True grit: Trait-level perseverance and passion for long-term goals predicts effectiveness and retention among novice teachers

Teachers College Record

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Robertson Kraft, Claire ^a   Duckworth, Angela ^a  

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