Psychological health as a mediator between need satisfaction at work and teachers' self-perceptions of performance

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 288-299

  Brien, Maryse ^a   Hass, Carolyn ^a   Savoie, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Psychological health; Satisfaction of basic needs; Self determination theory; Task performance; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869195786     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028056     Document Type: Article

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