Organizational learning and extra effort: The mediating effect of job satisfaction

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-67

  Kurland, Hanna ^a   Hasson Gilad, Dalia Rebecca ^a,b  

^a School for Gifted and Excellent Students   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Extra effort; Job satisfaction; Organizational learning; School effectiveness; School leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925010505     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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