Beginning teachers' job satisfaction: The impact of school-based factors

Teacher Development

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-348

  Lam, Bick har ^a   Yan, Hoi fai ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Beginning teachers; School administration; School based factors; Teacher development; Teaching motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053529004     PISSN: 13664530     EISSN: 17475120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13664530.2011.608516     Document Type: Article

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