Teachers’ views of their school climate and its relationship with teacher self-efficacy and job satisfaction

Learning Environments Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 291-307

  Aldridge, Jill M ^a   Fraser, Barry J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; School climate; School Level Environment Questionnaire (SLEQ); Teacher self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946142961     PISSN: 13871579     EISSN: 15731855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10984-015-9198-x     Document Type: Article

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