Examining the relationship between teacher organizational commitment and school health in Turkish primary schools

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-201

  Sezgin, Ferudun ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Organizational commitment; School health; Teacher

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249087719     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610902820115     Document Type: Article

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