Israeli male versus female teachers' intent to leave work

Gender in Management

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 543-559

  Shapira Lischshinsky, Orly ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Gender; Israel; Job satisfaction; Schools; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350357034     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542410910991818     Document Type: Article

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