Cross-validation of the Norwegian Teacher's Self-Efficacy Scale (NTSES)

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-78

  Avanzi, Lorenzo ^a   Miglioretti, Massimo ^b   Velasco, Veronica ^b   Balducci, Cristian ^c   Vecchio, Luca ^b   Fraccaroli, Franco ^a   Skaalvik, Einar M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Burnout; Cross cultural; Italy; Job satisfaction; Norway; Teacher self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873270997     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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