Predicting teacher job satisfaction based on principals’ instructional supervision behaviours: A study of Turkish teachers

Irish Educational Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 69-88

  Ilgan, Abdurrahman ^a   Parylo, Oksana ^b   Sungu, Hilmi ^c  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c BOZOK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Instructional supervision; Job satisfaction; Principal behaviours; Teachers; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028210543     PISSN: 03323315     EISSN: 17474965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2015.1005393     Document Type: Article

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