Teachers' self-efficacy beliefs, self-esteem, and job stress as determinants of job satisfaction

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 365-378

  Reilly, Eithne ^a   Dhingra, Katie ^b   Boduszek, Daniel ^c  

^a DUBLIN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ireland; Job satisfaction; Job stress; Self efficacy; Self esteem; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898981632     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJEM-04-2013-0053     Document Type: Article

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