The role of perceived autonomy support in principals’ affective organizational commitment and job satisfaction

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 315-336

  Chang, Yujin ^a   Leach, Nicole ^b   Anderman, Eric M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective organizational commitment; Job satisfaction; Principal perceived autonomy; Self determination theory; Superintendent autonomy support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930650557     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-014-9289-z     Document Type: Article

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