Organizational and personal predictors of teacher commitment: The mediating role of teacher efficacy and identification with school

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 597-630

  Chan, Wai Yen ^a   Lau, Shun ^b,d   Nie, Youyan ^b,d   Lim, Sandy ^c,e   Hogan, David ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Identification with school; Organizational politics; Reflective dialogue; Teacher commitment; Teacher efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749153404     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831208318259     Document Type: Article

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