A comparison of teacher stress and school climate across schools with different matric success rates

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-173

  Milner, Karen ^a   Khoza, Harriet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

School climate; School performance; Teacher stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049438670     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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