Coping and buoyancy in the workplace: Understanding their effects on teachers' work-related well-being and engagement

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-75

  Parker, Philip D ^a   Martin, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Coping; Engagement; Multivariate analysis; Teaching; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649101180     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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