Probation length and teacher salaries: Does waiting pay off?

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 164-180

  Brunner, Eric J ^a,b   Imazeki, Jennifer ^c  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Probationary period; Teacher salaries; Teacher tenure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957607353     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391006400108     Document Type: Article

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