya, Patrick T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 24944503966     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630203200302     Document Type: Article

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