Burnout among Turkish high school teachers working in Turkey and abroad: A comparative study;El desgaste del profesorado turco de educación secundaria que trabaja en Turquía y en el extranjero: Un estudio comparativo

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1249-1268

  Aydogan, Ismail ^a   Dogan, Ahmet Atilla ^b   Bayram, Nuran ^c  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Burnout; High school teachers; Shirom Melamed Burnout Measure; Working abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952102296     PISSN: 16995880     EISSN: 16962095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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