Faculty satisfaction in the online environment: An institutional study

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 173-178

  Wasilik, Oksana ^a   Bolliger, Doris U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification analysis; Discriminant analysis; Faculty; Faculty satisfaction; Higher education; Online teaching

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION ANALYSIS; FACE CONTACTS; HIGHER EDUCATION; HIGHER-DEGREE; ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS; ONLINE FACULTY; ONLINE TEACHING; PUBLIC RESEARCH;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 74249107811     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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