Job satisfaction among school teachers in Cyprus

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 357-374

  Zembylas, Michalinos ^a   Papanastasiou, Elena ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Job satisfaction; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 26644468788     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578230410534676     Document Type: Article

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