Teachers' emotional exhaustion is negatively related to students' achievement: Evidence from a large-scale assessment study

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1193-1203

  Klusmann, Uta ^a   Richter, Dirk ^b   Ludtke, Oliver ^a,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Centre for International Student Assessment (ZIB)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elementary school; Emotional exhaustion; Mathematics; Students' achievement; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962729647     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: 19392176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/edu0000125     Document Type: Article

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