Teachers' job satisfaction: Analyses of the Teacher Follow-up Survey in the United States for 2000-2001

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1173-1184

  Liu, Xiaofeng Steven ^a   Ramsey, Jase ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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Teacher job satisfaction

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EID: 43449105584     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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