Job satisfaction variance among public and private kindergarten school teachers in Cyprus

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-167

  Papanastasiou, Elena C ^a   Zembylas, Michalinos ^a  

^a INTERCOLLEGE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Kindergartens; Private schools; Public schools; Teacher job satisfaction; Teacher motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746793701     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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