Factors predicting community college faculty satisfaction with instructional autonom

Community College Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-180

  Kim, Dongbin ^a   Twombly, Susan ^a   Wolf Wendel, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

College faculty; Community colleges; Faculty autonomy; Part time faculty; Professional autonomy; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249056039     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091552107310111     Document Type: Article

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