Principals' leadership and teachers' motivation: Self-determination theory analysis

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-275

  Eyal, Ori ^a   Roth, Guy ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Leadership; Motivation (psychology); Teachers; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957668387     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578231111129055     Document Type: Article

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