The influence of culture on teacher commitment

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-205

  Razak, Nordin Abd ^a   Darmawan, I Gusti Ngurah ^b   Keeves, John P ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural orientation; Culture; In school working conditions; School leadership; Teacher commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953322523     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-009-9109-z     Document Type: Article

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