Preservice teachers' work stress, self-efficacy, and occupational commitment in four countries

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1289-1309

  Klassen, Robert ^a   Wilson, Elaine ^b   Siu, Angela F Y ^c   Hannok, Wanwisa ^d   Wong, Marina W ^e   Wongsri, Nongkran ^f   Sonthisap, Panwadee ^f   Pibulchol, Chaleosri ^g   Buranachaitavee, Yanisa ^g   Jansem, Anchalee ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^f Saint Louis College   (Thailand)

^g SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Commitment; Job stress; Self efficacy; Teacher motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892365252     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-012-0166-x     Document Type: Article

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