Administrative support and its mediating effect on US public school teachers

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 342-349

  Tickle, Benjamin R ^a   Chang, Mido ^a   Kim, Sunha ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative support; Environmental setting of the school; Student behavior; Teacher attrition; Teachers' intent to stay; Teachers' job satisfaction; Teachers' satisfaction with salary; Teaching experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651349750     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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