The facets of job satisfaction among vice-principals in elementary schools

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 636-647

  Beycioglu, Kadir ^a   Ozer, Niyazi ^b   Tayyar Ugurlu, Celal ^c  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Administrators; Educational administration; Elementary schools; Job satisfaction; Management roles; Primary schools; Turkey; Vice principals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863468325     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621711211243926     Document Type: Article

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