Sustaining resilience in times of change: stories from Chinese teachers

Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 288-303

  Gu, Qing ^a   Li, Qiong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

commitment; job fulfilment; relational trust; teacher resilience; vocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882252458     PISSN: 1359866X     EISSN: 14692945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359866X.2013.809056     Document Type: Article

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