School factors that are related to school principals’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 90, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-19

  Liu, Yan ^a   Bellibas, Mehmet Sukru ^b  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Funding resource; Job satisfaction; Management type; Organizational commitment; School autonomy; School principal; School safety; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047007913     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2018.04.002     Document Type: Article

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