The Organizational Health of Urban Elementary Schools: School Health and Teacher Functioning

School Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 144-154

  Mehta, Tara G ^a   Atkins, Marc S ^a   Frazier, Stacy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational school health; Teacher efficacy; Teacher job satisfaction; Teacher stress; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016278149     PISSN: 18662625     EISSN: 18662633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12310-012-9099-4     Document Type: Article

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