Exploring the validity of a teachers' self-efficacy scale in five countries

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-76

  Klassen, Robert M ^a   Bong, Mimi ^b   Usher, Ellen L ^c   Chong, Wan Har ^d   Huan, Vivien S ^d   Wong, Isabella Y F ^d   Georgiou, Tasos ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e Corner Thoucydides and Kimon ^*  (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Canada; Cross cultural; Cyprus; International; Job satisfaction; Korea; Motivation; Self efficacy; Singapore; Teachers; United States; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349127699     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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