Chinese teachers' work stress and their turnover intention

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 53, Issue , 2012, Pages 160-170

  Liu, Shujie ^a   Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J ^b  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese teachers; Cross culture; Teacher turnover intention; Work stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863882219     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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