The Work Tasks Motivation Scale for Teachers (WTMST)

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 256-279

  Fernet, Claude ^a,c   Sencal, Caroline ^b   Guay, Frdric ^b   Marsh, Herbert ^b   Dowson, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Domain specificity; Motivation; Scale development; Self determination; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149162250     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072707305764     Document Type: Article

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