Existential fulfillment and burnout among principals and teachers

Journal of Beliefs and Values

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-27

  Tomic, Welko ^a   Tomic, Elvira ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burnout; Existential fulfillment; Meaning in life; Primary school; School principals; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042473520     PISSN: 13617672     EISSN: 14699362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13617670801928191     Document Type: Article

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