Still motivated to teach? A study of school context variables, stress and job satisfaction among teachers in senior high school

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 15-37

  Skaalvik, Einar M ^a   Skaalvik, Sidsel ^b  

^a NTNU SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Teacher burnout; Teacher job satisfaction; Teacher motivation; Teacher stress; Teaching self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008457082     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: 15731928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-016-9363-9     Document Type: Article

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