Job satisfaction, stress and coping strategies in the teaching profession-what do teachers say?

International Education Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 181-192

  Skaalvik, Einar M ^a   Skaalvik, Sidsel ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consequences of stress; Coping strategies; Teacher job satisfaction; Teacher stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923934100     PISSN: 19139020     EISSN: 19139039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ies.v8n3p181     Document Type: Article

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