Teachers engagement at work: An international validation study

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 317-337

  Klassen, Robert M ^a   Aldhafri, Said ^b   Mansfield, Caroline F ^c   Purwanto, Edy ^d   Siu, Angela F Y ^e   Wong, Marina W ^f   Woods Mcconney, Amanda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITAS NEGERI SEMARANG   (Indonesia)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

culture; motivation; multicultural education; structural equation modeling; teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865241321     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2012.678409     Document Type: Article

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