Employee and Workplace Well-being: A Multi-level Analysis of Teacher Personality and Organizational Climate in Norwegian Teachers from Rural, Urban and City Schools

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-324

  Burns, Richard Andrew ^a   Machin, Michael Anthony ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

organizational climate; personality; teacher stress; teacher well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877835064     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2012.656281     Document Type: Article

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