Role ambiguity, role conflict and job satisfaction among physical education teachers in Greece

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-92

  Koustelios, Athanasios ^a   Theodorakis, Nicholas ^b   Goulimaris, Dimitris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Job satisfaction; Role ambiguity; Role conflict; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349542514     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540410522216     Document Type: Article

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