A tripartite model of EFL teacher attributions, burnout, and self-regulation: Toward the prospects of effective teaching

Educational Research for Policy and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 145-166

  Ghanizadeh, Afsaneh ^a   Ghonsooly, Behzad ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attribution; Burnout; Language teachers; Self regulation; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900300212     PISSN: 15702081     EISSN: 15731723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10671-013-9155-3     Document Type: Article

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