The social cognitive model of job satisfaction among teachers: Testing and validation

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-24

  Badri, Masood A ^a   Mohaidat, Jihad ^a   Ferrandino, Vincent ^a   El Mourad, Tarek ^a  

^a Abu Dhabi Education Council   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Abu Dhabi; Social cognitive theory; Structural equations model; Teacher satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871716049     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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