Job stressors, personality and burnout in primary school teachers

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 229-243

  Kokkinos, Constantinos M ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; TEACHING;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SCHOOLS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 33947231294     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709905X90344     Document Type: Article

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