Teachers' Perceptions of their Working Conditions: How Predictive of Planned and Actual teacher Movement?

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-261

  Ladd, Helen F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

school leadership; teacher mobility; teacher policy; teacher retention; teacher working conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958148947     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373711398128     Document Type: Article

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