Job stress and locus of control in teachers: Comparisons between samples from the United States and Zimbabwe

International Review of Education

Volumn 56, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 651-669

  Crothers, Laura M ^a   Kanyongo, Gibbs Y ^a   Kolbert, Jered B ^b   Lipinski, John ^c   Kachmar, Steven P ^d   Koch, Gary D ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Job; Locus of control; Stress; Teacher

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

UNITED STATES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79952186968     PISSN: 00208566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11159-010-9176-6     Document Type: Article

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