Job satisfaction and teacher-student relationships across the teaching career: Four case studies

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-65

  Veldman, Ietje ^a   van Tartwijk, Jan ^b   Brekelmans, Mieke ^b   Wubbels, Theo ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burnout; Job satisfaction; Teacher student relationships; Veteran teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873544185     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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