Teaching satisfaction scale - Measuring job satisfaction of teachers

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 172-185

  Ho, Chung Lim ^a   Au, Wing Tung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Job; Measuring; Satisfaction; Scale; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 31944446793     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164405278573     Document Type: Article

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