Principals' self-efficacy: Relations with job autonomy, job satisfaction, and contextual constraints

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-86

  Federici, Roger A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Constraints; Job satisfaction; Leadership; Self efficacy; SEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873703255     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-011-0102-5     Document Type: Article

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