Participative decision-making and job satisfaction for teachers in the UAE

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 645-665

  Al Nuaimi, Samira ^a   Chowdhury, Hossan ^a   Eleftheriou, Konstantinos ^b   Katsioloudes, Marios ^c  

^a ABU DHABI UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^c QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Gender; Job satisfaction; Nationality; Participative decision making; Public and private school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930860830     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJEM-07-2014-0090     Document Type: Article

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